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The lobster fishery resources of India

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Title The lobster fishery resources of India
 
Creator George, M J
 
Subject Lobsters
 
Description The increasing demand for frozen lobster tails from world markets has brought the Indian spiny lobster
to the lime light. An assessment of the total lobster resources of the country is made. Among half a dozen
species of spiny lobsters reported from the different coastal areas and which are enumerated, Panulirus
homarus is the most important from the commercial point of view. Details of the distribution of the
different species along the coastline are given. Kanyakumari District on the south-west coast is the area
with the maximum production. An estimate of the population of this and nearby areas is made both by
the fishing success method as well as the Petersen method of tag recovery. The two population estimates
are quite in agreement. Based on the population estimates the present rate of exploitation is also calculated.
Species of potential commercial importance obtained in recent exploratory cruises in deeper waters off
Kerala are mentioned.
 
Date 1973
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2753/1/Article_42.pdf
George, M J (1973) The lobster fishery resources of India. In: Proceedings of the symposium on living resources of the seas around India, 1968, Mandapam Camp.