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Present status of the turtle fishery in the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Bay

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Title Present status of the turtle fishery in the Gulf of Mannar
and the Palk Bay
 
Creator Jones, S
Fernando, A Bastian
 
Subject Marine Turtle
 
Description Turtles are caught along the entire coastline of India but except in the Gulf of Mar.rar ar.d Palk Bay it
is a fishery of only a causal nature and hardly of any significance. The main commercial species is the green
turtle Chelonia mydas while other species occur in stray numbers. A fairly regular fishery of some magnitude
exists for the green turtle in the Gulf of Mannar and it is estimated that on an average about 3,CC0 to 4,CC0
numbers are landed every year between Pamban and Cape Comorin. In the Palk Bf,y ihc fishery is of a much
lower level and about 1,000 turtles are estimated to be landed annually between Rcmeswtrfcm and Mimisal.
The possibilities of increasing the catches in the Gulf of Mannar giving due attention to conservation measures
are discussed.
 
Date 1973
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2772/1/Article_56.pdf
Jones, S and Fernando, A Bastian (1973) Present status of the turtle fishery in the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Bay. In: Proceedings of the symposium on living resources of the seas around India, 1968, Mandapam Camp.