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Artificial reef and its role in marine fisheries development

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Title Artificial reef and its role
in marine fisheries development
 
Creator Rajamani, M
 
Subject Artificial reef
 
Description Floating bamboo bundles and piles of stones
kept on the sea bottom have long been used by
traditional fishermen as fish gathering devices in
various parts of the world. These objects provide
living space, shelter for protection from the
predators thus functioning as (i) a habitat for
organisms. The attached algae and other sessile
organisms serve as food especially for young
ones. Thus the area where such objects are placed
function as (ii) a feeding ground. These objects
also act as a suitable substratum for attachment
of eggs in some cases thus functioning as (iii) a
spawning ground. Based on these principles
artificial reefs are constructed in different parts
of the world either to create a new fishing ground
or to improve the production potential of the
existing grounds.
 
Publisher CMFRI Kochi
 
Date 1996
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2832/1/Article_08.pdf
Rajamani, M (1996) Artificial reef and its role in marine fisheries development. CMFRI Bulletin-Artificial reefs and Seafarming technologies, 48. pp. 13-17.