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Beche-de-mer industry and export: Present status of the Beche-de-mer industry In the Palk bay and the Gulf of Mannar

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Title Beche-de-mer industry and export:
Present status of the Beche-de-mer industry
In the Palk bay and the Gulf of Mannar
 
Creator James, D B
Baskar, B K
 
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Description A survey was conducted to study the present status of the beche-de-mer from Adirampatnam to Cape Comorin.
At present processing of holothurians is carried out from Rameswaram to Sethubhavachatram in Palk Bay and
from Pamban to Tuticorin in the Gulf of Mannar. In the Palk Bay, Rameswaram and Thirupalakudi are the most
important centres and in the Gulf of Mannar, Kilakarai, Periapatnam and Tuticorin are important centres. Mostly
Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra is processed. Very small quantities of Holothuria (Theelothuria) spinifera and
Bohadschia marmorata are also processed. The exploitation is more on the Palk Bay than in the Gulf of Mannar.
In most of the places there are indications of overfishing. At present the resource remains untapped from a vast
stretch in the Gulf of Mannar from Kilakarai to Tuticorin. The present-day catch and effort from various processing
centres are presented.
 
Publisher CMFRI, Cochin
 
Date 1994
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2872/1/Article_23.pdf
James, D B and Baskar, B K (1994) Beche-de-mer industry and export: Present status of the Beche-de-mer industry In the Palk bay and the Gulf of Mannar. CMFRI Bulletin, 46. pp. 85-90.