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The present status and future prospects of elasmobranch fishery in India

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Title The present status and future prospects of elasmobranch fishery in India
 
Creator Devadoss, P
Kuthalingam, M D K
Thiagarajan, R
 
Subject Elasmobranch Fisheries
 
Description An increasing trend in the annual catch of elasmobranch fishery from 35.6 thousand tonnes during
sixties to 53.9 thousand tonnes during seventies and 59.6 thousand tonnes during the current decade
(upto 1985) was observed. This increase is mainly due to the large scale mechanisation of the
fishery during the seventies. At present, though 6 5% of the resources is from the west coast,
Tamilnadu ranks first contributing 25% of the all India catches.
The optimum levels of effort to get the MSY for sharks and rays using the Schafler model at
selected centres have been worked out and presented. The study has indicated that there is scope
for increasing the trawling effort at Visakapatnam, Mandapam and Rameswaram whereas reduction of
trawling effort is suggested for Madras, Kakinada, Tuticorin, Calicut and Bombay. The MSY worked
out for the gill net at Cuddalore suggested the advisability of increasing the effort whereas a reduction
of the effort is indicated for Calicut
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 1987
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2873/1/Article_26.pdf
Devadoss, P and Kuthalingam, M D K and Thiagarajan, R (1987) The present status and future prospects of elasmobranch fishery in India. CMFRI Bulletin National Symposium on Research and Development in Marine Fisheries Sessions I & II 1987, 44 (1). pp. 188-199.