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Present status of 'major perch' fisheries in India

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Title Present status of 'major perch' fisheries in India
 
Creator James, P S B R
Lazarus, S
Arumugam, G
 
Subject Perch fishes
 
Description The fisheries belonging to Families Serranidae, Lutjanidae and Lethrinidae are popularly known as Rockcods,
Snappers and Pig-face breams respectively and are collectively termed as 'Major Perches'. They form about
12% of the perch catch with an annual landing of 10,336 tonnes constituted by rock-cods (41.3%), snappers (35.4%)
and pig-face breams (23.3%). Bulk of the catch comes from Tamil Nadu (42,4%), Maharashtra (18.9%) and Kerala
(14.8%). Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh support respectively 9.5% and 9.3% of the catch. The remaining catch
is shared by KamatEika, Orissa, Pondicherry and GOBL. Lethrinids do not form appreciable fishery in the northern
States and in the southern States there exists a multispecies fishery for all the three major perch groups. Trawl
net accounts for 42% of the catch and the rest of the quantity is contributed by 'other mechanised' and
nonmechanised units equally. The peak fishery season is from October to April. The results of the studies
particularly on fisheries and fishing grounds carried out during various exploratory surveys and other cruises
are discussed in this account.
 
Publisher CMFRI Kochi
 
Date 1994
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2930/1/Article_04.pdf
James, P S B R and Lazarus, S and Arumugam, G (1994) Present status of 'major perch' fisheries in India. CMFRI Bulletin-Perch fisheries in India, 47. pp. 1-9.