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Unusual fishery of black clam near Aluva sand banks after the floods

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Title Unusual fishery of black clam near Aluva sand
banks after the floods
 
Creator Vidya, R
Mohamed, K S
Sasikumar, Geetha
Venkatesan, V
Sajikumar, K K
Jenni, B
Alloycious, P S
Jestin Joy, K M
Sheela, P P
 
Subject Clam
Molluscan Fisheries
 
Description In August 2018, severe flood affected in the state of Kerala due to unusual high rainfall. The black clam, Villorita cyprinoides,
is found in the backwaters of Kerala, mainly in Vembanad backwaters which support annual average fishery of about
40,000 tonnes. Immediately after the floods, unusual
fishery of V. cyprinoides was noticed in the Aluva river as the water level receded after the flood, and it was very easily
handpicked by the diving fishermen. This fishery lasted for
almost 1 month after the flood and was supported by large
sized clams which fetched an average market price `100 to 150 per kg of meat.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14010/1/MFIS%20238_7.pdf
Vidya, R and Mohamed, K S and Sasikumar, Geetha and Venkatesan, V and Sajikumar, K K and Jenni, B and Alloycious, P S and Jestin Joy, K M and Sheela, P P (2018) Unusual fishery of black clam near Aluva sand banks after the floods. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (238). pp. 29-30. ISSN 0254-380 X