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Emerging small scale trap fishery for whelk, (Babylonia spirata) in Malpe, Southern Karnataka

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Title Emerging small scale trap fishery for whelk,
(Babylonia spirata) in Malpe, Southern Karnataka
 
Creator Sasikumar, Geetha
Rohit, Prathibha
Ramachandran, N
Nagaraja, D
SampathKumar, G
 
Subject Gastropods
 
Description Babylonia spirata is a commercially important
edible gastropod found inhabiting the
coastal waters with sandy bottom. Commonly
known as whelks, they are landed as by-catch
in shrimp trawlers in Kerala and Tamilnadu.There is an emerging fishery for whelks along the Malpe coast (13°
21’ N and 74°42’5” E) with the increase in
export demand. Specially designed whelk traps are operated from traditional fishing crafts to collect whelks since January 2005.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 2006
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3745/1/Article4.pdf
Sasikumar, Geetha and Rohit, Prathibha and Ramachandran, N and Nagaraja, D and SampathKumar, G (2006) Emerging small scale trap fishery for whelk, (Babylonia spirata) in Malpe, Southern Karnataka. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 188. pp. 15-17.