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Unusual landing of Hilsa ilisha in gillnets at Versova

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Title Unusual landing of Hilsa ilisha in gillnets at Versova
 
Creator Raje, S G
Deshmukh, V D
 
Subject Clupeidae
 
Description The mesh size of monofilament gill net
operated for H. ilisha was in the range of 50-90mm.
The length and depth of a single piece
of gill net was 30-40 x 2 m. The plank built
boats of 6-8 m OAL with 10-15 H.P. engine
operated 30 to 60 such pieces, dugout canoes
of 5-6 m with 5-10 H.P. used 20-35 pieces and
4-6 m non-mechanised dugout canoes operated
10 to 15 pieces of gill nets. H. ilisha shoal was
caught from 2 to 5 meter depth and within the
range of 1 to 2 km off Versova. The unusual
landing of H.ilisha continued for five days. The
total estimated landing of this species during a
five days period was 45.7 tonnes, with an average
of 133.7 kg/unit.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 1994
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3766/1/Article_10.pdf
Raje, S G and Deshmukh, V D (1994) Unusual landing of Hilsa ilisha in gillnets at Versova. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 128. p. 18.