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Status of exploitation of coastal tunas in the Indian seas

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Title Status of exploitation of coastal tunas in the Indian seas
 
Creator Pillai, P P
Pillai, N G K
Muthiah, C
Yohannan, T M
Kasim, H M
Gopakumar, G
Koya, K P Said
Manojkumar, B
Sivadas, M
Nasser, A K V
Ganga, U
Dhokia, H K
Kemparaju, S
Bhaskaran, M M
Elayathu, M N K
Balasubramanian, T S
Manimaran, C
Kunhikoya, V A
Ajith Kumar, T T
 
Subject Tunas
 
Description Tuna and billfish production from Indian seas during the period 1985-'99 evinced an
increasing trend and the landings fluctuated between 24,287 t (1987) and
53,6621 (1992). The average annual production during the said period was 40,2041,
contributing to 3.6% of the total pelagic fish landings and 1.8% of the total marine
fish landings. On an average, 24% of the total tuna and billfish production during
1991-'99 was contributed by northwest coast, 2% by Andaman and Nicobar islands
and 14.9% by Lakshadweep. Among the maritime states, Kerala (36 %), Gujarat
(18.1%) Tamilnadu (11.6%), Maharashtra (5.9%), Kamataka (5%), Andhra Pradesh
(4.4 %) and Goa (2%) were the prime tuna producing states.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Contributor Pillai, N G K
Menon, N G
Pillai, P P
Ganga, U
 
Date 2002
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4108/1/6.pdf
Pillai, P P and Pillai, N G K and Muthiah, C and Yohannan, T M and Kasim, H M and Gopakumar, G and Koya, K P Said and Manojkumar, B and Sivadas, M and Nasser, A K V and Ganga, U and Dhokia, H K and Kemparaju, S and Bhaskaran, M M and Elayathu, M N K and Balasubramanian, T S and Manimaran, C and Kunhikoya, V A and Ajith Kumar, T T (2002) Status of exploitation of coastal tunas in the Indian seas. In: Management of Scombroid Fisheries. CMFRI; Kochi, Kochi, pp. 56-61.