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Status of tuna fishery in Minicoy, Lakshadweep

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Title Status of tuna fishery in Minicoy, Lakshadweep
 
Creator Sivadas, M
 
Subject Tuna fisheries
 
Description The status of tuna fishery at Minicoy is discussed based on the data for the period
1989 -'99. Pole and line using livebaits and troll operate for its fishery of which the
former contribute more than 90% of the total tuna catch. The total tuna catch fluctuated
from 3071 in 1991 to 1,2431 in 1995 with an average of 8641. The effort in boat
days varied from 2,265 in 1996 to 3,896 in 1989 with an average of 2,915. The C/E
ranged from 152.2 kg in 1991 to 408.8 kg in 1995 coinciding with the lowest and
highest catches respectively. In troll the catch ranged from 91 in 1997 to 281 in 1994
and C/E varied from 8.5 kg in 1997 to 27.7 kg in 1994 corresponding with the
lowest and highest catches respectively. Though the pole and line units are operated
from September to May in general, the success of tuna fishery depend upon the
higher catches in two or three months.
 
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/4112/1/7.pdf
Sivadas, M (2002) Status of tuna fishery in Minicoy, Lakshadweep. In: Management of Scombroid Fisheries. CMFRI; Kochi, Kochi, pp. 62-68.