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Exploited resources of major perches in India

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Title Exploited resources of major perches in India
 
Creator Mathew, Grace
Nammalwar, P
Chakraborty, S K
Livingston, P
Philipose, K K
Ameer Hamsa, K M S
 
Subject Perch fishes
 
Description The present paper reviews the studies on the exploited resources
of mqjor perches from, the Indian seas. Major perches consist
of fairly large sized fishes belonging to families Serranidae,
Lutjanidae and Lethrinidae, popularly known as rock
cods,snappers and pigface breams respectively. They form 17% of
the total perch catch. The average annual production of major
perches in the country during 1990-98 is estimated as 23,800t.
The highest landing of major perches is from the state ofTamilnadu
(49.5%), followed by Kerala (19.74%). They inhabit the rocky and
coralline grounds of/" the south west and south east coasts and
the Wadge Bank and also in the rocky grounds off Gujarat and
Maharashtra . Along the south west and south east coasts, the
peak fishing season is from December to April. This resource
could be exploited more efficiently by hooks and lines as well as
the traps rather than trawl nets, as the grounds are often not
trawlable.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Contributor Pillai, V N
Menon, N G
 
Date 2000
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4309/1/41.pdf
Mathew, Grace and Nammalwar, P and Chakraborty, S K and Livingston, P and Philipose, K K and Ameer Hamsa, K M S (2000) Exploited resources of major perches in India. In: Marine Fisheries Research and Management. CMFRI; Kochi, Kochi, pp. 636-655.