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Incidental Catch of Sea Turtles Along the Indian Coast

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Title Incidental Catch of Sea Turtles Along the Indian Coast
 
Creator Rajagopalan, M
Vivekanandan, E
Balan, K
Kurup, K N
 
Subject Marine Turtle
 
Description In recent years, there is concern on the large scale mortality of sea turtles due to incidental catch in fishing operations
along the lndian coast resulting in conflict between conservationists and fishing communities. Along the Indian coast,
3190 and 2605 turtles were incidentally caught by fishing gears during 1997 and 1998, respectively. In addition to this,
5000 sea turtles, especially the olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea were incidentally caught during the mass nesting
months along the Orissa coast. Gillnets accounted for 60.1 % of the catch and the trawls for 13.1 % only. To reduce the
mortality due to incidental catch, two options, namely closure of fishing during mass nesting period and attachment of
Turtle Excluder Device (TED) to the trawl nets are suggested. The advantages and disadvantages of the options are suggested.
 
Date 2000
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4545/1/6.pdf
Rajagopalan, M and Vivekanandan, E and Balan, K and Kurup, K N (2000) Incidental Catch of Sea Turtles Along the Indian Coast. In: The Fifth Indian Fisheries Forum Proceedings, 17-20 January, 2000, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.