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Minimum Legal Size (MLS) of capture to avoid growth overfishing of commercially exploited fish and shellfish species of Kerala

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Title Minimum Legal Size (MLS) of capture to avoid growth overfishing of commercially
exploited fish and shellfish species of Kerala
 
Creator Mohamed, K S
Zacharia, P U
Maheswarudu, G
Sathianandan, T V
Abdussamad, E M
Ganga, U
Pillai, S Lakshmi
Sobhana, K S
Nair, Rekha J
Josileen, Jose
Chakraborty, Rekha D
Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe
Najmudeen, T M
 
Subject Conservation
Marine Fisheries
 
Description During the current fishing season, considerable
amount of juveniles of small pelagics have been
captured along Kerala coast in a targeted manner to
meet the demand of fish meal plants. Exploitation of
juvenile fish results in considerable economic loss, in
terms of what could have been obtained had the
fishers waited for a few months and allowed the animal
to grow in size and weight. This phenomenon called
as growth over-fishing also causes serious damage to
the fish stock in terms of long-term sustainability of
the resources. A minimum legal size (MLS) is seen as a
fisheries management tool with the ability to protect
juvenile fish, maintain spawning stocks and control
the sizes of fish caught. The MLS sets the smallest
size at which a particular species can be legally
retained if caught. MLS could be used to protect
immature fish ensuring that enough fish survive to
grow and spawn, control the numbers and sizes of
fish landed, maximize marketing and economic
benefits and promote the aesthetic values of fish.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2014
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10282/1/MFIS_220_1.pdf
Mohamed, K S and Zacharia, P U and Maheswarudu, G and Sathianandan, T V and Abdussamad, E M and Ganga, U and Pillai, S Lakshmi and Sobhana, K S and Nair, Rekha J and Josileen, Jose and Chakraborty, Rekha D and Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe and Najmudeen, T M (2014) Minimum Legal Size (MLS) of capture to avoid growth overfishing of commercially exploited fish and shellfish species of Kerala. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (220). pp. 3-7.