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Observations on the paddy-field prawn filtration of Kerala, India

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Title Observations on the paddy-field prawn filtration of Kerala, India
 
Creator George, M J
Mohamed, K H
Pillai, N N
 
Subject Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description Experiments were conducted to determine whether culture methods could be advantageously
introduced into the existing prawn filtration practices in the paddy fields of Kerala, on
the southwest coast of India. The pattern of the fisher.y is changing, with the demand for
small prawns decreasing and that for large prawns increasing. The experiments indicated
that culturing of juvenile prawns for about a month resulted in relatively better catches
of large sized prawns than could be obtained by cultivation for longer periods. The yield
of prawns appeared to be better during the spring tide period associated with the full moon
than that associated with the new moon; this is correlated with the increased tidal gradient
at full moon. The fishery mainly concerns four species of penaeid prawns
 
Publisher FAO
 
Date 1964
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/7232/1/228-FAO_FISHERIES_REPORT.pdf
George, M J and Mohamed, K H and Pillai, N N (1964) Observations on the paddy-field prawn filtration of Kerala, India. FAO Fisheries Report, 57 (2). pp. 427-442.