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Unusual bumper catch of shrimps at Nochikuppam, near Chennai, east coast of India

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Title Unusual bumper catch of shrimps at Nochikuppam, near Chennai,
east coast of India
 
Creator Mohanraj, G
Thirumilu, P
Rajapackiam, S
Poovannan, P
Mohan, S
Srinivasan, G
Gomathy, S
Vasu, R
Ravindran, M
 
Subject Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description Sporadic occurrence of penaeid shrimps
consisting exclusively of Fenneropenaeus indicus
(Indian white shrimp–Vella eral/Por eral),
F. merguiensis (banana shrimp – Vella eral/
Sunnambu eral), Penaeus semisulcatus (green tiger
shrimp – Valayampoota era/motta eral/vari eral/
flower), Penacus monodon (giant tiger shrimp –
Kotteral/Kathamba eral/kara) are usually recorded
by indigenous gears like single-layer gillnet (Pannu
valai) and three-layer trammel net (Disco valai/Mani
valai). In these nets the shrimp catch rate vary from
2 to 5 kg/unit, while in the trawl net, shrimps form
10 to 15 % of the annual total fish along the Chennai
coast. However, an unusual bumper catch of shrimps
to a tune of 22.8 t was landed by trammel net at
Nochikuppam Landing Centre near Chennai during
10th - 14th December.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8897/1/208-16.pdf
Mohanraj, G and Thirumilu, P and Rajapackiam, S and Poovannan, P and Mohan, S and Srinivasan, G and Gomathy, S and Vasu, R and Ravindran, M (2011) Unusual bumper catch of shrimps at Nochikuppam, near Chennai, east coast of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service (208). pp. 26-27.