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Fishery, reproductive biology and stock status of the largehead hairtail Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 off Karnataka, south-west coast of India

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Title Fishery, reproductive biology and stock status of the largehead hairtail
Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 off Karnataka, south-west coast
of India
 
Creator Rajesh, K M
Rohit, Prathibha
Vase, Vinay Kumar
SampathKumar, G
Sahib, Karamathulla
 
Subject Fishery biology
Ribbon Fishes
 
Description Ribbonfish fishery along Karnataka Coast is supported by a single species, the largehead hairtail Trichiurus lepturus. The
species is exploited mainly by trawls and gillnets and during 2007-2012, production from Karnataka fluctuated between
11090 and 28845 t. The asymptotic length (L∞), growth coefficient (K) and age at zero length (t0) for T. lepturus were
estimated as 116.75, 0.65 yr-1 and -0.171 respectively. Recruitment showed a bimodal pattern with peaks during March
to June and August to December. Total mortality, fishing mortality and natural mortality were estimated at 3.32 yr-1,
2.41 yr-1 and 0.91 yr-1 respectively. The length at first capture (L50) and size at first maturity (Lm50%) were estimated at
54.91 cm and 55.4 cm respectively. Mean length in the catch was 67cm indicating that the fishery was sustained by mature
fishes. However, the current exploitation rate (E) is 0.73 which is little higher than E0.1 (0.70). As ribbonfish is an r selected,
tropical species with a very high fecundity, SSB of 20% would help to maintain the fishery at sustainable levels and hence
it is advisable to reduce the effort by 20%. Thompson and Bell bioeconomic analysis showed that the present level of
exploitation can maintain the revenue from the fishery at economic level.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10534/1/IJF%2062.3_Rajesh_28-34.pdf
Rajesh, K M and Rohit, Prathibha and Vase, Vinay Kumar and SampathKumar, G and Sahib, Karamathulla (2015) Fishery, reproductive biology and stock status of the largehead hairtail Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 off Karnataka, south-west coast of India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 62 (3). pp. 28-34. ISSN 0970 - 6011