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Mesopelagic fishes from equatorial waters contiguous to Indian EEZ

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Title Mesopelagic fishes from equatorial waters contiguous to Indian EEZ
 
Creator Jayaprakash, A A
 
Subject Pelagic Fisheries
 
Description Observations on the mesopelagic fishes taken by mid water trawl in the equatorial
region (lat. 03°S- 03°N to long. 76°- 86°E) are presented. The trawling operations
were carried out at 12 stations at a depth range of 40-200 m where the station depth
varied from 2760-3600 m. The total catch from these stations was 156.6 kg at a catch
per hour of 13.1 kg. The average catch per hour was 6.5 kg from the northern side of
the equator compared to a higher value of 15.7 kg recorded from the southern side of
the equator. Out of a variety of mesopelagic fishes caught, the myctophids constituted
61.3 per cent and the most dominant species were Diaphus ejfulgens, Triphoturus
nigrescens, Symbolophorus evermanni and Lampanyctus pusillus. Among the rest
of the mesopelagic fishes Cubiceps natalensis was the dominant species. The
species and size composition of the major "-onstituents are given. The need for target
oriented fishing for the economic utihsation also is discussed.
 
Date 1996
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5203/1/41.pdf
Jayaprakash, A A (1996) Mesopelagic fishes from equatorial waters contiguous to Indian EEZ. In: Proceedings of the Second workshop on scientific results of FORV Sagar Sampada, 15-17 February 1994, Kochi.