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Small scale targeted fishery for White sardine and Goldspotted grenadier anchovy along the Maharashtra coast

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Title Small scale targeted fishery for White sardine and Goldspotted grenadier
anchovy along the Maharashtra coast
 
Creator Chellappan, Anulekshmi
Akhilesh, K V
Dhanashree, B
Singh, V V
 
Subject Oil sardine
Marine Fisheries
 
Description In Maharashtra especially in the suburbs of
Mumbai city (Versova, Cuffe Parade, Madh, Vasai,
Alibaug) an exclusive targeted fishery exists for
white sardine, Escualosa thoracata. This fishery has
been in existence for the past four decades and is
conducted by local fishermen. Locally this fish is
called Bhiljee due to its silvery-white shiny
appearance. Nearly 20-50 small motorized or nonmotorized
canoes (15-20 feet), small boats with
inboard/outboard engines (16-26 feet, 1-2 cylinder)
conduct fishing in the near shore areas (within 2-5
km) at depths of 2-8 m using special small meshed
(18 - 22 mm mesh size) drift gillnets called “bhiljee
jaal”. Length of the net ranges from 40 -100 m with
a height of 1.1 to 1.3 m. Each boat has a crew of
2 - 5 people. Each boat takes 8 -15 nets depending
upon the number of crew.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2014
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10555/1/4_Small%20scale%20targetted_222.pdf
Chellappan, Anulekshmi and Akhilesh, K V and Dhanashree, B and Singh, V V (2014) Small scale targeted fishery for White sardine and Goldspotted grenadier anchovy along the Maharashtra coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (222). pp. 9-11. ISSN 0254-380 X