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Observations on the unusually heavy landings of oil sardine at Karwar

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Title Observations on the unusually heavy landings of oil sardine at Karwar
 
Creator Pandurangachar, K C
Vaidya, N G
 
Subject Oil sardine
Fish landing
 
Description Oil sardine (Sardinella longiceps) forms one of
the most important pelagic resource landed along
the Karnataka coast. The annual oil sardine landings
during the year 2013-2014 was 9522 tonnes (t) in
Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka. Baithkol is the
major mechanised landing centre here. At Karwar,
oil sardine landing is generally observed from August
to May and the peak season is from October to
March. During 2014, soon after the Monsoon Fishing
Ban period, the oil sardine fishery by the purse seine
boats started on the first of August, 2014. On 13th
October 2014, unusual heavy landings of oil sardine
by purseseiners was observed at Baithkol landing
centre. The heavy landings started from morning
11 00 hrs and continued upto 18 00 hrs on that day.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2014
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10560/1/9_Observations%20on%20the%20unusually_222.pdf
Pandurangachar, K C and Vaidya, N G (2014) Observations on the unusually heavy landings of oil sardine at Karwar. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (222). p. 16. ISSN 0254-380 X