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Unusual heavy landing of billfishes at Chennai

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Title Unusual heavy landing of billfishes at Chennai
 
Creator Mohan, S
Rajapackiam, S
Jaiganesh, P
Vasu, R
Rajan, S
 
Subject Bill Fishes
Fish landing
 
Description Billfishes are regularly landed by mechanised
gillnets and hooks and line at Chennai Fisheries
Harbour. An estimated catch of 65 t, 80 t, and 60 t of
billfishes were landed by mechanised gillnets during
July, August and September 2010 respectively. On
24.06.2010, about 5 t of billfishes were landed
unusually by mechanised gillnets operated at a depth
of 50-60 m in the north-east direction.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9149/1/8.pdf
Mohan, S and Rajapackiam, S and Jaiganesh, P and Vasu, R and Rajan, S (2011) Unusual heavy landing of billfishes at Chennai. Marine Fisheries Information Service (210). p. 20.