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Heavy landing of barred seer fish Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepede, 1800) at Visakhapatnam fishing harbour, Andhra Pradesh

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Title Heavy landing of barred seer fish Scomberomorus commerson
(Lacepede, 1800) at Visakhapatnam fishing harbour, Andhra Pradesh
 
Creator Satish Kumar, M
Uma Mahesh, V
Rao, M V Hanumantha
Ghosh, Shubhadeep
Maheswarudu, G
 
Subject Fish landing
 
Description Heavy catches of barred seer fish,
Scomberomorus commerson was observed at
Chintapalli fishing village, 67 km north of
Visakhapatnam on the night of 24-01-2013. The fish
were caught by motorized crafts operated at depth
of 50-60 m by hook and lines using sardines as bait.
The total landing estimated on that day was 1200
kg. The length of the fish ranged from 85 - 153 cm
FL and weight from 7.4 - 28 kg. Landings were
brought to Visakhapatnam fishing harbour and being
a high valued fish, fetched a price of ` 410/kg.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9461/1/3.pdf
Satish Kumar, M and Uma Mahesh, V and Rao, M V Hanumantha and Ghosh, Shubhadeep and Maheswarudu, G (2013) Heavy landing of barred seer fish Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepede, 1800) at Visakhapatnam fishing harbour, Andhra Pradesh. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (216). pp. 5-6.