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Heavy landings of mobulids reported at Cochin Fisheries Harbour, Kerala

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Title Heavy landings of mobulids reported at Cochin Fisheries Harbour, Kerala
 
Creator Nair, Rekha J
Zacharia, P U
Kishore, T G
Dinesh Kumar, S
Dhaneesh, K V
Suraj, K S
Siva Kumar, G
 
Subject Fish landing
 
Description Heavy landings of mobulids was seen for four
days during 19 - 22 August and again during 31 August
- 3 September 2013 at Cochin Fisheries Harbour.
During the first phase, around 600 mobulids (16
tonnes) were landed by gillnetters which operated
off the coast of Vizhinjam, Kovalam and Colachel.
The vessels operated for a period of 5-7 days in the
fishing ground 08014’N; 76033’E at a depth of 15 -30
m. The gear used was “ozhukkuvalai” with a square
mesh size of 80 - 150 mm. On an average, 15 – 30
numbers of mobulids were landed per boat.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9931/1/14.pdf
Nair, Rekha J and Zacharia, P U and Kishore, T G and Dinesh Kumar, S and Dhaneesh, K V and Suraj, K S and Siva Kumar, G (2013) Heavy landings of mobulids reported at Cochin Fisheries Harbour, Kerala. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical & Extension Series (218). pp. 19-20.