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Kerala Gazette Fisheries and Ports (B) Department Notification

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Title Kerala Gazette Fisheries and Ports (B) Department Notification
 
Creator Kerala, Government
 
Subject Monitoring
Policy
 
Description Exploitation of juvenile fish results in considerable economic loss, in terms of what could have
been obtained had the fishers waited for a few months and allowed the animal to grow in size
and weight. This phenomenon called as growth over‐fishing also causes serious damage to the
fish stock in terms of long‐term sustainability of the resources. A minimum legal size (MLS) is
seen as a fisheries management tool with the ability to protect juvenile fish, maintain spawning
stocks and control the sizes of fish caught. The MLS sets the smallest size at which a particular
species can be legally retained if caught. MLS could be used to protect immature fish ensuring
that enough fish survive to grow and spawn, control the numbers and sizes of fish landed,
maximize marketing and economic benefits and promote the aesthetic values of fish.
 
Publisher Government of Kerala
 
Date 2015
 
Type Other
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10488/1/Kerala_Government_Gazette_on_Minimum_Legal_Size_of_Fish.pdf
Kerala, Government (2015) Kerala Gazette Fisheries and Ports (B) Department Notification. Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.