Largest goatfish, Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855) caught off Visakhapatnam
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Largest goatfish, Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855) caught off Visakhapatnam |
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Das, Madhumita
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Subject |
Goat fishes
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Description |
Goatfish constitute an important demersal fishery resource landed at Visakhapatnam Fishing Harbour. They formed 14.4% of the trawl landings of the harbour and comprised of Upeneus vittatus (57.0%), Upeneus sulphureus (24.6%), Upeneus moluccensis (18%) and Upeneus tragula (0.4%). Parupeneus heptacanthus and Parupeneus indicus occur rarely in the fishery. During 2005 - 2009, the annual goatfish catch of Visakhapatnam Fishing Harbour was in the range of 2177 - 3463 t with an average catch of 2859 t. The annual average landings of U. moluccensis during 2005 -'09 was 515 t forming 18% of the total goatfish catch at the fishing harbour. They are mainly exploited by bottom trawlers along with marginal exploitation by both drift and bottom set gillnets. |
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ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
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Date |
2011
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Article
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application/pdf
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Language |
en
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9134/1/17.pdf
Das, Madhumita (2011) Largest goatfish, Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855) caught off Visakhapatnam. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series (209). p. 17. |
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