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Title Cephalopod fishing
 
Creator Rao, K S
 
Subject Molluscan Fisheries
Cephalopods
Marine Fishing
 
Description Cephalopod resources are distributed in several
areas along the Indian coasts and are exploited
since a very long time for food or use as bait
and in the case of cuttlefish also for their
calcareous cuttlebones. Until the middle of this
century, squids and cuttlefishes were exploited
in conventional fishing gear including some
specific gear in a few areas (Rao 1954, 1969,
Silas et al 1985, Alagarswami, and Meiyappan
1989). The squids and cuttlefishes were eaten
by people in coastal areas or used as bait in
hook and line fisheries. Often they were
discarded lest they discoloured quality fm fishes
and prawns along with which they were got.
From 1973 they are caught in steadily increasing
quantities mostly in trawl nets operated by
mechanised vessels. With the growing demand
from export trade, squids and cuttlefishes are
collected, cleaned, processed, frozen and
exported to several countries profitably. In
Japan, Republic of Korea, Spain, Canada and
U.S.A. cephalopod fisheries are advanced with
modern fishing technology. In this context
cephalopod fishing in India and prospects for
stepping up production by adoption of
specialized gear are of importance and are dealt
with in this paper.
 
Publisher Aquaculture Foundation of India & The Fisheries Technocrats Forum
 
Date 1996
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/7784/1/676._Rao.pdf
Rao, K S (1996) Cephalopod fishing. Proceedings of the Seminar on Fisheries - A Multibillion Dollar Industry, Madras, Aug 17-19, 1995. pp. 12-20.