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Status of Elasmobranchs Fishery in Chennai, India

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Title Status of Elasmobranchs Fishery in Chennai, India
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Creator Rajapackiam,S
Gomathy,S
Batcha,Hameed
Mohan,S
Mohanraj,G
 
Subject Elasmobranch Fishery
Chennai
India
 
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Catches of elasmobranchs in India showed an increasing trend from 27.4 thousand t in
1961 to 49 thousand t in 2006. During 2006, among the total elasmobranch catches throughout
India, Tamil Nadu contributed substantially with 10.8 thousand tonnes. Observations on
elasmobranchs fishery in Chennai for a period of 5 years from 2002–2006 was carried out. In
Chennai fisheries harbor, annual elasmobranch catches varied from 489 t to 1735 t for the trawlnets
and 194 t to 519 t for mechanized gillnets. In the same harbor, maximum catch of 2074 t of
elasmobranchs was recorded in 2002. The contribution of elasmobranch i.e. 4.0 %, 16.0 % &
2.0 % to the trawl, gillnet, and hooks and line (H&L), respectively, with the CPUE of 24.4,
136.7, and 1.3 kg in the respective gears were observed. Trawlers landed heavy catch of more
than 100 t of elasmobranchs during June and July with the catch per hour (cph) of 1.4–1.6 kg.
Gillnet catches were better during June-September, where monthly catch was above 35 t with
CPUE of 203-287 kg. H&L landed good catch during February and March, where the catch was
above 1 t with the CPUE of 3.3-4.0 kg.
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Date 2021-09-16T04:34:50Z
2021-09-16T04:34:50Z
2009
 
Type Article
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/62544
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Asian Fisheries Soceity; Malaysia