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Title	Recent trends in the mobulid fishery in Indian waters Not Available

Creator	Zacharia,P U Dinesh Kumar,S Kishore,T G Divya,N D Seetha,P K Sobhana,K S Nair,Rekha J

Subject	Mobulids, fishery, gill rakers, exploited, Indian waters

Description	Not Available Mobulidae are zooplanktivorous elasmobranchs, found circumglobally in tropical, subtropical and temperate coastal waters. It comprises of two recognized species of manta rays (Manta spp.) and nine recognized species of devil rays (Mobula spp.). Although the reports of mobulid fishery in India were only from 1960s, however it was commercially exploited only after 2007 for their valuable gillrakers. Mobula diabolus, M. tarpacana, M. japonica, M. kuhlii, M. thurstoni, Manta birostris and M. alfredi are the seven species which contributes to mobulid fishery. White gilled Mobula tarpacana is highly targeted for its high priced gill raker which fetches upto Rs. 8,000 kg-1 in dry weight. Few mobulid species has already reached the IUCN Red List status. Thorough monitoring of mobulid fish exploitation level is essential in India. It is necessary to ensure standardized sampling and modelling methodologies to estimate the stock position of these fishes from Indian waters. Not Available

Date	2021-09-17T07:56:04Z 2021-09-17T07:56:04Z 2016

Type	Article

Identifier	Not Available Not Available http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/63739

Language	English

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