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Marine biodiversity and its conservation methods in Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay

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Title Marine biodiversity and its conservation methods in Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay
 
Creator Saravanan, Raju
 
Subject Marine Biodiversity
 
Description The coastline in Tamil Nadu can be broadly divided into three fishing zones. They are (1) Pulicat Lake to Point calimere that lies in the Coromandal coast; (2) Point calimere to Dhanushkodi that covers the Palk Bay and the Palk Strait; and (3) Dhanushkodi to Kanyakumari which covers the Gulf of Mannar.The Gulf of Mannar, the first Marine Biosphere Reserve in India as well in South East Asia covers a total area of 10,500km2 from Dhanushkodi to Kanyakumari covering a coastline length of 365 km along the coast of Tamil Nadu between Longitudes 78008E to 79030E and Latitudes from 8035N to 9025N.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2020
 
Type Book Section
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15048/1/Gulf%20of%20Mannar_Course%20Manual_CAU_Tripura_2020-5.pdf
Saravanan, Raju (2020) Marine biodiversity and its conservation methods in Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. In: Course Manual on Marine Fisheries & Mariculture Prepared for the Training programme for B.F.Sc students of Central Agricultural University (CAU), Tripura. CMFRI Training Manual Series No. 24/2020 (24). ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam, pp. 100-108.