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Rare Palmate octopus landed

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Title Rare Palmate octopus landed
 
Creator Koya, K P Said
Mahesh, V
Asokan, P K
 
Subject Cephalopods
Conservation
Fish landing
 
Description In recent years, the octopus fishery is gaining importance
due to the increase in the export demands. The catches of
the same has been steadily increasing due to the expansion
of the trawl fishing activities into the deeper waters. They
are mainly landed as by-catch in the trawl landings. The
octopus landings in Malabar are mainly supported by
the species like Amphioctopus neglectus, A. marginatus,
Octopus vulgaris, Cistopus indicus, Callistoctopus luteus
etc. However, in the last week of August 2018 rare
palmate octopus Tremoctopus gracilis were observed.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14014/1/MFIS%20238_11.pdf
Koya, K P Said and Mahesh, V and Asokan, P K (2018) Rare Palmate octopus landed. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (238). p. 33. ISSN 0254-380 X