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Empowering fisherwomen after tsunami in Kerala: Institutional lessons and insights

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14243/
http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=2521&bkid=123
doi:10.6024/jmbai.2019.61.1.2080-05
 
Title Empowering fisherwomen after
tsunami in Kerala: Institutional
lessons and insights
 
Creator Shyam, S Salim
Sathiavathy, C R
Sivaprasad, P S
Athira, N R
Fernandez, Reeja
 
Subject Socio Economics and Extension
Fisheries Economics
Fishing Community
 
Description The present study describes the status of multiday drift gillnet fishery
for tuna from Chennai fishing harbour based on data for the years
2016 – 2017. The data is also compared with that during 1999-
2006. Both the craft and gear increased in size with consequent
extension of fishing grounds and increase in the number of days/
fishing trip. The size of the boats increased to 20-23 m OAL from
11-12 m OAL and weight of the gear from 1 to more than 6 t.
Annual average catch increased to 8523 t during 2016-2017 from
595 t during 1999-2006. Average catch per unit effort was 8310 kg
as against 730 kg during 1999-2006. Yellowfin tuna, Thunnus
albacares and Skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis were the dominant
species. The stock position of skipjack tuna and yellowfin tuna vis-àvis
the three indicators indicated that the percentage of mature
yellowfin tuna in the catch in 2017 was 68%, fish in optimum length
35% and mega-spawners 33% whereas in skipjack tuna the
respective percentages were 99.5, 21.1 and 79.1. Problems and
prospects of multiday tuna drift gillnet fishery are also discussed.
 
Publisher MBAI, Cochin-14
 
Date 2019
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14243/1/JMBAI_2019_Shyam%20Salim_Empowering%20fisherwomen%20after%20tsunami%20in%20Kerala.pdf
Shyam, S Salim and Sathiavathy, C R and Sivaprasad, P S and Athira, N R and Fernandez, Reeja (2019) Empowering fisherwomen after tsunami in Kerala: Institutional lessons and insights. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 61 (2). pp. 34-40.