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Status of Large Pelagics fishery in Andhra Pradesh

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Title Status of Large Pelagics fishery in Andhra
Pradesh
 
Creator Manas, H M
Satish Kumar, M
Ghosh, Shubhadeep
Divipala, Indira
Roul, Subal Kumar
Rohit, Prathibha
Mini, K G
Abdussamad, E M
 
Subject Fish landing
Marine Fisheries
Pelagic Fisheries
 
Description Large pelagics forms an important fishery along Andhra Pradesh coast, 26 species of large pelagics are caught
in the state. This group accounts to an annual average of 9% of total states marine catches (2.5 lakh ton)
since a decade and highest contribution of large pelagics to the total states landing was recorded in 2014
(12%). Tunas dominated the large pelagics landings, followed by seerfishes and barracuda. Gillnets are mainly
employed to catch tunas, seer fishes, billfishes and queenfishes, trawls for barracudas and hook and line for
Dolphinfish. Peak landing occurred during the December - March period. Among the large pelagics, seerfishes
fetched the highest price in the market.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14733/1/MFIS_245_H%20M%20Manas_2020.pdf
Manas, H M and Satish Kumar, M and Ghosh, Shubhadeep and Divipala, Indira and Roul, Subal Kumar and Rohit, Prathibha and Mini, K G and Abdussamad, E M (2020) Status of Large Pelagics fishery in Andhra Pradesh. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 245. pp. 13-17. ISSN ISSN 0254-380X