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Fishery and biology of Penaeid prawns at Harnaii, Maharashtra

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https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JIFA/article/view/56826
 
Title Fishery and biology of Penaeid prawns at Harnaii, Maharashtra
 
Creator Deshmukh, V D
Hule, A S
Mane, S J
Sawant, M S
 
Subject Fishery Biology
Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description Penaeid prawn fishery at Harnaii in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra was investigated during fishing seasons of 2002-03 and 2003-04 from mechanized (MLD) and hand operated trawlers (HT). During the two years, MLD contributed 86% and HT 14% to the average annual penaeid prawn catch of 2,242 t. The catch showed two peaks, a major during October-December and a minor during April-May in both the gears but abundance of the individual species differed. P. stylifera, Metapenaeopsis affinis, Solenocera crassicornis, Metapenaeopsis brevicornis, P. merguiensis and Metapenaeopsis dobsoni mainly constituted the fishery and their species composition, seasonal abundance, annual size distribution and monthly mean size were investigated. Biological studies on food, size at maturity, spawning period, sex-ratio and juvenile abundance were carried out to explain temporal abundance of the species in the fishery. Among the species P. stylifera, M. affinis and S. crassicornis exhibited distinct seasonality with two spawning peaks, one in pre-monsoon and the other in post monsoon period to produce two discrete broods while P. merguiensis despite two spawning peaks exhibited a single dominant brood. M. brevicornis showed monsoon and post-monsoon spawning while M. dobsoni showed only post-monsoon spawning. Migrations between nearshore and offshore waters resulted in mixing of the broods and they remained inseparable in the catch.
 
Date 2004
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16636/1/Journal%20of%20the%20Indian%20Fisheries%20Association_2004_Deshmukh%20V%20D.pdf
Deshmukh, V D and Hule, A S and Mane, S J and Sawant, M S (2004) Fishery and biology of Penaeid prawns at Harnaii, Maharashtra. Journal of the Indian Fisheries Association, 31. pp. 47-63.