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Traditional methods of capturing octopus

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Title Traditional methods of capturing octopus
 
Creator Sundaram, Sujit
Dias, J R
 
Subject Cephalopods
Fishing
 
Description Octopuses are marine benthic animals
found to live in the waters along the sea coast
down to 1000 m depth. They are known to
have been exploited for more than 2000 years
(Roper et al, 1984). As many as 200 species
of Octopodidae are known to occur in the
world Oceans (Worms, 1983) and of these
about 60 species are known from the Indian
Ocean (Roper et al. 1984). The major species
of octopuses, which contribute to world
fishery, come under the genera Octopus.
Cistopus and Eledone. The world landings of
octopuses increased substantially from 35.8
thousand metric tonnes in 1950 to 317.2
thousand metric tonnes in 2001(Jereb etal.,
2005),
 
Publisher Fishing Chimes Office, Visakhapatnam
 
Date 2008
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16682/1/Fishing%20Chimes_2008_Sujit%20Sundaram_Vol%2028%20%289%29.pdf
Sundaram, Sujit and Dias, J R (2008) Traditional methods of capturing octopus. Fishing Chimes, 28 (9). p. 50.