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Hook and Line fishery of seerfish, Scomberomorus commerson (Lancepede, 1801)

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Title Hook and Line fishery of seerfish, Scomberomorus commerson (Lancepede, 1801)
 
Creator Mestry, A Y
Waghmare, K B
Sundaram, Sujit
 
Subject Seerfishes
Marine Fisheries
 
Description Scomberomorus commerson commonly knownas ‘ narrow-barred
Spanish mackerel'. It is known as Towar',
'Iswan' or 'Anjari' in Maharashtra. A good
quantity of this species, weighing around
three tonnes, was caught (on one day
(18.9.2007) by hooks and lines operated
from fib re g la s s boats and these were
landed at New Ferry Wharf, Mumbai. In
addition to these, about 200 kg of tuna
were also landed. The entire catch was
auctioned al the landing centre itself,
fetching a total Rs. 2,25,000. The Unit sale
p r ic e per kg was Rs. 7 5 / - T h e price
fetched was comparatively on the lower
side because of Ganesh Chathurthi the
lime.
 
Publisher Fishing Chimes Office, Visakhapatnam
 
Date 2010
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16683/1/Fishing%20Chimes_2010_Sujit%20Sundaram_Vol%2030%20%285%29.pdf
Mestry, A Y and Waghmare, K B and Sundaram, Sujit (2010) Hook and Line fishery of seerfish, Scomberomorus commerson (Lancepede, 1801). Fishing Chimes, 30 (5). p. 24.