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Species specific fishery assessment for Croakers of the northeastern Arabian Sea

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Title Species specific fishery assessment for Croakers of the northeastern Arabian Sea
 
Creator CMFRI, Kochi
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
Stock Assessment
 
Description Sustainable marine fisheries resource harvest and management depend heavily on the sound scientific
investigation of the stock status of the resources on a periodic basis. In the Indian context, given
the sheer diversity of fishery resources tapped with numerous craft gear combinations, the task of
evaluating the individual management units (or stock) is intrinsically challenging. The complexity
increases manifold when several similar looking species of a fishery group are landed together, posing
difficulties in enumerating species wise abundance data from the field observations. Croakers with a
high α-diversity and overlapping distribution form a significant component of the high value marine
fish landings in India. Around a dozen species on the north-west coast of India are contributing
significantly to the commercial landings. Since these individual species vary considerably in their life
history traits, abundances and distribution pattern, species specific assessment of the resource status
is desirable. The trawl fishery of the region has experienced significant ‘technology creep’ in terms of
gear modification as well as species targeted, especially during the last one and half decade. Hence, the
species-specific information gaps needed to be identified and addressed scientifically with advisories
for sustainable management of croaker fishery.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16630/1/MFIS%20253_2022_Zacharia%20P%20U.pdf
CMFRI, Kochi (2022) Species specific fishery assessment for Croakers of the northeastern Arabian Sea. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 253. pp. 39-42. ISSN 0254-380X