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<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">Indigenous craft and gears used for crab fishery in Cochin estuary, Kerala, southwest coast of India</span></p>

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Title Statement <p><span style="font-weight: normal;">Indigenous craft and gears used for crab fishery in Cochin estuary, Kerala, southwest coast of India</span></p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name K. A, Aneesa ; School of Marine Sciences Cochin University of Science and Technology
A.V, Shibu ; School of Industrial fisheries Fine Arts Avenue, Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin -682016, Kerala, India
E. R, Chaithanya ; Department of Marine Biology Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Fine Arts Avenue, Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin -682016, Kerala, India
Joseph, Aneykutty ; Department of Marine Biology Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Fine Arts Avenue, Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin -682016, Kerala, India
Cochin University of Science and Technology
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Cochin backwater, Crab gill net, Craft, Gear, Ring net, Scylla sp.
 
Summary, etc. <p>This paper presents an overview of fishing gears and crafts operated for crab fishery in the Cochin estuary. A survey was made in selected areas of the Cochin estuary to study the design and operational details of indigenous craft and gears used in crab fishing. Primary data on crab fishery were collected from fish landing centers and fishing villages through a structured questionnaire. Crab gillnets and ring nets are the dominant artisanal gear supporting crab fishery throughout the study area. Long lines were one of the widely deployed fishing gears for the crab fishery, which is now operational only in limited areas of the Cochin estuary. Incidental catch of crabs is also noted in the stake net and Chinese dip net. The wounding gears and traditional fishing techniques, <em>viz</em>., <em>vazhuka</em> method and midrib trap, are not deployed in commercial crab fishery as they result in low-value realization. The survey discloses that ring net and crab gillnet accounted for 98% of the crab landing along the Cochin estuary. <em>Scylla serrata</em> and <em>Scylla olivacea</em> are the essential species contributing to inland crab fishery along the study area. Wooden canoes belonging to 3 to 7 m in length overall (LOA<strong>)</strong> are employed for crab fishing. Migrant fishermen use Coracles and the FRP canoes for crab gill net operations along the stretches of the backwaters.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK)
2023-12-18 16:39:14
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK); ##issue.vol## 22, ##issue.no## 4 (2023): Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
 
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