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Indigenous fishing gears of the Pulicat lagoon of Tamil Nadu

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Title Indigenous fishing gears of the Pulicat lagoon of Tamil Nadu
 
Creator Kalaiarasan, Muthupandi
Neethiselvan, Neethirajan
Gayathre, Lakshme
Mariappan, Sangaralingam
Velmurugan, Raghavan
Radhakrishnan, Kalidoss
 
Subject Brackish water
Lagoon fisheries
Sustainable fishing gear
Traditional gears
 
Description 583-593
A study was conducted on the design and the operational details of fishing gears and craft operated from 54 fishing villages bordering the Pulicat lagoon, one of the important lagoons of India (lat. 13.5593° N, long. 80.2098° E). Information was collected from 320 respondents covering a minimum of 5-7 fishermen from each fishing village. The investigation revealed the existence of 26 types of traditional fishing gear belonging to 15 categories. The pattern of operation of fishing gears used by fishermen was as follows: stake nets (33%), drift gillnets (24%), set gill nets (19%), drive-in nets (14%), and other gears (
 
Date 2024-06-26T07:35:51Z
2024-06-26T07:35:51Z
2024-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64083
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v23i6.11830
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.24: A01K 74/00, A01K 81/100, A01K 83/00, A01K 87/00
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.23(6) [June 2024]