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    Indian Scad, Decapterus russelli ....On its Fishery from Maharashtra Waters
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    lndia has a coastline of 8.129 km with a continental shelf of 4,14,868 sq. km. Its marine resources are spread in the lndian Ocean, Arabian Sea and in the Bay of Bengal. It has an Exclusive EconomicZone of 2.02 million square km comprising 0.86 million sq. km on the West coast, 0.56 million sq. km of the East coast and 0.60 million sq. km around Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with a harvestable fishery fishery potential of 3.9 million tonnes
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    BENGAL
    East coast
    The estimated landings of carangids in India during 198 1-88 ranged between 37 345 tonnes and 135 529 tonnes, whereas the percentage composition of carangids in the total fish Wigs ranged from 2.7 to 8.1. The overage annual catch and the percentage of carangids in the total marine fish landings were estimated at 74 080 tonnes and 4.5% respectively. Tamil Nadu (17.7%) and Andhra Mesh (8.8%) from east coast and Kerala (34%). KamPtakn (17.6%) and Maharashtra (9.9%) from west coast yielded good catches of carangids. Megu1uspi.r cnrdylu. Decaptcrus russelli, Alepes kallu, Atropus atropus, Alepes djedaba, Atule mate, Carunr curangus and Se&roide.c 1eptolepi.r contributed significantly to the fisheries of different regions. The results of stock assessment and biology of the above species are presented.M.cordylaalong east and northwest coasts,D. rus.relli along northwest coast. and C.carangus and S. leptolepis along Tamil Nadu coast arebeing exploited expending much more effort than required to realize maximum sustainable yield (MSY). But D. russelli along east and southwest coastsandA. kalla andA. djedaba alongtheKeralacoastcanbeexploitedwith increased effort of trawl net to enhance their production to MSY level. Similar condition is exhibited by M. cordyla along southwest coast for drift gill net and A. mate along Kerala coast for hooks and line.
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    The Bombay duck, Harpadon nehereus (Hamilton, 1822) form a major single species fishery along the Northwest coast from Ratnagiri in Maharashtra to the Gulf of Kutch in Saurashtra coast. They also form a seasonal fishery along Northeast coast (West Bengal & Odisha) and the northern part of Andhra Pradesh. The fishery is usually concentrated in a comparatively narrow depth zone up to 70 m and are mainly exploited by stationary bag net known as 'Dol' which are operated entirely by tidal force
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    Puducherry Union Territory has 45 km of coast which extends from Kanagachettykulam in the north to Murthykuppam in the south and contributes around 5% to the total marine fish catch of the country. The average annual catch was 15,492 t during 2005 – 2009. One of the most significant development in the marine fisheries sector observed in recent years is the large scale introduction of ringseine boats for commercial exploitation of pelagic fish resources, which is also observed along the coast off Puducherry.
    Sardinella
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    Tamil Nadu with a long coastline of 1,076 km ranks second among all the maritime states in India in terms of coastal length and fourth in terms of marine fish production in India. The continental shelf of Tamil Nadu has been estimated to be about 41,400 sq km. The estimated annual marine fish production in Tamil Nadu during 1995-2005 has fluctuated from 3,50,709 t (2001) to 4,72,513 t (1997) with an average annual landing of 3,90,797 t. The annual marine fish landings of Tamil Nadu has been recorded to range from 13.7 to 19.0% constituting on an average 16% of the total marine fish production in India (Srinath et al., 2006).
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    India is blessed with long coastline of about 8118 km along the West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry along the east coast; along Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala along the west coast. India has 2.02 million sq.km exclusive economic zone area and 0.53 million sq.km continental shelf area, a potential source for marine fisheries.The rich continental shelf area, a good habitat for demmersal fishes as well as crustaceans such has penaeid prawns , non-penaeid prawns, crabs, lobsters and stomatopods. Mechanised trawler is the main gear operated in the continental area targeting crustacean resources, Though trawl net is operated for penaeid prawn, non penaeid prawns, crabs and stomatopods will be formed as by catch because all these resources habituate in the same fishing ground.
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    Landings of the white sardine Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) indicated a shift in their abundance from northeast to south-west coast of India and a sharp decline in the resource landings during the last decade along the entire range of its distribution. High local demand coupled with competitive price for the species might have led to overexploitation of this otherwise seasonal resources along the major areas of its abundance along the Indian coast. Detailed study on the systematics, fishery and biology of the species landed along Kerala coast was undertaken during 2015 and 2016. Stock assessment studies indicated near optimum fishing pressure on the resource along the Kerala coast.
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    West coast
    Stock assessment
    Stock (firearms)
    The Union Territory of Lakshadweep (08 00'N and 12 30'N latitudes and 71 00'E and 74 00'E longitudes), consisting of eleven inhabited and 25 uninhabited islands, is scattered in the Arabian Sea at about 200- 400 km from the Malabar Coast.Lakshadweep sea is rich in fishery resources such as the tunas, billfishes Mar. Fish. Infor. Serv., T&E Ser., No. 187, 2006 2 pelagic sharks etc., and the other groups of food fishes, live baits and ornamental fishes.The estimated marine fishery resources potential in the Lakshadweep waters are about 63,000 to 1,40,000 tonnes of various groups of fish, whereas the present annual production is around 10,000 t (10% of the potential).
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    A single specimen of Xanthichthys lineopunctatus (187 mm SL and weight 212 gm) was obtained from trawl net operated at depth range of 40-50 m off Visakhapatnam and landed at Visakhapatnam Fisheries Harbour on 20th July 2016. It is reported for the first time from the east coast of India, Bay of Bengal. Earlier it was recorded from the south west coast of India, Arabian Sea and from the Indo-West Pacific. This report of Xanthichthys lineopunctatus in the Bay of Bengal extends its geographic distribution within the Indian Ocean.
    Tuna production in the' world continued to increase from an average annual catch of 1.745 million t during 1970-'74 to a peak of 5.975 million t in 1999. The Pacific Ocean produced 68.9% followed by the Indian Ocean 17.3% and the Atlantic Ocean 13.8%. Skipjack was the most dominant species constituting 35.3% followed by yellowfin 25.9%. big-eye 6.3%. albacore 5%. other tunas 25.3% and longtail, kawakawa, southern and northern bluefins each less than 1%. Except skipjack. and albacore in the Atlantic, northern bluefin in the western Atlantic, kawakawa, longtail and other small tunas in the eastern Indian Ocean, all other species are fully exploited and some of them are at the verge of depletion. Tuna production from India continued to increase from a mere 3445 t in 1969 to a peak of 46,466 t in 1997. The species composition was E. afJinis 52.3%. Auxis spp. 21.2%. K. palamis 2.0%, T. ronggol8.6% and other tunas 15.9%. The west coast landed 85.2% and the east coast 14.8%. The south-west coast contributed 55.4%. north-west coast 29.8%. South- east coast 14.4% and North-east coast a mere 0.4%. The motorised sector landed 50.4% followed by the mechanised sector 37.8% and non-mechanised sector 11.8%. In the mechanised sector, the gillnet landed 59.4% followed by purse seine 23.1%, ring seine 10.4% and trawl 7.1%. Other than the coastal tuna fishery, there is no organised fishery for oceanic tunas in India. Deployment of longline and purse seine fishing fleet for the exploitation of oceanic surface and sub-surface tunas in the Indian Ocean is discussed and detailed suggestions for the development and management of the oceanic tuna tishery are given.
    Yellowfin tuna
    Skipjack tuna
    Albacore
    West coast
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    IN the marine fisheries of the Indian coast prawns occupy an important position. The major portion of the marine prawn catches is from the west coast. According to Panikkar and Menon (1955) certain areas, especially on the west coast, the catches of prawns as a group may be more than those of any other single group of fishes. In order to obtain a clear picture of the fishery along this coast detailed study has been initiated by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute at a number of centres, viz., Kandla, Bombay, Mangalore, Kozhikode, Cochin (Ernakulam) and Colachel. From the Ernakulam centre the middle part of Kerala coast has been covered selecting three points, Alleppey, Chellanam and Narakkal, about 22 miles apart. Alleppey situated about 35 miles south of Cochin is one of the heaviest prawn-landing centres. Here in some months of the peak season the catches at one landing centre alone has exceeded 1000 m. tons. The presence of mud banks, locally called chakara is one of the reasons attributed to the magnitude of the prawn fishery here. Chellanam, situated at about 14 miles south and Narakkal 8 miles north of Cochin harbour are also prawn fishing centres.
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    East coast
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