A note on jelly fish collection - An alternate source of income to the east coast fishermen

Seasonal abundance of jelly fish in the east coast is one of the valuable raw materials for the food processing and exports industries. The vast resources of the same have been properly utilized by the east coast fishermen and export enterprises in the recent years

Note on a whale shark Rincodon typus Smith landed at Pondicherry

A juvenile male whale shark Rincodon typus Smith was captured by the Solathandavankuppam fishermen of Pondicherry State on 30th January, 1984

Unusual heavy landing of juvenile catfish (Arius caelatus)at Pondicherry Fishing Harbour

An unusual bumber catch of juvenile catfishes Arius caelatus was observed in Pondicherry Fishing Harbour on 16.08.2005. A mechanised trawler boat (12 m OAL) fitted with 125 HP engine landed a heavy catch of 1.6 tonnes of catfish

A note on whelk [Babylonia spp.) fishery in Pondicherry

Whelk meat is being exported from India to Japan and Singapore since 1994. Due to Its increasing demand, coastal fishermen of Pondicherry and the districts of Villupuram and Cuddalore (South Arcot) are now exploiting two species of Babylonia. (B. spirata and B. zeylanica), locally known as 'Puramuttai' or 'Kozhichank' In good quantities since December 1995. Presented in this note is a brief account of the whelk fishery in Pondicherry

An unusual occurrence of Oil Sardine in Pondicherry on east coast of India

The Indian oil sardine, Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes which forms 10 to 18% of the total fish landings in India, usually occurs in shoals along the west coast of India. Only stray catches of oil sardine have been reported from the east coast. But there has been noleport of its occurrence along the Pondicherry coast. During October-December, 1983 unusual landing of oil sardine in good quantities were noticed in Pondicherry state. During this period an sonivellam alias thenlivellam (drift flowing towards north) was strong instead of the usual southward drift (vannivellam). This was an unusual feature at this coast during monsoon months especially in November. This feature might have been a cause for the abundance of oil sardine in large quantities along the Pondicherry coast

A note on the heavy landings of the Indian squid at Pondicherry Fisheries Harbour

The Indian squid Loligo duvaucelli locally called "oosikanavai" landed at Pondicherry fisheries harbour by trawlers, which is a new record in this area. Usually, the trawlers were operating along the Pondicherry coast only for fishes and prawns, but on 5th, 6th and 7th of July 2001, heavy landings of 'Loligo duvaucelli' from the, trawlers was observed with the catch particulars as given below

Prawn culture proved highly profitable in Pondicherry

The experiment is the first of its kind in Pondicherry state. A natural small pond with muddy bottom formed by tidal effect of thesea (Coramandal Coast) was selected for an experiment in commercial prawn culture. Initially natural stocking was carried out by letting in water from the river at high tide through the sluice gate provided for the pond and stocked the seeds in the pond.Cultures were maintained at 30°C and 31 ppt respectively for 80 days.330 kg of prawns , 200 kg of fishes and 50 kg of crabs were obtained by the final harvesting, realising a netprofit of Rs. 10,860/- from natural as will as intensive stocking.The encouraging results would show that there is considerable scope for expansion of prawn culture in this area

Bumper catch of cat fish at Pondicherry

A report on a bumper catch of Giant cat fish (Arius thalasinus) on 25.08.86, by local fisher men of Vembakeerapalayam (Pondicherry) using their traditional fishing gear Edavala

Export oriented processing of Indian Jelly Fish (Muttai chori, Tamil) by Indonesian method at Pondicherry region

The jelly fishes are commonly found in the inshore waters of Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu coasts. The processing is carried out in seven stages for the umbrella and in six stages for the arm. At present processed jelly fish are exported from pondicherry and South Arcot in Tamil Nadu only. The exports were made mainly to Japan, Thailand and Hongkong