First report of moontail seabass, Variola louti along Mangalore coast

The multi-night gillnetters of Mangalore area stay out at sea for 3-4 nights for fishing. One such multi-night gillnetter landed a single specimen of the moontail seabass

Drift gillnet fishery of Goa

The average annual marine fish production of Goa has been of the order of 87,330 t during 1989-'91 forming about 4% of the all-India marine fish landings. Trawl, purse seine and drift gillnet fishing are the important means of production, contributing to 62.5, 31.1 and 6.4 per cent respectively of the total marine fish landings of the state. Although the indigeneous gears such as rampani, yendi and other smaller shore seines became less popular after the introduction of purse seine in Goa in early seventies, the drift gillnet [Magjaaft continued to be in operation for catching bigger pelagics because of their greater economic returns. The mechanisation of traditional craft with out- board engine in recent years has given further fillip to this fishery and its emergence as a significant contributor to the marine fish production of the state

Heavy landings of mackerel by trawlers at Mangalore Bunder

The Indian mackerel, Rastrelliger kanagurta generally comprises less than 2% of the total annual trawl catch. But unusually heavy landings of mackerel, upto one tonne per unit formed nearly 30% of the total trawl catch during May 1995(18th - 27th)

Belonid fish Ablennes hians caught with entrapped plastic bangle, off Mangalore

During our regular observation at Mangalore Fisheries Harbour, on 6th March 2012, a belonid fish, Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846) was collected along with seerfish and mackerel landed by drift gillnet operated at 36-40 m depth, south-west off Manjeswara

Gillnet and hook & line fishing off Mangalore

Fishing using gillnets and hooks and line have been in vogue along Mangalore coast since a long time. These fishing practices are very popular and found to be lucrative along coastal Karnataka. Fishing using gillnets and hooks and line has so far been operated only Mar. Fish. Infor. Serv., T&E Ser., No. 188, 2006 6 from canoes fitted with outboard engines (OBM). The fishermen fish for a day or night or at the most for 2-3 days. However, of late, mechanized crafts (inboard mechanized) operating gillnets as well as hooks and line land their catch at Mangalore Fisheries Harbour. The crafts used are large and comparable to the size of trawlers and purseseiners of Mangalore and have an endurance to stay out at sea for more than a month. As this kind of fishing activity is new to this area, the catch as well as gear details were studied and a brief account is given

Awareness and Use of Library Resources and Services among the Social Science Researchers: A Case Study

Libraries play a vital role in the promotion of education, training, research and other development programmes by providing wider and deeper access to information for social science researchers. Social science researchers are the end users of information, and hence, various resources have been devised to facilitate social science research outputs. The present study focuses on the level of awareness regarding library resources and facilities, frequency of use, the purpose of using the library services and facilities among the social science researchers of ISEC library, Bangalore. The study reveals that, the majority of the respondents are aware of library collections, such as Books (100%), National Journals (95.97%) and international journals (86.22%) etc., and with regard to library services, 89.12% of the respondents are aware of photocopy services provided by the library 85.55% of the respondents are aware of different reference services available in the library, while opining that these services are important for their research. The regression results show that in respect of researcher category, accessing index journals and thesis/dissertations is statistically significant. The findings of the study also show that the major purpose of using the library services and facilities on the part of researchers is to search for the most relevant information required for their research

Pufferfish Lagocephalus inermis - an emerging fishery along Mangalore coast of Karnataka

L agocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) commonly known as smooth blaasop, belongs to the family Tetraodontidae and order Tetraodontiformes. This fish was considered as a menace by fishermen during the previous year (2006) as it caused damage to other species landed and the net

High landing of prawn (Metapenaeus dobsoni) by purse seiners at Panaji, Goa

In Goa the purse-seiners are operated mostly in Panaji, Vasco-da-Gama, Baina, Colva, Cotbona, Betul and Talpona centres. Out of these, Panaji and Cotbona are the major purse-seine landing centres, where the number of purse-seiners exceeds 30 (30-60) and, all other centres have below 15 numbers. The area of fishing is northwest of Panaji-Calangute belt in 20-25m depth zone

Targeted trawl fishery for moontail bullseye, Priacanthus hamrur off Mangalore for surumi production

Moontail bullseye, Priacanthus hamrur has been forming a part of the trawl fishery off Mangalore, caught from a depth beyond 100 m ever since deepsea trawling started off the coast. This is not a preferred edible species in Karnataka and was not a species considered for targeted fishery

On a whale shark Rhiniodon typus landed at Malpe, Udupi district, Karnataka

A whale shark Rliiniodon typus Smith of 610 cm total length and weighing 4 tonnes was accidentally caught by a purse seiner on 26.12.2000 at a depth of 20 m off Malpe, about 10 km from Malpe fishing harbour