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Kachal, a tackle for file-fish (family Balistidae : Pisces)
To suit local exigencies and condition several indigenous types of gear have been developed by fishermen from ancient times which though primitive and crude in appearance are efficient in their own way. One such gear is the Kaehal, used to capture the file-fish (Balistidae) along the south-west coast of India between Muttum and Vizhingam. Since good results are obtained at little cost, the gear is
used extensively by fishermen
Pumiliopsis spathepedes sp. nov., a cyclopoid copepod Parasitic on the eye of Sardinella sirm
The female of a new sipecies of copepod parasit;, Pumiliapsis spathepedes
is described from the eye of the sardine, Sardinella sirm from Tut'corin, South East
Coast of India. It was been compared with the only other known species in this
genus namely P. sardinellae. The species can easily be distingu'shed from all the
other bomolochids hitherto known by the enormously developed fifth leg
Peroderma tasselum sp. Nov. (Lernaeoceriformes; Copepoda) parasitic on the fish Stolephorus commersonii Lacepede
The female of a copepod parasite, Peroderma tasselum sp. nov. parasitic
on the fish Stolephorus commersonil is described from Tuticorin, southeast coast of
India. The species can be distinguished from the only other known species of
the genus, P. cylindricum, by the characteristic shape of the trunk
The present status of small scale traditional fishery at Tuticorin
Tuticorin enjoys an imique position along the Gulf of Mannar in the east coast of India in view of the facilities available for the development and exploitation of the marine fisheries of the region. A good flashing harbour affords facilities for smaller trawlers in the mechanised fishing sector. Large industrial fishery trawlers get facilities in the major harbour. There is a well established traditional system of craft and gears suited for the local conditions. This account is a positive attempt to highlight the changing pattern of the traditional fishery over the last few years and gives a comprehensive coverage of the gear-wise, specieswise and season-wise fish landings by the small scale traditional sector from 1979 to 1985 based on regular sampling of the commercial catch at Tuticorin fish landing centres
Heavy landing of brown pomfret at Tuticorin
From December 1992 to February 1993
bumper catch of brown pomfret Stromateus niger
was recorded at Harbour Point landing centre
which is a traditional site for shore seine operations
at Tuticorin. Some enterprising shore seine
fishermen after seeing schools of brown pomfret
moving near the Tuticorin harbour anchorage
used their encircling net to catch the
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Impact of motorization on the traditional fishery at Tuticorin
Analysis on the impact of motorization on traditional fishermen
and deals with the total fish catch of various
gears using motorized crafts as compared with
total catch by non-motorized crafts using similar
gears and covers the period from 1986 to 1992. One reason for decrease in fish catch after
motorization of traditional crafts is the intensive
fishing carried out by motorized units in the
inshore areas traditionally fished by non-motorized
fishing units. It is also possible that
rsufficient recruitment is not taking place in the
fishing grounds to give an encouraging trend in
the motorized fishery
Catamaran fishery for Hilsa toli at Tuticorin
Every year some traditional fishermen from
Kanyakumari migrate to Tuticorin with their
catamaran craft to fish with various gears
according to availability offish groups in the area.
During 1988 these fishermen developed a nylon
fish net with 4 to 5 cm mesh size to catch large
quantities of Hilsa toli Fowler locally called 'Kalar'
available near the Hare Island fishing grounds at
depth range from three to four metres
Lesser sardines resources of India
The lesser sardines comprising ten species form a minor or
major fishery in all the maritime states of India during one or the
other part of the year. The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
has taken up a study of the fishery and biology of the important
species at some centres and has published the results periodically.
The present article reviews the work carried out and highlights
the important results pertaining to the fishery, biology and
population characteristics along the Indian coast
On the collection of young billfishes from Vizhinjam
Young billfishes collected at Vizhingam have been assigned to the genus Tetra-
pturus but their specific identity could not be established. A general description of the
specimens has been given
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