Heavy landings of Cat fish by 'Dol' nets at Sassoon docks

Fixed bag net locally called 'dol' is one of the traditional gears used by the fishermen of Maharashtra. The article is a report of huge landing (7,665 kg) of cat fishes on 20th January, 1987 from two 'dol' netters at Sassoon Docks. The cat fishes comprised only one species namely Tachysurus dussumieri. This fish is mainly caught by hooks and line and trawlers. Sudden catch of this species by 'dol' net has generated good deal of interest among the fishermen as well as scientists

Unusual landings of “blue spotted job fish”, Pristipomoides filamentosus (Val.) by the hand operated hooks and lines at New Ferry Wharf

New Ferry Wharf landing centre is one of the major landing centres in Maharashtra where about 95'Mj of total annual fish catch is landed bymechanised trawlers and the remaining by gillnetters, dol netters and purse seiners. It was unsualto note that two hand operated hooks and linerslanded huge catch of "blue spotted job fish" on22/03/2002

Bumper landing of common dolphin fish Coryphaena hippurus at Sassoon Dock, Mumbai

On 29.10.05, an unprecedented twelve tons of common dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus was landed at Sassoon Dock by gill netters. The catch was made by 22 gill netters on a four day voyage, operating surface drift nets of mesh 80-120 rnrn upto 40 m depth of Murud, about 100 km south of Mumabi. The fish is sexually dimorphic with mature males having a pronounced bony crest in the frontal portion of the head

Utilization of head and vertebrae of Otolithoides biauritus - a new economic resource

Otolithoides biauritus, locally called as koth is an important resource in Maharashtra. Exploited by multi-day trawlers, the resource is abundant throughout the year with peak landings during the period of October-December, at New Ferry Wharf landing centre. These trawlers are operated at a depth of 40-60 m, 80-90 km off north-west coast. The total length of the fish in trawl landings usually ranges between 90-150 cm

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Unusual landings of ghol, Protonibea dicanthus in dol net at Bassien Kolliwada(Vasai) landing centre.

Bassein Kolliwada is an important landing center in Maharashtra, where traditional dol net fishing is carried out for Bombay duck and silver pomfret which are economically the most important resources in the region. But, landings of Bombay duck and silver pomfrets have declined considerably during past few years. A dol net boat named ‘Dayadhan‘landed huge catch of ghol fish,Protonibea dicanthus at Bassein Kolliwada,from a depth of about 40 meters off Jaffrabad in Saurashtra region of Gujarat.It is perhaps the scarcity of fish that has led them to search for the new grounds for ghol,ribbonfish,koth(O.biauritus),and warm (C.talabanoides) in Gujarat waters

Unusual landing of “Koth” Otolithoides biauritus by mini trawler at Versova, Mumbai.

A mini trawler landed an unusual catch of 103 numbers of “Koth” in the size range 770-1050mm each weighing between 2.5 to 5.0kg from a depth of 30 meters, at a distance of 25km off Mumbai, around the fishing grounds of Dahanu and Satpati

Unusual landing of silver pomfret,Pampus argenteus by karali dol net at Bassein Kolliwada(Vasai)landing centre,Thane district,Maharashtra

Post monsoon fishing from 10th june to 15 th Augustis avery important period for the silver pomfret Pampus argenteus in traditional Karli dol net fishery at Bassein Kolliwada landing centre,Thane district,Maharashtra

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Landing of Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri at Mumbai, Maharashtra

Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri were landed at Sassoon Dock and New ferry wharf landing centers by gill netters on 04-03-04 and 16-03-04 Sassoon New Ferry