The fish landing data in Mangalore for the gears such as purse seiners, drift gill net and trawlers during the period of 1981 to 1987 is provided for the major fish species of the families, Carangidae, Carcharhinidae and Sphyrnidae, Chirocentridae, Cynoglossidae, Engraulidae, Leiognathidae, Mullidae, Nemipteridae, Nomeidae, Platycephalidae, Priacanthidae, Sciaenidae, Scombridae, Sphyraenidae, Stromateidae, Synodontidae, Tachysuridae and Trichiuridae
