Fishable concentrations of fishes and crustaceans in the
offshore and deep sea areas of the Indian Exclusive Economic
Zone based on observations made onboard FORV Sagar Sampada
Bottom trawling data of FORV Sagar Sampada pertaining to a total of 350 fishing hauls with a duration of 330 effective
trawling hours for depths beyond 40 m was utilized in the present study. Abundance of selected fishery resources such
as threadfin bream, bull's eye, drift fish, lizard fish, ribbon fish, cat fish, barracudas, mackerel, deep sea prawns and deep
sea lobster in the offshore and deep sea waters of the Indian EEZ in space and time is indicated
