ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
Abstract
The oilsardine, Sardinella longiceps
(Valenciennes, 1847), is a major pelagic fishery
resource of Malabar and Konkan coast. At Karwar,
the fishing season for oilsardine is from August-May
and the peak season is from October to March. During
the current year, after the ban period, the oilsardine
fishery by the purseseine boats started from the first
of August, 2011
