The estimated average all India marine fish

landings during 2012-2016 was 36,71,651 t. Of late,

the catch of priacanthids has increased in

commercial landings all along Indian coast. The

bullseye contribution to the total production which

was 0.3% in 2011 increased to 3.6% during 2016 and

increased by two times from an annual average

23,031 t (2007-2011) to 45,544 t in 2012-2016.

Nearly 94% production was from the west coast

Dineshbabu, A P

Purushottama, G B

Rajesh, K M

Rohit, Prathibha

Thomas, Sujitha

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Mar. Fish. Infor. Serv., T & E Ser., No. 232, 201720Lawsons Bay, Pudimadaka and Chintapalli. In othermarkets, the main arrivals are from their respectivelanding centres and the fish goes for sale to thenearby villages, towns and neighbouring states(Table 3).In conclusion, north coastal districts of AndhraPradesh are one of the major zones where fishmarkets and the trading operations are widelydistributed covering the different parts of the stateand other distribution and consumptiondestinations. Among these markets, Visakhapatnamwhich is one of the largest wholesale markets inthe zone offers significant marketing functionariesand trade and caters to the fish demand of thenearby towns and cities as well as the neighbouringstates.  However lack of appropriate infrastructureand adequate amenities and low product diversityact as limiting factors in fish trade in majority ofthe markets studied. Hence appropriate governmentinterventions in terms of strengtheninginfrastructure and imparting value addition may becreated to facilitate better functioning of thesemarkets, thereby augmenting revenue and cateringto the increased demand for marine fish from nearbystates.Table 3. Market arrivals and disposal of various fish species in selected marketsMarket Arrival DisposalVisakhapatnam Bhimili, Mangammavaripeta, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Kerala, Odisha and West BengalUppada, Mukkam, Lawsons bay,Pudimadaka and ChintapalliRajayyapeta Rajayyapeta Nakkapalli, Tuni, Anakapalle and  NarsipatnamMukkam Mukkam Bhogapuram, Vizianagaram and near by villages and townsChintapalli Chintapalli Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and near byvillages and townsBandaruvanipeta Bandaruvanipeta Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and South OdishaExploitation of the non-conventional bullseye fishery resource in Karnataka*G. B. Purushottama, Sujitha Thomas, Prathibha Rohit, A. P. Dineshbabu and K. M. RajeshMangalore Research Centre of ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangaluru*e-mail : puru44@gmail.comThe estimated average all India marine fishlandings   during 2012-2016 was 36,71,651 t. Of late,the catch of priacanthids has increased incommercial landings all along Indian coast. Thebullseye contribution to the total production whichwas 0.3% in 2011 increased to 3.6% during 2016 andincreased by two times from an annual average23,031 t (2007-2011) to 45,544 t in 2012-2016.Nearly 94% production was from the west coast.During 2007-2016, lowest contribution was by WestBengal (0.4% ) and highest by Gujarat (36.1%) andKarnataka (35.8%) followed by Kerala (17%). Bullseyeis mainly exploited by trawl nets (95.1%) and theother gears that contributed include gillnet (2.4%),hook & line (0.8%), purse seine (0.39%), ring seine(0.1%), dol net (0.06%), non-mechanised (0.04%) andother gears (1.2%). However, since 2015, the purseseines, ring seines and dol nets have significantlycontributed to the bullseye catch. Karnataka hascontributed 11.6% to 52.4% to the all India bullseyecatch during 2007-2016 and landings has increasedfrom an annual average 5,017 t during 2007-2011to 19,564 t during 2012-2016. Gear-wise landingsin Karnataka during 2007-2016 indicated that trawlnet accounted for 97.1% followed by purse seine(2.5%) and other gears till late 2015. However, duringMar. Fish. Infor. Serv., T & E Ser., No. 232, 2017 212016, the purse seines contributed 4.5% to the totalbullseye catch in Karnataka.  The seven species thatcontribute to the bullseye fishery of the countryinclude Priacanthus hamrur, P. blochii, P. tayenus,P. macracanthus, P. prolixus, Cookeolus japonicusand Heteropriacanthus cruentatus  of which themost dominant species is P. hamrur (99%) followedby C. japonicus.During 2008-2016, monthly in-situ samples werecollected from selected multiday trawlers operatingalong the south west coast of India (11°26.454’ Nto 17°9.789’ N and 72°30.08 E to 75°0.283’ E)encompassing the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Goaand Maharashtra. The analysed data revealed thatpriacanthids had a wide distributional range from20 to 200 m depth. A slight shift in exploitationgrounds from 11°26.454’ N to 15°20.446’ N and73°22.242’ E to 75° 0.283’ E in 2008-09 to13°34.224’ N to 17°9.789’ N and 72°30.08’ E to74°19.041’ E in 2015-16 was observed (Fig. 1). Thiswas mainly due to the introduction of high speedpelagic trawl nets which enabled operation of thesenets even in areas with rocky bottoms (Dineshbabuet al., 2016, Fishery Technology, 53: 263-272). Suchchanges in gears and operational methods, couldbe one of the reason for the sudden spurt of bullseyelandings during 2015-16.  Further, highly productivesea mount off Panaji was tapped for bullseyeresources. An earlier study had indicated thatFig. 1. Locations of operations by multiday trawlers during2008-2009 and 2015-2016 periodTable 2. Average gearwise landings of bullseye (in tonnes) in India during 2007-2016States / Gears TN DN GN PS HL NM RS OTHS TotalWest Bengal 129 - 0 - - - - - 129Odisha 314 - 0.1 - - - - - 314Andhra Pradesh 746 - 9 - 3 6.0 - 0.4 764Tamil Nadu 611 - 17 - 24 0.02 - 3 655Puducherry 208 - 25 - 5 0.45 - 4 242Kerala 5080 42 289 42 133 5.1 4 267 5821Karnataka 11939 - 1 307 - - 24 21 12291Goa 466 - 0 23 - - - - 488Maharashtra 417 0.1 6 9 - - - - 431Gujarat 12257 34 92 - 1.2891 - - 0.01 12384Daman & Diu 768 - - - - - - - 768Grand Total 32933 76 439 338 166 11 28 294 34287% contribution 95.1 0.6 2.4 0.3 0.8 0.04 0.1 1.2 100TN, Trawl net; DN, dol net or bag net; GN, Gillnet; PS, Purse seine; HL, Hook & line; NM, Non-mechanized; RS, Ring seine; OTHS, Other gearsPriacanthus spp. are abundant in the depth zoneup to 100 m in area of 11º–12º N and 100 –200 mdepth in 13º N (Vijayakumaran and Naik, 1988, Fish.Surv. India. Spl. Publ., No. 2: 106 –119; Bande etMar. Fish. Infor. Serv., T & E Ser., No. 232, 201722Table 1. Bullseye landings (in tonnes) in India during 2007-2016States 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Average %West Bengal 0.5 490 41 225 193 30 50 29 70 160 129 0.4Odisha 72 46 619 239 126 333 597 361 243 506 314 0.9Andhra Pradesh 887 529 498 786 443 1282 1418 968 402 422 764 2.2Tamil Nadu 100 761 796 165 335 385 616 627 1099 1662 655 1.9Puducherry 0 14 0 7 0 1794 0 30 331 246 242 0.7Kerala 2893 6956 3727 3096 2692 0 1887 2398 4691 29869 5821 17.0Karnataka 8166 8349 5520 1688 1364 2652 2487 2782 21347 68554 12291 35.8Goa 80 2740 274 65 54 1 0 22 1420 228 488 1.4Maharashtra 729 1144 409 92 13 44 96 176 208 1401 431 1.3Gujarat 10506 30901 5717 5255 5076 8493 13404 8374 13088 23032 12384 36.1Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 275 840 920 308 679 4662 768 2.2Grand Total (t) 23434 51930 17600 11618 10572 15854 21474 16074 43576 130740 34,287 100All India catch (t) 2881336 3215242 3163314 3074282 3830262 3948938 3781868 3592853 3404771 3629823 — —% contribution 0.8 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.3 3.6 — —al., 1989, Proc. First Workshop Scient. Result. FORVSagar Sampada. p. 233-239) and in the shelf areaalong Gujarat coast (Bhargava et al., 1995, Bull.Fish. Surv. India. 25: 1 –50).An unprecedented increase in the catches ofbullseye in Karnataka could be due to the  adoptionof high power engines (popularly known as “Chineseengine”) and use of lights during fishing. Thebullseye were generally caught from the 30 to 200m depths by trawlers in earlier years. However, in2015-2016 these fishes were caught within 30 to 70m depth by various gears (purse seine, ring seineand mid water trawlers). Changes in the consumerpreference about bullseye has made it a populartable fish in recent times. As a result the retailsunit value (per kg) for medium sized (about 25 cmTotal Length) fishes increased from ` 8 during 2007to around `  45 in 2016. The big sized fishes (above25 cm TL) fetched a price of ` 70 per kg in 2016.The characteristic white meat and gel strengthtexture has made it a preferred raw material inSurumi plants. The small sized fishes (10 –20 cmTL) are  also in great demand for salting and sundrying while very small sized (<10 cm TL) fish aresold as trash for making poultry feed or used asmanure.Large scale harvest of lizardfish juveniles along the Kerala coast*T. M. Najmudeen, P. K. Seetha, K. T. S. Sunil, M. Radhakrishnan and P. U. ZachariaICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi*e-mail: najmudeentm@yahoo.comLizardfishes are one of the major demersalresources, which contribute 5.3% of the total marinelandings of Kerala.  They are locally known as“Aranameen” and are sold and consumed in freshand dried condition in Kerala, and support a regularfishery. The lizardfish landings in commercialtrawlers along Kerala during the period 2007-2016was 1,05,848 tonnes (t), with an annual averagecatch of 10,858 t, which constituted 5.3% of thetotal marine landings of Kerala.  The highest catchwas noticed in 2015 (13,365 t) and lowest in theyear 2007 (7,359 t).  The catch rate of lizardfishesranged from 1.8 kg h-1 in 2007 to 3.4 kg h-1 in 2015,with an annual average catch rate of 2.5 kg h-1 during

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