ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
Abstract
Heavy landings of Charybdis smithii during the January
to March, 2020 was documented in Mangalore fisheries
harbour. These crabs were the part of trawl discards
as geo-coded in situ data collection on trawl discards
showed that C. smithii was available along Karnataka
coast during August to December and in May as
pelagic or semi-pelagic shoals from a depth range of
more than 100 m. Landing of this species in Fisheries
Harbours was generally rare since there was very
limited market demand for these crab