Year: 1970
Type: book
Abstract: Tunas are a major constituent of the pelagic-oceanic fisheries in the tropical and sub-tropical seas \t \naround the world. Some of the species as the albacore, bigeye, bluefin, skipjack and yellowfin are widely \t \ndistributed over a great part of the world oceans and support fisheries of considerable importance, being \t \nexploited by some of the maritime nations, chief among them being Japan, United States of America, \t \nU.S.S.R., China (Taiwan) and Spain. Most tunas are migratory and their movements are related to the \t \nshifting features of the oceanic environments. As the fishing grounds are beyond the territorial waters, the \t \ndifferent nations exploit the resources from the same productive regions, a fact which warrants international \t \nunderstanding to regulate and conserve the available resources. The estimated tuna and bill fish landings \t \nfrom the Indian Ocean currently stands at about 175 thousand metric tons which is expected to be doubled \t \nby 1975. While Japan and U.S.S.R. are the leading nations exploiting the Indian Ocean resources, other \t \ncountries like Australia, Union of South Africa and Malaysia, Pakistan and Ceylon are also deeply interested \t \nin developing their oceanic fisheries. Most of the oceanic species grow to very big size and lend themselves \t \nfor canning and processing by other methods, the products finding a ready market in all progressive \t \ncountries.
Authors: R Nair, K Virabhadra Rao, K Dorairaj
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W102051417