Year: 1969
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Before 1950 the prawn fishery was exploited only within a narrow coastal strip of 5-20 m depth \t \nby various types of indigenous gears. Later, due to the introduction of mechanised fishing vessels the \t \ncommercially exploited grounds have extended up to 40 m depth. Besides trawling, the conventional gears \t \nconstitute an important source of prawns landings. There is however no comprehensive account of the \t \ndifferent methods of prawn fishing in India except for brief references by Panikkar and Menon (1956) and \t \nVenkataraman et al (1956). The other available information is related to fishing methods in general or to \t \nprawn fishing methods in specified regions (Hornell, 1925 and 1938; Rai, 1933; Chopra, 1939; Naidu, \t \n1942; Jones and Sujansinghani, 1954; Nayar, 1958; George 1961; Menon and Raman, 1962, Thyagarajan \t \nand Thomas, 1962; Mani, 1963; Pillai and Ghosh, 1962). It is therefore attempted to deal, in the present \t \naccount, with the methods adopted for capture of prawns on the Indian coasts, besides those in the \t \nbackwaters and estuaries which yield a sizable prawn fishery. The types of fishing implements used for \t \ncatching prawns along the Indian coast depend largely on the physical characteristics of the coast line and \t \nthe habits of the species.
Authors: S Ramamurthy, M S Muthu
Language: Polish
Subfield: Aquatic Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W76455591