CATCH EFFICIENCY AND SELECTIVE ACTION OF COLORED GILL NETS.

Abstract

Information on the catch efficiency and selective action
of coloured gill nets in relation to the reservoir fishes of India
are lacking. Authors, in the present studies have attempted to
evaluate the comparative catch efficiency of giU nets of four
shades viz. yellow, orange, green and blue over the colourless
ones, by conducting fishing experiments, in the Govindsagar
reservoir. Attempts have also been made to study the preference
shown to colours by the four major species of fishes of
the reservoir.