APPLICATION OF SYNTHETIC MODELS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF BOMBAY DUCK, HARPODON NEHEREUS (HAM.) STOCK OFF THE MAHARASHTRA COAST


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  • Alexander Kurian Central Marine Fisheries Research Institue, Cochin - 682 031, India

Abstract

Stock assessment is defined as "anyscientific study to determine the productivityof a fishery resource and the impact (on theresource and the fishery) of changing patternsof fishing" (Gulland, 1983). The primaryobjective of fisheries management is tomainfian a balance between under utilizationand overexploitation of the resource leadingto sustained yields and economic catch rates.Stock assessment is basic to all programmesenvisaged for attainment of such a balance

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  • Alexander Kurian, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institue, Cochin - 682 031, India
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institue, Cochin - 682 031, India

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Vol. 36 No. 4 (1989)

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Kurian, A. (2011). APPLICATION OF SYNTHETIC MODELS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF BOMBAY DUCK, HARPODON NEHEREUS (HAM.) STOCK OFF THE MAHARASHTRA COAST. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 36(4), 275-283. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/10648