THE PERCH-FISHERY BY SPECIAL TRAPS IN THE AREA AROUND MANDAPAM IN THE GULF OF MANNAR AND PALK BAY


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  • M S Prabhu Central Marine Fisheries Research Station, Mandapam Camp

Abstract

ONE of the indigenous methods of fishing prevalent in the Gulf of Mannar
and Palk Bay is by the employment of traps, known locally by the name
' Koodu'. These traps are primarily intended for catching percoid fishes
which abound in localities with hard bottorn formed of rocks and corals
characteristic of the inshore waters of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay.
As these areas are shallow, with rocks and corals scattered about, neither
shore seines nor gill nets could be operated successfully in most of them,
which probably explains the development of perch trapping in this part of
the country as an organised fishery

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Author Biography

  • M S Prabhu, Central Marine Fisheries Research Station, Mandapam Camp
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Station, Mandapam Camp

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Vol. 1 No. 1&2 (1954)

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How to Cite

Prabhu, M. S. (2016). THE PERCH-FISHERY BY SPECIAL TRAPS IN THE AREA AROUND MANDAPAM IN THE GULF OF MANNAR AND PALK BAY. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 1(1&2), 94-129. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/11082