EXPORT POTENTIAL OF ELVERS AND CULTURED EELS FROM INDIA


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  • R V Nair Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute; Regional Centre, Mandapam Camp

Abstract

Thie elvers of the eel Anguilla bic<^or McClelland have been collected at
SHvaikundam anicut on River Tambrapami and successfully cultjired in running
water iecperimental tanks at Mandapam Camp. The growth rate of cultured
eds has been found to be very rapid during the first year and slower in the
Kcood year. Elvers about 10 cm in length and 2 gm in weight have attained
a size (^ 35 cm in length and 106 gm in weight at the uid of first year and 42 cm
mad 160 gm respectively at the end of the second year. The largest eel measured
50 cm at the end of the first year. The harvesting of cultured eels at the end of
the firsit year is suggested since the eels reach marketable size by then and it may
be uiqsofitable to continue farming for second year in view of the slow growth
and additional expenditure involved.

Author Biography

  • R V Nair, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute; Regional Centre, Mandapam Camp
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute; Regional Centre, Mandapam Camp

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (1973)

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Nair, R. V. (2011). EXPORT POTENTIAL OF ELVERS AND CULTURED EELS FROM INDIA. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 20(2), 610-616. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/12421