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Comparative fishing ability and economic of mechanised trawlers operating along the kerala coast
(Society of Fisheries Technologists (India), Cochin, 1968) Iyer, H.K.; Rajendran, R.; Choudhury, R.L.R.
This study was undertaken with a view to finding out the comparative fishing ability and economic performance of different fishing vessel sizes 9.15 m (30'), 9.76 m (32') and 10 .97 m (36') designed by the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology and operating along the Kerala coast . Data were collected from selected vessels of these sizes for four consecutive fishing seasons from 1964-65 to 1967-68 . The catch f unit effort and total effort per year for the 10 .97 m (36') vessels were much better than those for the 9.76m (32') vessels . The yearly landings and the crew remuneration for the former were about twice those of the 9 .76 m (32') vessels. The economic efficiency of the 10 .97 m (36') vessels was also much better . The decline in landings per year in both size groups was more due to the reduction in the effort per year than the decline in catch I unit effort .