Report on incidental catch of freshwater turtle, Melancholy's trijuga in gillnet from a reservoir in Kerala, India
Report on incidental catch of freshwater turtle, Melancholy's trijuga in gillnet from a reservoir in Kerala, India
Date
2021
Authors
R, Saranya
K M, Sandhya
Thomas, Saly N.
B, Manoj Kumar
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Publisher
Fishtech Reporter
Abstract
The term incidental catch or by catch is widely used to refer to the part of the catch that is unintentionally caught during fishing operations other than the target species. Nowadays, by catch is considered as an important international issue and has attracted the attention of global community as some of the by catch includes marine mammals, sea birds, sea turtles, fin fishes etc.
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melanochelys trijuga, gillnet, fresh water turtle