Performance of high opening trawls off Veraval,North West Coast of India
Performance of high opening trawls off Veraval,North West Coast of India
Date
1990
Authors
Kunjipalu, K.K.
Pillai, S.N.
Boopendranath, M.R.
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India) Cochin
Abstract
Results of performance evaluation of a 25 m six panelled high opening trawl are
presented . Comparative find trials with one boat high opening trawl of the Bay of
Bengal Programme (EOBP) with 360 meshes of 160 mm mesh size and 25 .6 m head rope
length have indicated an overall efficiency of 9 .2 % for the six panelled high opening trawl
over BOBP high opening trawl . The six panelled high opening trawl showed a very high
efficiency of 80% in the catch of quality fishes over BOBP trawl . It has also shown an
increase over BOBP trawl in the catch of other fin fishes and shell fishes except Lactarius
sp. and sciaenids . Suitability of the gear for improved harvesting of bottom and off
bottom resources on the north west coast of India are discussed.
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Keywords
performance assessment, gear research, experimental fishing
Citation
Fishery Technology 1990:27(1), 1-4