A sucess story of deployment of mechanised boats for shark long lining

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1982
Authors
Rajan, K.V.M.
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Seafood Exporters Association of India
Abstract
Off late financial returns from fishing operations by mechanised boats are unsteady and showing trends of diminishing returns and therefore fishermen are in need of diversifed methods of fishing and do not want to keep their boats idle. Few boats of Thootur village Kanyakumari coast have successfully restored to shark long lining and have found it to be remunerative. An account of this diversification of the fishing effort including species of fishes landed, fishing season and ground, the crafts and gear employed, bait used, fishing operational expenditure and receipts along with the auther's observations and suggetions for the making the above operations more profitable are presented.
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Shark, fishing, machanbised boats
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Seafood Export Journal 1982:14(8), 9-18