Crab as bait to lure carnivorous fishes in hook and line fishery in River Cauvery

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Date
2021
Authors
Manna, R. K
Mol, Salim Sibina
Vijaykumar, M. E
Kumar, Lohith
Roshith, C. M
Sharma, S. K
Mandi, R. C
Roychowdhury, A.
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Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin
Abstract
Fishing baits are selected ingeniously keeping in the food habits and feeding behaviour of the target species. This type of traditional knowledge needs to be documented as many such ITKs are slowly going into oblivion due to use of advanced fishing gear. At each of the three stations, an average of 100-150 fishers practice hook and line fishing and the random use of crab bait may cause unnecessary stress to the crab populations from conservation start point. Therefore this practice of using crab especially the smaller ones, like in Bhavani, warrants further investigation.
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Crab,bai,lure ,carnivorous fishes,hook, line fishery,River Cauvery
Citation
Fishery Technology 58(4):263-266
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