An account of trawl fishing off Kakinada

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Date
1985
Authors
Narayanappa, G.
Sitaramarao, J.
Ramarao, S.V.S.
Naidu, R.M.
Satyanarayana, A.V.V.
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Society of Fisheries Technologists(India),Cochin
Abstract
In the present communication the authors have reviewed the trends of bottom trawling for the last one and a half decades off Kakinada. Performance of various designs of two-seam and four-seam trawls was also assessed. On an average the catch rate was found to be 33.3 kg h-1. The five yearly landings were worked out for three periods, 1967-71 period to be the most productive. There is considerable reduction in the catch per unit effort during 1972-76 and 1977-81 periods. The catch rate was lowest during 1977-78. An attempt to correlate the catch with the increase in the number of fishing boats from year to year.
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Trawl fishing, experimental fishing, fishing vessels
Citation
Proceedings of the symposium on Harvest and Post-harvest Technology of Fish, during 24-27 November, 1982 at Cochin ed .by Ravindran, K. et .al 212-215