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Feeding congregation of ribbonfish, Trichiurus lepturus juveniles in oceanic waters and their targeted exploitation by deepsea trawlers along the Tuticorin coast in Gulf of Mannar
E M Abdussamad, K K Joshi, P U Zacharia, K Jayabalan, O M M J Habeeb Mohamed, T S Balasubramanian
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Abstract
Ribbonfishes supported commercial fishery at \nTuticorin prior to nineteen nineties. But reports \nsuggested that their stock and fishery declined \nconsiderably thereafter. Their fishery during 2000- \n2006 was represented by occasional landings of \nsmall quantity of ribbonfish by trawls. Average \nproduction by trawls at Tuticorin fishing harbour \nduring the period was 250 t. They represent about \n0.7% of the total fish catch of the period.
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