India is bound by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-‐west, and
the Bay of Bengal on the south-‐east. The east coast of India borders Western Bay of Bengal …

The Western Bay of Bengal (WBoB) trawl fishery is typically a tropical multispecies mixed
fishery with a history of commercial exploitation since early 1960s. The nature of fishing …

Visakhapatnam is one of the major trawl fishery centres along the east coast of India. About
500 small mechanized fishing units including small trawlers and sona boats were in active …

Scanty information is available regarding trawl fishery resources of the waters of the South-
East coast of India in the Gulf of Mannar. Until the establishment of the Offshore Fishing …

West Bengal has a coastline of 120 km spread over the districts of Midnapur and 24
Parganas lying on either side of the mouth of river Hooghly. Trawling is not yet in vogue …

The trawl catci and the catch rate showed great fluctuations during Jhe different years at
Mangalore. Best catches were generally during February-May. Prawns constituted the single …

 Trawl fishery of Kerala contributes about 35-50% of the annual landings of the state. The
ever increasing international demand for shrimps and cuttlefishes further induced acute …

India has considerable marine and inland fishery resources, but the extent of these
resources has not been properly assessed so far. Judged by the fact that there is a coast line …

Commercial trawling with large vessels (2 1-41 m length) commenced around 1978/79 in
Bangladesh. Initially there were only four trawlers, but there was a rapid increase to about …

Marine fish production in India, which was only 0.5 million tonnes in 1950, increased
consistently through the time scale, peaked to 2.7 million tonnes in 1997, but bas stagnated …