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 …

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 …

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 …

The lucrative external market for shrimp and constant rise in the mechanised trawl fishing
fleets not only enhanced the marine fish production of our country but also showed the way …

Trawl fisheries sector account more than 50% of the marine fisheries production of India.
Annual average fish landing from trawlers was 17, 21, 000 t (2008-2011), which formed …

The rapid growth in the fleet of small mechanised shrimp trawlers in Kerala from 769
trawlers day− 1 in 1973 to 3500 trawlers day− 1 in 1980 resulted in considerable erosion in …

The trawl nets are designed mainly to catch prawns and commercially important species ie
exportable species. Of the total mechanized boats in the state of Gujarat (2894) the trawlers …

Fishing activity in Tamilnadu has increased throughout state during the past three decades.
Continued technological advances in fishing fleet have increased fishing efficiency and …

Colachel about 35 km northwest of Kanyakumari in the southwest coast, lies within the
Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu., it has been an important fishing centre for traditional as …

Trawl fisheries is an important component in marine capture fisheries of the major
contributing state of India like Maharashtra. In spite of the issues like overfishing …