WORKING PAPERS - BOBP/WP/81
Exploratory Fishing for Large Pelagic Species in South Indian Waters
by
Jean Gallene
Master Fisherman
Robert Hall
Economist (A.P.O)
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WORKING PAPERS - BOBP/WP/81 Exploratory Fishing for Large Pelagic Species in South Indian Watersby |
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Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Bay of Bengal Programme Madras, India, 1992 |
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Despite the substantial increase in the traditional small craft fishing fleet of Tamil Nadu, India, production has remained more or less constant in the last few years, indicating that fisheries resources within the range of this fleet have been fully exploited. From the Sixties, however, introduced small fishing craft in neighbouring Sri Lanka have been operating in deep sea waters and reporting good catches of large pelagic species, particularly shark. Although Tamil Nadu is geographically well placed for the exploitation of these resources, the potential has not been realised. In order to introduce fishing for large pelagic species in Tamil Nadu by demonstrating the experience in Sri Lanka, a subproject for fishing demonstrations in Tamil Nadu was established in 1989. The executing agency was the Tamil Nadu Department of Fisheries with technical and financial support from the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP), which had played a part in this development in Sri Lanka. A 10 m FRP boat (SRL 15) tested in Sri Lanka’s commercial offshore fisheries was selected for the exploratory fishing trials from a base in Tamil Nadu, the Chinnamuttain fishing harbour near Cape c’omorin. The results and the conclusions of these trials are reported in this paper. |
BACKGROUND
2. PURPOSE AND TARGETS
3. THE FISHING CRAFT
4. FISHING METHODS AND GEAR
4.1 Fishing gear
4.2 Fishing operations
5. OPERATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
5.1 Operational base and facilities
5.2 Area of operation
5.3 Crew
5.4 Records of fishing operation
6. RESULTS
6.1 Fishing time
6.2 Catches
6.3 Performance of crew and boat
7. ECONOMICS
7.1 Capital cost
7.2 Operating costs
7.3 Revenue
7.4 Financial analysis
7.5 Economical analysis
8. CONCLUSIONS
MAPS AND FIGURES
1. SRL-15 fishing boat
2. Driftnets used on SRL-15
3. Drift longlines used on SRL-15
4. Map of area fished by SRL-15 II
5. SRL-15 II: Weight and value of monthly catches
6. SRL-15 II: Species composition of catches by weight and value
TABLES
1. SRL-15 II : Record of fishing time
2. SRL-15 II : Monthly catches by gear and species
3. SRL-15 II : Capital cost
4. SRL-15 II : Operating cost
5. SRL-15 II : Schedule of revenue
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