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Fishing Techniques

Jacks, Scads Purse Seining

Main Components

Aquatic species

Target Species
Carangidae Indian scad

Gear types: Purse seines

Purse seines

A purse seine is made of a long wall of netting framed with a lead line of equal or longer length than the float line.

Vessel types: Purse seiners

Purse seiner

Purse seiners are the most important and most effective vessels to catch aggregating species near the surface.

Characteristics

Species EnvironmentThe most common Decapterus is a pelagic species living in coastal waters and on open banks of the Indian Ocean (depth range 40-275 m). Feeds mainly on smaller planktonic invertebrates.

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