Economic loss assessment on juvenile fish catch due to forced non-selectivity in a selective fishing gear, gillnet along Mumbai coast, India
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A study on quantity and value of juvenile fish landings was carried out in the gillnet fishery of three selected landing centers along Mumbai coast viz., Versova, Cuff Parade and Mahim in India using Out board motors (OBM), Inboard motors (IBM) and non-motorised gillnetters respectively. The data on the quantity and value of landed juveniles were collected and analysed to reach a consensus on the gross economic loss on account of juvenile fishing. A bio-economic model was used to estimate economic loss due to juvenile fishing of 18 commercially important species of finfish and shellfish. A huge economic loss was recorded due to fishing of juveniles of 18 species by three different gillnet sectors. The analysis indicated that IBM gillnetters at Cuff Parade incurred maximum loss of Rs. 62.26 crores with major contribution from juveniles of seerfish followed by non-motorised gillnetter (Rs.29.98 crores) at Mahim and 25.33 crores in OBM gillnetters at Versova.
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Economic loss, Gillnet, Juvenile fishing, Mumbai coast
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Mathai, J.V., Abbas, M.S., Manohar Doss, R.S. and Iyer, H.K. (1993). Mesh selectivity studies on mackerel gillnet. In: Low Energy Fishing, Fish. Technol. (Special issue on low energy fishing) Society of Fisheries Technologists, India 183-190.
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Sekharan, K.V. (1962) On oil sardine fishery of the Calicut area during the year 1955-56 to 1958-59. Indian J. Fish., 9: 679-700.
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Sreekrishna, Y., Sitarama Roa, J. and Percy Dawson. (1972). Mesh selectivity for spotted seer, Scomberomorus guttatus (Bloch and Schneider) Fish. Technol., 9: 133-138.
Sujatha, K. (1996) Trash fish catch of the trawl fishery off the Visakhapatnam. J. Aquat. Biol., 11: 17–23.
Sulochanan, P., Sadanandana, K.A., Mathai, J.P. and Syed Abbas, M. (1975). Selectivity of gillnets for Scombero-morous commerson. Fish. Technol., 12: 52-59.
Thomas, S.N., Meenakumari B., Pravin, P. and George Mathal, P. (2005). Gillnets in Marine Fisheries of India. Monograph, Agriculture Technology Centre, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, pp 45.
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Economic loss assessment on juvenile fish catch due to forced non-selectivity in a selective fishing gear, gillnet along Mumbai coast, India. (2015). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 7(2), 916-921. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v7i2.707
