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Large scale harvest of lizardfish juveniles along the Kerala coast

author(s) Zacharia - P U - Radhakrishnan - M - Sunil - K T S - Seetha - P K - Najmudeen - T M
from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
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Zacharia et al., 'Large scale harvest of lizardfish juveniles along the Kerala coast', Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series, 22-24, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, 2017

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Abstract

Lizardfishes are one of the major demersal resources, which contribute 5.3% of the total marine landings of Kerala. They are locally known as “Aranameen” and are sold and consumed in fresh and dried condition in Kerala, and support a regular fishery. The lizardfish landings in commercial trawlers along Kerala during the period 2007-2016 was 1,05,848 tonnes (t), with an annual average catch of 10,858 t, which constituted 5.3% of the total marine landings of Kerala

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