1Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai-400 061
2Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Willington Island, Cochin-682 029
3Faculty of Fisheries, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir-190 006, Jammu & Kashmir, India
*e-mail: shabirdar777@rediffmail.com
Online published on 8 April, 2016.
A total of 19 different fish and shell fish species were landed by nonmotorised gillnetters at Mahim of Mumbai coast. The Catfishes contributed 16.69% of the total landing. Among three groups, pelagic fishes shared 49.61%, demersal fishes 43.81% while crustacean contributed only 7.59% of the total landings. Among the total pelagic catch, oil sardine contributed 32.40% while in demersal fin fishes, catfishes contributed maximum of 38.10% and in crustacean group only crabs were observed with a share of 7.59%. The fish species and their percentage contribution varied from month to month. Maximum landing was observed in September contributing 15.52% of the total annual catch.
Catch composition, demersal fishes, gillnet, Mumbai coast, pelagic fishes
