WORKING PAPERS - BOBP/WP/10
Fishing Trials With High-Opening Bottom Trawls In Palk Bay, Tamil Nadu
by
G. Pajot
Fishing Technologist; Bay of Bengal Programme
J. Crockett
Master-fisherman Consultant
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WORKING PAPERS - BOBP/WP/10 Fishing Trials With High-Opening Bottom Trawls In Palk Bay, Tamil Naduby |
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Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Funding Agency: SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Development of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal Madras, India, October 1980 |
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This document is the first report of fishing trials held with high-opening bottom trawls in Palk Bay, off Mandapam in Tamil Nadu, India, during March-July 1980. The trials were conducted jointly by the Bay of Bengal Programme and the Government of Tamil Nadu. The main objective of the trials was to as certain the technical and economic feasibility of using high-opening bottom trawls to tap demersal and pelagic stocks of food fish in the Palk Bay areas, and to train local counterparts in the design, construction and use of these trawls. The Bay of Bengal Programme provided a consultant masterfisherman, Mr. John Crockett, to conduct the trials, under the supervision of Mr. G. Pajot, fishing technologist. On behalf of the Tamil Nadu Government, Mr. S. Pandurangan and Mr. P. V. Ramamurthy served as counterparts. |
PREFACE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. OBJECTIVES
3. PLANNING AND CONDUCT OF EXPERIMENTS
4. PROVISIONAL FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
5. RECOMMENDATIONS
TABLES
1. MONTHLY RECORD OF OPERATION OF TWO BOAT HIGH OPENING BOTTOM TRAWL
2. MONTHLY RECORD OF OPERATION OF ONE BOAT HIGH OPENING BOTTOM TRAWL
3. CATCH PER HOUR OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAWLS AND METHODS
4. MONTHLY CATCH COMPOSITION BY SPECIES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAWLS AND METHODS
APPENDICES
1. MAP OF PALK BAY SHOWING FISHING AREA
2. TRAWLER USED FOR THE HIGH-OPENING BOTTOM TRAWL EXPERIMENTS
3. DESIGN OF ONE BOAT HIGH OPENING BOTTOM TRAWL
4. DESIGN OF OTTER BOARD FOR ONE BOAT HIGH-OPENING TRAWL
5. DESIGN OF TWO-BOAT HIGH-OPENING BOTTOM TRAWL
6. DESIGN OF TWO-BOAT HIGH-OPENING BOTTOM TRAWL
7. DESIGN OF GANTRY
8. DECK LAYOUT OF A TRAWLER WITH GANTRY
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