Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennet) as a potentialudlive-bait for tuna in the Laccadives.

摘要

TUNA fishing on an organised scale exists only in Minicoy among the islands ofudthe Laccadive Archipelago (Jones & Kumaran 1959). Though the oceanic skipjack,udKatsuwonus pelamis is widely distributed in the Laccadive Sea, a fishery forudit is non-existent in any of the other islands. One of the reasons attributed forudthis is the absence of suitable baitflsh in the lagoons of these islands while the MinicoyudLagoon abounds in a variety of small fishes which are caught and utilised for theudpurpose (Jones 1958).