Observations on the fishery and biology of the silver pomfret Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen) from the Bay of Bangal

摘要

Pomfrets which are of considerable commercial importance formed the main bulk constitutingudabout 82% of the "A"class category of the trawler catches of the Government of WestudBengal. These trawlers were engaged in exploratory fishing of the different fishing groundsudof the Bay of Bengal and the log reports of these vessels provide information only regardingudtotal catch, depth range and nature of bottom, as such, the present investigation has its ownudlimitations. Since no information is available regarding the fishery and biology of' pomfretsudthe data analysed and presented here throw light on the resources of this fishery in the differentudfishing regions, its trend and also the biology of Pampus argenteus.