Heavy Landings Of Prawn {Metapenaeus Dobsoni) By Purse-Seiners At Panaji —Goa

摘要

In Goa the purse-seiners are operated mostly in Panaji, Vasco-da-Gama, Balina, Colva, Cotbona, Betul and Talpona centres. On 19th September, 1984 during routine observations for the biological studies of pelagic fishes caught by purse-seines at Panaji, unusually heavy catches of penaeid prawns exclusively of Metapenaeus dohsoni were found landed by purse-seiners. The trend continued ill 24th September, 1984