White fish fishery

white fish fishery

1. White fish fishery White fish

2. Kingdome: Animalia phylum: Chordata class: Actinoptergii order: Perciformis genus: Caulolatilus species: Caulolatilua . princeps

3. Characture : white fish is benthopelagic fish. Silverly white ventrally , gill cover with a dusky black spot, Fin pale yellow Mouth large and oblique Food and feeding: it is carnivorous feeding on teleostean fishes shrimp and other crustaceans. Juveniles: feed more on crustaceans

4. Spawning season: on southeast coast nov-dec . on mangalore it spawns almost throughout the year peak at jan - may. Fecundity: fecundity is 9000-79000 in fish of 16.3-21.4 cm length and 60-1221gm weight .

5. Fecundity: 9,000- 79,000egges in fishes of 16.3to 21.4 cm t.l age and harvest : the fish reaches about 20 – 25 cm respectively at the end of the first and second year of life

6. Utilization of the landings: the white fish is consume mostly in fresh condition in the domestic market however , a good portion of the landings is called and dried

7. stock assesment : based on the data Collcted off mangalore during 1998 and 19999 The fishing and natural mortatites of caulotilus where estimated as 4.46 and 2.5 respectively the current exploitation rate is above the suggested Optimum level of 0.50 Habitat: it found sandy ,muddy or rockey seaflower depth 10- 91 m this reef associated species inhabits rockey substrte but can also be found over soft sand mud substrate

8. Distribution: eastern pacific canada to Peru galpogos island north of central california cool water found no.of inland water gears used: 1. trawl net 2. Purse -seines 3. Bottom- set- gill net

9. 2015 7062 2014 6921 2013 7269 2012 8298 2011 9686 2010 11856 2009 13662 2008 8640 2007 6154 2006 5092 2005 3281 2004 3280 production

10. state wise production Gujarat 197 a.p 63 kerala 881 maharashtra 1141 tamilnadu 70 odisha 214 West bengol goa 188 Daman and diu 4308 karnatka 1

11. Name of comman species : Lake whitefish Atlantic whitefish Round whitefish Peipsi whitefish Pygmy whitefish Humpback whitefish Broad whitefish Ocean whitefish

12. Managment : stock perticularly along the South east coast moreover trwl ban along the Coast of andhra pradesh and tamilnadu Was introduced only in 1999 and 2001 seasonal especilly during the month of spawning IUCN: LEAST CONCRN VER 3.1