Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

An easy and efficient method of collecting prawn and mullet seed from the intertidal mangrove areas.

Volume 33 Issue 1&2

Hardial Singh

Abstract

The Hooghly-Matlah estuarine complex having a thick mangrove vegetation in the deltaic Sunderbans supports the richest collection grounds for seed of many economically important fish and prawns. Various types of gear set against the tidal currents are used to collect seed of the cultivable species from the coastal waters. However, a device or gear to capture the young ones based on their tendency to settle for feeding and taking refuge in the mangrove vegetation is still lacking. Taking advantage of the above factor, an easy and efficient method of trapping and collecting tiger prawn (P. monodon) and mullet (L. tade and L. parsia) from the intertidal mangrove mud flats in the Sunderban areas of West Bengal (India) has been developed and is described in this communication.

Date : 31-12-1991