Deep-Sea Fishery Resources of the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone
Published: Sep 15, 2018
Photo Courtesy: Efraimstochter
Subsidised fishing of unexploited species can help reduce large scale juvenile fishing, which is causing depletion of commercially valuable species.
Abstract: Deep-sea exploratory surveys have added several new species to the biodiversity of the Indian icthyofauna. These surveys have also identified new fishing grounds besides quantifying the resource potential of previously unexploited fishes such as the myctophids and oceanic squids.
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