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Large scale exploitation of sea horse (Hippocampus kuda) along the Palk Bay coast of Tamil Nadu

R Marichamy, A P Lipton, A Ganapathy, J R Ramalingam

Eprints@CMFRI Open Access Institutional Repository (Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute) · 1993 · 21 citations · 0 references

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Life SciencesFisheriesZoologyIchthyologyMarine FisheriesMarine ZoologyCetacean BiologyFishing OperationsMarine HerpetologyMarine IchthyologyMarine Wildlife ManagementCetacean BehaviorCetacean EcologyCetacean Habitat Use

Abstract

The specific fishing of sea horse Hippocampus kuda commenced in June 1992 and continues actively along the Palk Bay coast of Tamil Nadu. The diving is carried out by chank and holothurian skin divers.