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Present Status of the Sustainable Fishing Limits for Hilsa Shad in the northern Bay of Bengal, India

Present Status of the Sustainable Fishing Limits for Hilsa Shad in the northern Bay of Bengal, India Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40011-018-0963-3 RESEARCH ARTICLE Present Status of the Sustainable Fishing Limits for Hilsa Shad in the northern Bay of Bengal, India 1 1 1 1 2 • • • • • Isha Das Sugata Hazra Sourav Das Sandip Giri Sourav Maity Shubhadeep Ghosh Received: 10 July 2017 / Revised: 3 January 2018 / Accepted: 8 January 2018 The National Academy of Sciences, India 2018 Abstract The hilsa, Tenualosa ilisha fishery in the north- estimated to be around 25,440 tons per year with the cor- ern Bay of Bengal (nBoB) is passing through a crisis responding effort (f ) that may be deployed to achieve MSY manifested by the persistent decline of fish catch in spite of the above mentioned catch ranged from 3571 to 3987 increasing efforts. During the period 2002–2015, the (number of boats). It can be inferred that the hilsa fishery in number of boats engaged in the fishery increased by 25% the nBoB is being unsustainably exploited. while the hilsa catch decreased by 13%. The exponential value (b) and condition factor (K) of hilsa has also Keywords Hilsa  Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) decreased by 46% and 28% http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences Springer Journals

Present Status of the Sustainable Fishing Limits for Hilsa Shad in the northern Bay of Bengal, India

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Life Sciences; Life Sciences, general; Behavioral Sciences; Plant Biochemistry; Nucleic Acid Chemistry
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0369-8211
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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40011-018-0963-3 RESEARCH ARTICLE Present Status of the Sustainable Fishing Limits for Hilsa Shad in the northern Bay of Bengal, India 1 1 1 1 2 • • • • • Isha Das Sugata Hazra Sourav Das Sandip Giri Sourav Maity Shubhadeep Ghosh Received: 10 July 2017 / Revised: 3 January 2018 / Accepted: 8 January 2018 The National Academy of Sciences, India 2018 Abstract The hilsa, Tenualosa ilisha fishery in the north- estimated to be around 25,440 tons per year with the cor- ern Bay of Bengal (nBoB) is passing through a crisis responding effort (f ) that may be deployed to achieve MSY manifested by the persistent decline of fish catch in spite of the above mentioned catch ranged from 3571 to 3987 increasing efforts. During the period 2002–2015, the (number of boats). It can be inferred that the hilsa fishery in number of boats engaged in the fishery increased by 25% the nBoB is being unsustainably exploited. while the hilsa catch decreased by 13%. The exponential value (b) and condition factor (K) of hilsa has also Keywords Hilsa  Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) decreased by 46% and 28%

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Published: Jan 22, 2018

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