Oil sardine and Indian mackerel: their fishery, problems and coastal oceanography

Abstract

The sardine and mackerel fishery is commercially exploited successfully along the west coast of India. The fish itself times its appearance to exploit the productive southwest monsoon period. The chain of events-physical, chemical and biological-leading to the productivity are examined to find their relationship to the fishery. However, this study attempts to point out the drawbacks in our understanding and proposes research problems that could be pursued.