Fishing gears and crafts operated along the Chorward coast, Maliya (hatina), Gujarat along the west coast of India

Abstract

Rapid development of fishing technology in India during the recent years has paved the way for increased production availability of new synthetic materials, evolution of new designs of fishing crafts and gears and avoidance of ignorant harmful fishing techniques etc. In the state of Gujarat, there are about 7,819 OBM gillnetters in operation in out of these 4,524 OBM gillnetters are active in Junagadh district. Among these, total 1,144 OBM gillnetters are in active fishing in Veraval. The Chorward village is about 25 km far away from the main fishing port of Taulakha place, where the present study was carried out from February 2012 to April 2013.