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Book (series)Report of the Government of India/Government of Andhra Pradesh/FAO Workshop on Measures to Reduce Loss of Life during Cyclones. Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, 4-6 March 1999. 2000
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No results found.This is the report and the proceedings of the Government of India/Government of Andhra Pradesh/FAO Workshop on Measures to Reduce Loss of Life during Cyclones. The workshop was held in Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, from 4 to 6 March 1999. The workshop was organized by the Government of India in cooperation with the Office of the FAO Representative for India and the FAO Fishery Industries Division (FII). Seventy-five participants attended the workshop from four Asian countries a nd from regional organizations and development agencies. The participants represented National and State Governments, National and State fisheries administrations, National and State meteorological organizations, fishers’ associations, Indian Coastguard, Mercantile Marine Department, gender specialists and NGOs. After making a detailed analysis of the events occurring at sea and on land on 6 and 7 November 1996 in East Godaveri District (when a severe cyclone caused large loss of lif e on the east coast of India), the workshop addressed the issues of cyclone forecasting and dissemination in India and in the region, awareness programmes for disaster preparedness, gender concerns with regard to disaster preparedness and management, search and rescue operations, the use of radio transceivers at sea and on land for cyclone warnings, improvements of mechanized fishing vessels and their equipment. Four sets of recommendations were made by four working groups covering t hese areas. -
DocumentEvaluation of FAO cooperation with India Andhra Pradesh Farmer Managed Groundwater Systems (APFAMGS - GCP/IND/175/NET)
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MeetingTraditional small scale fishing for yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares in Andhra Pradesh along east coast of India 2013
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No results found.The yellowfin tus form one of the major components of oceanic tu catch along the Indian coast. They are fished both along the mainland as well as the Island systems with the total annual catch from the mainland varying from 10,307 t to 19,163 t during 2010-2012. Commercial fishing is mainly by small mechanized wooden crafts and non-mechanized traditiol crafts. Mechanized crafts operated pole and line, long line and gillnets and non- mechanized crafts operated hand lines and troll lines. Highly s killed fishermen of Andhra Pradesh State situated along the east coast of India use traditiol catamarans fitted with sails to catch yellowfin tus from deep waters by operating either the hand lines or the troll lines. Around 1500 such units operated along the coast with an average annual landings of 4,300 t during 2010-2012. Fishing is carried out for a day as the crafts do not have any storage facility. Peak landings are during October–January followed by May-July. The annual catch per unit at Visakhapatm was 58 kg and during the peak fishing season it increased to 71 kg per unit. The fork length of the yellowfin ranged from 20 to 185 cm with the mean at 130 cm. Fishes above 80 cm were found to be mature and the size at first maturity was estimated to be between 85 and 90 cm. Males were domint with a male: female ratio of 1: 0.53. The length- weight relationship is W= 0.017077L 2.976. Feeding habit of yellowfin tu indicated the fish to be a nonselective generalist feeder, foraging on micronektonic pelagic or benthic organisms available in the epipelagic waters. Teleost fish, crabs, squids and shrimps were the major food items. Age and growth were estimated using length based methods. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters estimated were L∞ = 197.42 cm, annual K= 0.30 and t0= -0.1157. Mortality estimates were M= 0.48 and Z= 0.71 and F= 0.23 with the exploitation ratio E= 0.32. Growth was rapid during the initial years when the annual growth increments was as high as 36.6 cm du ring the first year then declined to as low as 3.3 cm in the tenth year. The fish attained a fork length of 56.2 cm at the end of one year. Size at maturity (87.5 cm) corresponded to an age of 1.7 years and the oldest individual in the sample was 9+ years (186 cm). The annual mean lengths varied from 80.6 cm to 115.3 cm with an average mean length of 101.9 cm. The fishery comprised of mostly adults with 64% comprising of fishes larger than size at first maturity.
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