Subsidised fishing of unexploited species can help reduce large scale juvenile fishing, which is causing depletion of commercially valuable species.
Abstract: Deep-sea exploratory surveys have added several new species to the biodiversity of the Indian icthyofauna. These surveys have also identified new fishing grounds besides quantifying the resource potential of previously unexploited fishes such as the myctophids and oceanic squids.
The author is Former Director, Centre For Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Cochin. sanjeevanmoes@gmail.com
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