India has a long coastal line of about 8000 km includes 13 main land states and 5 Union territories which comprises significant biodiversity. The east and west coast of India continues to be a large fishing ground in the south Asian region and is one of the largest marine product nations in the world. During the period of 2009, India’s annual fish landings are about 3.16 million tonnes [1]. Fis...

The size selectivity of trammel nets was investigated in the northern Aegean Sea using 10 different inner-panel mesh sizes ranging from 16 to 70 mm nominal (bar length). Selectivity estimates were made for eight most abundant target and bycatch fish species, namely black scorpionfish, Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758; annular seabream, Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758); red mullet, Mullus barb...

A lipase producing bacterium, Bacillus cereus MSU AS was isolated from the gut of a marine fish Sardinella longiceps. In total, seven agricultural waste substrates (coconut oil cake, neem oil cake, onion skin waste, wheat bran, jack fruit waste, banana skin peels and pomegranate skin peel) were selected for solid state production of lipase by B. cereus MSU AS. Among the tested substrates, onion...

Abstract The present study aims to investigate the reproductive biology of small pelagic Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847 in Canary Islands, enable its reliable assessment and advise on appropriate management measures for a fishing resource showing declining trend landings. Reproductive sexual patterns round sardinella were examined from monthly random samples commercial catches landed by a...

Small pelagic fish (SPF) species such as European sardine Sardina pilchardus , anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus round sardinella Sardinella aurita and sprat Sprattus sprattus play important ecological roles in the Mediterranean Sea marine ecosystem. However, changes SPF abundance biomass have recently been observed basin. Therefore, uncovering trophic importance of to their predators is key unrav...