TY - JOUR
T1 - Satellite Based Integrated Potential Fishing Zone Advisories
T2 - A Feasibility Analysis in the Coastal Water of West Bengal
AU - Maity, Sourav
AU - Kumar, T. Srinivasa
AU - Dutta, Sachinandan
AU - Akhand, Anirban
AU - Hazra, Sugata
N1 - Funding Information:
This work would have been impossible without continuous support from fishermen for their help in data collection. First and second authors gratefully thank Director, INCOIS for his encouragement and unconditional support. This is INCOIS contribution number 160. Last author gladly acknowledge Director, INCOIS for funding the research work.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Zoological Society, Kolkata, India.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - Satellite derived ocean colour (chlorophyll a) and sea surface temperature data can be used for prediction of “Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ)” in sea. Present study elicits the benefit of satellite derived PFZ advisories in the coastal stretch (<150 m isobaths) of West Bengal, India during the period of October 2008 to February 2009, a total of 16 PFZ advisories, provided by Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), have been validated using two identical fishing crafts operated from Frasergunj fishing harbour. As a benefit, search time to locate fish schools have gone down significantly and mean catch per unit effort (CPUE) in notified area was 51.47 ± 4.30 SE kg/h, almost twofolds in comparison to the CPUE of non-notified area. It has been also observed that benefit cost ratio of each fishing trip operated in notified area varies between 1.90 and 6.40 and the range is almost double than the boats operated in non-notified areas.
AB - Satellite derived ocean colour (chlorophyll a) and sea surface temperature data can be used for prediction of “Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ)” in sea. Present study elicits the benefit of satellite derived PFZ advisories in the coastal stretch (<150 m isobaths) of West Bengal, India during the period of October 2008 to February 2009, a total of 16 PFZ advisories, provided by Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), have been validated using two identical fishing crafts operated from Frasergunj fishing harbour. As a benefit, search time to locate fish schools have gone down significantly and mean catch per unit effort (CPUE) in notified area was 51.47 ± 4.30 SE kg/h, almost twofolds in comparison to the CPUE of non-notified area. It has been also observed that benefit cost ratio of each fishing trip operated in notified area varies between 1.90 and 6.40 and the range is almost double than the boats operated in non-notified areas.
KW - Benefit cost ratio
KW - Catch per unit effort
KW - Chlorophyll a
KW - Potential fishing zone
KW - Sea surface temperature
KW - Validation
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U2 - 10.1007/s12595-013-0088-x
DO - 10.1007/s12595-013-0088-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85073580178
SN - 0373-5893
VL - 68
SP - 14
EP - 19
JO - Proceedings of the Zoological Society
JF - Proceedings of the Zoological Society
IS - 1
ER -