Journal of Aquaculture Research & Development

Breeding biology of Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal) of Mangalore coast, Karnataka, India

5^th Euro Global Summit on Aquaculture & Fisheries

March 30-31, 2017 Madrid, Spain

Anjanayappa H N, Benakappa S, Ramachandra Naik A T, Nayana P and Rajesh D P

College of Fisheries, India

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Aquac Res Development

Abstract:

Fishes of the family Priacanthidae popularly called big eye or bulls eye. Priacanthus hamrur is an important deep-water inhabitant of great commercial value. High percentage of landings of Priacanthidae used as raw material for Surimi, sausage and other fishery by-products. Presently, it has great demand in Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other countries. For the maturation studies, samples were collected from commercial landing centre, Mangalore. Studies on reproductive biology showed that Priacanthus hamrur spawns twice in a year; the spawning season extends from March to May and October to November. Based on the percentage occurrence of mature fishes in various size group it was inferred that male attained maturity at smaller size than female. This study will enable us to understand the spawning periodicity, cyclic morphological changes in male, female gonads and also it helps to improve stock size by enforcing fishing ban in particular season by assessing spawning periodicity.

Biography :

Anjanayappa H N is working as Professor and Head of Department of Fisheries Resources and Management, College of Fisheries, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

Email: anjayanappahn@rediffmail.com