Catch per unit efforts and impacts of gears on fish abundance in an oxbow lake ecosystem in Eastern India

Background: Oxbow lakes are abundant in indigenous fishes, but they are subject to unsustainable fishing practices, potential overexploitation, and indiscriminate use of fine-meshed fishing gear. To quantify the catch per unit effort (CPUE) and impact of fishing gears on fish abundance, a survey w...

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Main Authors: Dipankar Ghosh, Jayanta Kumar Biswas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2017-05-01
Series:Environmental Health Engineering and Management
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Online Access:http://ehemj.com/article-1-274-en.html