No. 6 (1922) 



FISH SUPPLY OF MADRAS 



145 



The best season for anchovies is the trimester January to March 

 and also the month of August. May and June, the most productive 

 months during the inshore fishing experiments, were only as good 

 as April, July or December this year. 



The sardines, the second important fish of Tuticorin, also form 

 one of the most important here. They include three species of 

 Clupea and two of Dussumieria, viz., Clupea melanura (Kavalai), C. 

 brachysoma (NonalaiJ, C. kanagurta (Seedai*, Dussumieria acuta 

 (Madhakandai) and D. hasseltii (Punduvirinthan, so called because 

 it tends to putrefy soon and is recognized when cooked only by 

 the bones, the flesh becoming a jelly-like mass). 



August and September are the best months of sardine fishery 

 in Madras, the September catch being more than double that of 

 August. Sardines occur all the year round, but good hauls are had 



