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REPORT IV (Page 71). 

 [MALABAR AND LACCADIVE FISHERIES.] 



Para. 



Introductory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L 



Fish-trawling experiments and prospects on the "West 



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The Development of Drift-netting and long-lining . . 34 



Classification of MaJabar drift-nets .. .. .. .. 35 



Katnagiri drift-netting . . . . . . . . . . 39 



Long-lining . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 



The Sardine and Mackerel Fisheries . . . . . . 58 



Tabulated statistics . . . . . . . . . . 60 & 74 



Spawning season and migrations of Indian sardines . . 63 



The food of sardines . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 



Disappearance of sardines in certain years . . . . . . 72 



A remarkable case of sardine mortality . . . . . . 77 



The Mackerel season . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 



Present condition of the Mackerel industry . . . . . . 91 



Prospects of improving the Mackerel fishery , . . . 95 



The Distribution of Plankton off the Malabar Coast .. 96 



The Principal Fishing Methods pursued in Malabar . . 98 



Relative value of West Coast ports as fishing centres. 99 



Notes on a cruise to the Laccadive Islands .. .. 100 

 Beche-de-mer fishing and curing ttt Kiltan 

 Fishing nets in use at Kiltan 

 The Island of Chetlat 

 Fish traps 



Green-snail and trocas (motheivof-pearl) 

 Harpooning sword-fish 

 Methods of catching flying-fish 

 Fishing and fish-curing at the great pars 

 Dredging off Ameni 



The sewn sea-going boats of the Laccadive 



Artistic taste of the islanders 



Lights used as lures in night-fishing 



Great abundance of zooplankton off Ameni 



Fishing methods at Androth 



Smoke-curing of seer 



Local prejudice against the beche-de-mer indastry . . . . 134 



Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 



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 Islanders .. 120 

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