Survey of resources in the Indian Ocean and Indonesian area
| dc.coverage | Indonesia | |
| dc.creator | Cusching, D.H. | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T12:11:29Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T12:11:29Z | |
| dc.date | 1971 | |
| dc.date | 2018-01-10T07:15:32.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T23:54:24Z | |
| dc.description | The resources of the tropical ocean derive from a number of separate ecosystems; for the present purpose there are five: the upwelling areas, offshore oceanic areas, coral seas, mangrove swamps, and coastal areas outside upwelling regions; Studies of the oceanic system lead to the conclusion that stocks of the four most valued tunas (yellowfin, bigeye, albacore, and southern bluefin) are fully exploited; other tunas and tuna-like fishes perhaps can be exploited: Spanish mackerel and especially s kipjack, whose estimated production is 100.000 tons; Coral seas are difficult to exploit, but production is likely to be high; there may be tertiary resources of Sardinella or mackerels over the whole coral area; Mangrove swamps are extensive, and their high productivity could be exploited with a variety of fish, shellfish, and crustacean cultures; the swamps need to be investigated for present resources; Upwelling areas and the associated offshore divergences are the most productive; the most p romising area for development is that off Northern Somalia and Southern Arabia, followed by the Malabar Coast and the Indonesian area. A fisheries survey should be mounted to catalogue resources of the three promising areas; surveys of pelagic resources with echo-sounders and purse-seines should be initiated all over the region but particularly in the upwelling areas. | |
| dc.format | VIII, 123 | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/b4252e | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/a-b4252e.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/294758 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Survey of resources in the Indian Ocean and Indonesian area | |
| dc.title | Survey of resources in the Indian Ocean and Indonesian area | |
| dc.type | Document |