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Express News Service CHENNAI: A recent rapid stock status assessment done by Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in Tamil Nadu coastal waters shows the quantity of landings of many fish varieties, which was once in abundance, is now declining across Palk Bay, Coromandel Coast, and the Gulf of Mannar. For instance, the historical maximum catch of oil sardine is 1,24,276 MT and the recent three-year average catch has dropped to 40,766 MT, a fall of a staggering 67 per cent. In the Gulf of Mannar, oil sardine landings fell from 34,559 MT to 2,776 MT, a 92 per cent depletion. One reason for this was, in Thoothukudi area, the gillnetters target lesser sardine and avoid oil sardine shoals due to a lack of local demand. But the landings of lesser sardine also dropped by 40 per cent. This raises the question of sustainability.

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