Transcript Vembanad fish count-data sheets

VEMBANAD FISH COUNT 2008
Fishing Ground Data
Cruise No.
Stretch Name:
1.Name of the fishing zone
2.Date of survey
:
30 May 2008
3.Reach(Specify the sampling location)
SN
4.Climate Code
SN – Sunny
PC- Partly Cloudy
PC
CD
CD- Cloudy
5. Turbidity (Sechi disk transparency in cm)
6. Rainfall
0
1
2
3
R1
R2
R3
0: no Rain ; 1: <1mm in 24 hours; 2 : 1-2mm in 24 hours; 3: Rain over 2mm in 24 hours ;
R1 : Light rain; R2: Moderate Rain; R3: Heavy Rain
7.
Tidal phase (LT/HT)
8. Temperature Air :
Water:
at ………. Am
9.Team Members
Regional Agricultural Research Station, Kumarakom
Ashoka Trust for Ecology and Environment
Kerala State Biodiversity Board
National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources
College of Fisheries Panangad
Cruise code:
1. Type of gear used
2. Duration of fishing
3. No. of fish species
4. Total catch per unit ( in kg.)
5.Occurrence of each
species(%)
a.
b.
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6. Species inventory
Fish inventory from fishing in the zone
7. Total No. of fishing units
observed (indicate No. of
each units)
8. Remarks
Location:
Cruise code:
1. Type of gear used
2. Duration of fishing/ No.
of efforts
3. No. of fish species
4. Total catch per unit ( in
kg.)
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Fish inventory in experimental fishing
5. Species inventory
(Indicate
abundance)
6. Remarks
Location:
Cruise code.
1. No. of fishing units
2. No. of fish species
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Fish inventory in landing centres
3. Catch per unit ( in
kg.)
4. Species inventory
(Indicate
abundance)
Location:
1. Lake use practices
a. Sand mining (Specify No. of units)
b. Shell mining (Specify No. of units& type of gear)
Manual
Mechanised
c. Tourism
No. of house boats
Speed boats
d . Fisheries
i. No. of fishing units
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Resource use inventory
Cast nets ….. Gill nets…… Scarelines….. Dragnetting….
Arulivalai…….. Ankling … harpooning….
ii. Fixed dip net units
2. Encroachments (Yes/ No): indicate details
3. Waste dumping
i.Sewage
ii. Industry
iii.Coir retting
4. Weed cover (Indicate species % percentage)
Floating weeds ( every 3 km)
(Stretch I:
II:
III:
IV:
Submerged weeds ( every 3 km)
(Stretch I:
II:
III:
IV:
V:
)
V:
)
5. Riparian cover % (Plant canopy on embankments,
mangroves etc.)
6. Additional information, if any
Signature
* Go on entering the details along the cruise
Name of Cruise leader
Attach additional sheets
East Bank
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Name of the Team leader
– Technical
– Facilitator
•
Team Members
– Technical
– Fishing team
– Naturalists
•
Name of the boat :
•
Contact Phone Nos
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Cruise team Details
.
West Bank
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Cruise team Details
•
Name of the Team leader
– Technical
– Facilitator
•
Team Members
– Technical
– Fishing team
– Naturalists
•
Name of the boat :
•
Contact Phone Nos
.
Riverine
•
Name of the Team leader
– Technical
– Facilitator
•
Team Members
– Technical
– Fishing team
– Naturalists
•
Name of the boat :
•
Contact Phone Nos
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Cruise team Details
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Item
Receive
d
1.
Thermometer
2.
Sample bottles
a. Narrow mouthed bottle for
water sample 1 No.
b. Broad mouthed bottle for
fish, phytoplankton and
zooplankton
BOD bottles – glass
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3.
Check-list of Items
1 No.
Reagents
1. Winkler A
2.Winkler B
3. Lugol iodine
4. Formalin 10%
4.
Sechi Disk
5
Tags, knife, thread, Rope,
Tailors tape
6.
Plastic bucket 40litre
7.
Fishing nets
1. Drag net
1 No.
2. Cast net
1 No.
3. Hand net
1 No.
4. Gill net 32mm (50m) 1 No.
To be collected and returned after expedition
8.
Note book and pencil
10.
Schedule in file
Returned
Cruise leaders must ensure the following
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Instructions to investigators
Activity Chart
IMPORTANT
TEAM SELECTION WILL BE AT RANDOM. DO
NOT VENTURE INTO WATER . THERE ARE
DANGEROUS POINTS IN THE LAKE. HANDLE
FISH WITH UTMOST CARE. RETURN ALL
FISH INTO WATER WITHOUT CAUSING
INJURY AFTER IDENTIFICATION.
1. Fishing ground data is filled up
2. Resource inventory data is filled up
3. Fish inventory data in experimental fishing is filled
up
4. Fish inventory data of fishers from fishing zone is
filled up
5. Fish inventory data from landing centre is filled
up
6. Hydrobiology samples are collected
7. Water samples for pH, salinity, nutrients etc are
collected in 500ml narrow mouthed bottles
8. Fish samples collected are stored in polythene
bottles with 5% formalin with proper labels
inside and outside the bottles
9. Phytoplankton samples are collected in 500ml
wide mouthed bottle and preserved with
Lugoles iodine solution provided (with labels
inside and outside)
10. Zooplanketers are collected by towing the net
for 1min. and stored in pvc bottles provided.
Preserved with equal quantity of 10 %
formalin provided(with labels inside and
outside)