{"id":3254,"date":"2023-10-29T20:47:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T20:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssni.co.in\/Sustainability\/?page_id=3254"},"modified":"2023-10-29T20:51:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T20:51:10","slug":"amphioctopus-neglectus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssni.co.in\/Sustainability\/amphioctopus-neglectus\/","title":{"rendered":"AMPHIOCTOPUS NEGLECTUS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3254\" class=\"elementor elementor-3254\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32504f2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32504f2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10a417a9\" data-id=\"10a417a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f59ef9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f59ef9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AMPHIOCTOPUS NEGLECTUS<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ca5db2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ca5db2e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31e1641f\" data-id=\"31e1641f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3901e633 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3901e633\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><b>Name of Fishery<\/b>\u00a0Octopus Fishery (Gear \u2013Trawl)<\/p><p><b>Target Species<\/b>\u00a0<i>Amphioctopus neglectus\u00a0<\/i>(Neglected ocellate octopus)<\/p><p><b>Location<\/b>\u00a0Kerala<\/p><p><b>Fishing Area<\/b>\u00a0FAO\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Fishery History<\/b>\u00a0Commercial trawling for cephalopods in Kerala started in the late 70s.\u00a0The annual cephalopod landings of Kerala which was just about 100 t in\u00a01961 increased to 43,213 t in 2017 in which octopus contributed 11.9 %.\u00a0Kerala\u2019s cephalopod decadal average landings between 2002 -2017 was\u00a035,593 t. The majority of landings are currently captured within 20 km\u00a0of the coast at an average depth of 50m. Among the octopus landings,\u00a0<i>A. neglectus<\/i>\u00a0is the dominant species. Most of the catch is exported.\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Stock Biology<\/b>\u00a0Biological Information such as\u00a0dominant size group in fishery, age,\u00a0growth, survival, life span, Length at first maturity, sex ratio, spawning\u00a0season,\u00a0 fecundity, etc. are available. Other information such as growth\u00a0and mortality parameters, standing and spawning stock biomass,\u00a0exploitation ratio, CPUE, landings, are also available.\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Data on Target\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><b>Species population\u00a0<\/b>Landing data for\u00a0<i>A. neglectus<\/i>\u00a0are available from 2008 onwards.\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Fisheries data are collected through CMFRI designed Multi-Stage\u00a0Random Sampling method<b>.\u00a0<\/b>Catch per unit effort data is also collected.\u00a0CMFRI collects, manages, and stores the data.\u00a0<\/p><p><b><\/b><b>Fishing Activities<\/b>\u00a0Details of fishing activities such as methods, gear, vessel size\/season\u00a0fished are available<\/p><p><b>Volume caught<\/b>\u00a01821 to 2666 tonnes (5 years)<\/p><p><b>Ecosystem Impacts\u00a0<\/b>Any fishing gear that is towed over the seabed will disturb the sediment\u00a0and the resident community to some degree. The intensity of this\u00a0disturbance is very much depended on the details of the gear and the\u00a0sediment type (Hall, 2000). Physical disturbance leads to community\u00a0changes in the benthos (Ball et al., 2000). There are no ETP species\u00a0encountered during the fishery.\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Threats to\u00a0<\/b><b>Sustainability\u00a0<\/b>Most of these studies indicated that cephalopods were either under\u00a0exploited or optimally exploited. Cephalopods are not a targeted fishery\u00a0along the Indian coast (excepting seasonally along the SW coast) and\u00a0therefore, it is difficult to set management targets and many of the\u00a0models applied would have little relevance.<\/p><p><b>Fishers\u00a0<\/b><b>Management\u00a0<\/b><b>Agencies\u00a0<\/b>Department\u00a0of Fisheries, Govt. of Kerala. Scientific advices are\u00a0provided by CMFRI.\u00a0 Apart from these, there are no species specific\u00a0management agencies to monitor this resource.\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Management Regime<\/b>\u00a0KMFR Act<\/p><p><b>Management\u00a0<\/b><b>Compliance<\/b>\u00a0Yes fishers comply with management regime if it is applied through\u00a0their concurrence and knowledge.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Community\u00a0<\/b><b>Participation in\u00a0<\/b><b>Management<\/b>\u00a0Management Councils\u00a0with fisher participations recently introduced.\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Processing and\u00a0<\/b><b>Marketing<\/b>\u00a0Almost all the catch of cephalopod is exported. More than 8 types\u00a0of products of octopus are processed and exported. The main\u00a0markets for export of Indian cephalopods are Europe, Japan and\u00a0China.\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Interest in Certification<\/b>\u00a0Fishery interest in certification will be decided based on stakeholder\u00a0meeting shortly<\/p><p><b>Stakeholders<\/b>\u00a0Key stakeholders\u00a0are fishers, buyers and processors\/exporters<\/p><p><b>Issues Requiring\u00a0<\/b><b>Special Attention<\/b><\/p><p><b>Additional\u00a0<\/b><b>Comments<\/b><\/p><p><b>References<\/b><\/p><p>Ball, B., Munday, B., Tuck, I., 2000.\u00a0 Effects of otter trawling on the benthos and environment in muddy\u00a0sediments. In: Kaiser, K.J., De Groot, S.J. (Eds.).\u00a0<i>The Effect of Fishing on Non-target species and\u00a0<\/i><i>Habitats<\/i>, Blackwell Science, Japan. 69 \u2013 81.\u00a0<\/p><p>Hall, S. J. 2000.\u00a0<i>The Effect of Fishing on Marine Ecosystems and Communities<\/i>, Blackwell Science, Japan.\u00a0274.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMPHIOCTOPUS NEGLECTUS Name of Fishery\u00a0Octopus Fishery (Gear \u2013Trawl) Target Species\u00a0Amphioctopus neglectus\u00a0(Neglected ocellate octopus) Location\u00a0Kerala Fishing Area\u00a0FAO\u00a0 Fishery History\u00a0Commercial trawling for cephalopods in Kerala started in the late 70s.\u00a0The annual cephalopod landings of Kerala which was just about 100 t in\u00a01961 increased to 43,213 t in 2017 in which octopus contributed 11.9 %.\u00a0Kerala\u2019s cephalopod decadal average &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ssni.co.in\/Sustainability\/amphioctopus-neglectus\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AMPHIOCTOPUS NEGLECTUS<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3254","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssni.co.in\/Sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssni.co.in\/Sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssni.co.in\/Sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssni.co.in\/Sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssni.co.in\/Sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3254"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ssni.co.in\/Sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3262,"href":"https:\/\/ssni.co.in\/Sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3254\/revisions\/3262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssni.co.in\/Sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}