Fishery Resources and the State of Exploitation of some Economic Fish Species in the South China Sea Area Case Study: Malaysia and Thai Waters
Abstract
This section contains a list of some important economical fish species, both pelagic and demersal. There are 18 pelagic and 7 demersal species. These fish are dominant in Malaysian and Thai Waters. The information for each species includes name, characteristics, biological & distribution, fishing gears used and total landing quantities. The total landings are derived from statistical data obtained 1985-1994, also included are minimum, maximum, and average catches, as well as a brief annotation on their state of exploitation and utilization.
Citation
Saikliang, P. (1997). Fishery resources and the state of exploitation of some economic fish species in the South China Sea Area case study: Malaysia and Thai waters. In Fishery Resources and State of Stocks Exploitation in the Waters of the Gulf of Thailand, East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia and Andaman Sea (pp. 59–90). Samut Prakarn, Thailand: Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.
Subject
marine resources; commercial species; overfishing; pelagic fish; demersal fish; fishing grounds; abundance; fish utilization; fishing gear; fish catch statistics; Malaysia; Thailand; South East Asia; Carangidae; Decapterus macrosoma; Megalaspis cordyla; Selar crumenophthalmus; Atule mate; Selaroides leptolepis; Parastromateus niger; Chirocentridae; Chirocentrus dorab; Clupeidae; Sardinella gibbosa; Engraulidae; Encrasicholina heteroloba; Lutjanidae; Lutjanus sebae; Mugilidae; Liza vaigiensis; Nemipteridae; Nemipterus hexodon; Polynemidae; Eleutheronema tetradactylum; Priacanthidae; Priacanthus tayenus; Sciaenidae; Pennahia macrocephalus; Scombridae; Rastrelliger brachysoma; Rastrelliger kanagurta; Scomberomorus commerson; Thunnus tonggol; Euthynnus affinis; Serranidae; Epinephelus areolatus; Sillaginidae; Sillago sihama; Sphyraenidae; Sphyraena jello; Synodontidae; Saurida undosquamis; Trichiuridae; Trichiurus lepturus