Trawl Fisheries in Andhra Pradesh: Facts and fishers insight

Along Andhra Pradesh coast, only indigenous gear operating country crafts were in vogue till the turn of 1960 and since 1964, with the advent of the Indo-Norwegian project, fishing by small mechanized fishing crafts started. Initially, Pablo type (9.14 m length; 2.14 m beam; and 40-45 HP engine) were present and within three years, two other types, namely “Royya” (9.75 -10.0 m length; 2.9 m beam; and 45-60 HP engine) and “Sorrah” (11.4 m length; 3.2 m beam; and 60-80 HP engine) with modifications in structure and engine capacity were introduced