Lesser sardines resources of India

The lesser sardines comprising ten species form a minor or major fishery in all the maritime states of India during one or the other part of the year. The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has taken up a study of the fishery and biology of the important species at some centres and has published the results periodically. The present article reviews the work carried out and highlights the important results pertaining to the fishery, biology and population characteristics along the Indian coast