Studies on biochemical genetics of the grey mullet Mugil cephalus Linnaeus

The exploitation of fish resources has recently become a serious commercial venture throughout the world. All fish resources being of natural origin the reasons for fluctuations in their abundance can also be natural. However, a single factor that appears to have caused wide fluctuations in their catch s t a t i s t i c s may be the effect of man's uncontrolled or unscientific exploitation of these fish resources contributed by species of commercial importance. The 1989 annual marine fish production of India reached about 2.2 million. The marine fish resources of India are mainly composed of pelagic and demersal types