A preliminary study of the fish populations along the Malabar Coast

The study on the inshore fish population of the Malabar Coast was undertaken with a view to ascertaining the species of fishes occurring in the coastal waters, their relative intra- and inter-specific fluctuations at different times of the yea.l'j their sizes, sex proportions, maturity, life histories and their behaviour in relation to the biological and physico chemical environment. It is intended to form an introduction to the detailed investigations on the biology and bionomics of individual species of food fishes of this coast