Adaptive capacity of the oil sardine Sardinella longiceps in the new distributional area with reference to food type

The oil sardine, Sardinella longiceps Val., is a major neretic pelagic fishery resource of India. For centuries, there has been a massive fishery for the oil sardine along the southwest coast of India. An average catch of 2.5 lakh tons has been taken annually during the current decade along the Indian coast, and, the oil sardine landings during 2009 was 3,92,486 tones. It is a highly fluctuating fishery and the contribution of oil sardine to the annual marine fish landings in India ranged from 1 to 33%