Larval transport and settlement of pearl oysters (Genus Pinctada) in the Gulf of Mannar

摘要: The pearl oyster resources of India show wide fluctuations in their annual yields. In the Gulf Mannar, after 27 years barrenness, beds revived most profusely 1955, but soon became depleted sustaining a seven-year fishery series. Such are common on both Indian and Sri Lanka coasts gulf, where same species (Pinctada fucata) has contributed to fisheries since time immemorial.