Types of fishing craft and gear in the motorised sector
| Type | Craft | Gear | Size (in OAL feet) | Days/trip | Percentage of fishers practicing different gears in fishing villages | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pozhiyoor | Vizhinjam | Anjengo | Total | |||||
| Motorised | IBM | Hook and long lines | 45–70 | Multi-day | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6.7 |
| OBM | Hook and lines | 22–28 | One day | 8 | 48 | 16 | 24 | |
| OBM | Monofilament gillnet (Roll vala) | 22–36 | One day | 10 | 22 | 22 | 18 | |
| OBM | Drift gillnet (Valiya vala) | 22–36 | Multi-day | 40 | 10 | 20 | 23.3 | |
| OBM | Boat seines (Thattu madi) | 24–32 | One day | 28 | 16 | 40 | 28 | |
| Type | Craft | Gear | Size (in OAL feet) | Days/trip | Percentage of fishers practicing different gears in fishing villages | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pozhiyoor | Vizhinjam | Anjengo | Total | |||||
| Motorised | IBM | Hook and long lines | 45–70 | Multi-day | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6.7 |
| OBM | Hook and lines | 22–28 | One day | 8 | 16 | 24 | ||
| OBM | Monofilament gillnet (Roll vala) | 22–36 | One day | 10 | 22 | 22 | 18 | |
| OBM | Drift gillnet (Valiya vala) | 22–36 | Multi-day | 10 | 20 | 23.3 | ||
| OBM | Boat seines (Thattu madi) | 24–32 | One day | 28 | 16 | |||
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