Kollam Parappu Explained

Kollam Parappu, widely known as Quilon Bank, is one of the most productive fishing grounds on the south-west coast of India.^{[1] [2]}

The bank has been defined as that part of the sea bed between 08 'N and 09 'N latitude in the depth range of 275–375 meters. It covers an area of 3,300 km² off the coast of Kollam and Alappuzha districts.^[3] The region is a fertile fishing ground with rich marine biological diversity, including deep sea prawns, shrimps and lobsters.^[4]

The temperature of the Quilon Bank waters is mild (between 21 and 26 degrees Celsius), and the salinity ranges between 34 and 34.6 parts per thousand.^[5]

The peak season for this fishing ground is from July to October. The fish fauna of the Quilon Bank has a dominant population of Nemipterids and is also demarcated as the most important ground for pandalid shrimp.^[6] The bank attracts many fisheries scientists for conducting scientific research, oceanographic studies, ecological studies, etc.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Need To Protect The Fishing Hub Of Kollam Parappu (Quilon Bank)- Laid on 15 September, 2020 . Indian Kanoon.
2. News: Fishers' Statewide protest on Oct. 15 . The Hindu. 22 September 2020 .
3. Web site: Finfish diversity in the trawl fisheries of southern Kerala . eprints CMFRI.
4. Rekha Devi . Chakraborty. Fishery and biology of Plesionika quasigrandis Chace, 1985 off Sakthikulangara, south-west coast of India . Indian Journal of Fisheries . October 2014 . 10 .
5. Web site: Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Scientific Results of FOR Sugar Sampada, 1996 . eprints CMFRI.
6. Web site: Demersal Fish Assemblages of the Southwest Coast of India . pubs.iclarm . Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute . 178.
7. Web site: Variation in fish catches from the continental shelf between Quilon and Gulf of Mannar and its relation to oceanographic conditions during the southwest monsoon period . eprints CMFRI . Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.