author(s)
Mariappan S, Kalaiarasan M and Felix S

abstract
The documentation of marine gill nets was carried out from January 2016 to September 2016 at Pulicat fishing village of Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu (Lat:13°25ˈN;Long :80°21ˈE).Maximum fishermen were depending on gill net fishery in the coast of Pulicat. Around eight different types of gill nets with various mesh sizes were found to be in operation. Gill nets are mostly classified by target catch of species namely mackerel gill net, seer fish gill net, pomfret gill net, flying fish gill net, Indian whiting gill net, crab gill net, and sardine gill net. In this present study showed that two kinds of gill nets were used for sardines. Gill nets with 28 mm mesh size for sardinella gibbosa and gill net with 20 mm for sardinella longiceps. Gill nets of different mesh sizes ranging from 20 to 170 mm targeted at different groups of fishes are prevalent along the coast. Besides, trammel net known as eppo valai used for shrimps.