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'''Kollam Parappu''', widely known as '''Quilon Bank''', is one of the most productive [[fishing grounds]] on the [[Malabar Coast|south-west coast]] of [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Need To Protect The Fishing Hub Of Kollam Parappu (Quilon Bank)- Laid on 15 September, 2020 |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/190560240/ |website=Indian Kanoon}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fishers' Statewide protest on Oct. 15 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/fishers-statewide-protest-on-oct-15/article32669199.ece |website=The Hindu|date=22 September 2020 }}</ref>

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 km<sup>2</sup> off the coast of [[Kollam district|Kollam]] and [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]] districts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Finfish diversity in the trawl fisheries of southern Kerala |url=http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8860/1/11-21.pdf |website=eprints CMFRI}}</ref> The region is a fertile fishing ground with rich marine biological diversity, including deep sea [[prawn]]s, [[shrimp]]s and [[lobster]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Rekha Devi |last1=Chakraborty|title=Fishery and biology of Plesionika quasigrandis Chace, 1985 off Sakthikulangara, south-west coast of India |journal=Indian Journal of Fisheries |date=October 2014 |page=10 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271845409}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Offshore sand mining off Kollam coast could cause severe damage: KU study |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/offshore-sand-mining-off-kollam-coast-could-cause-severe-damage-ku-study/articleshow/118565377.cms |website=The Times OF India |access-date=27 August 2025}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Scientific Results of FOR Sugar Sampada, 1996 |url=http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5144/1/9.pdf |website=eprints CMFRI}}</ref>[[File:Threadfin breams 2019 (02).jpg|thumb|left|The [[Nemipteridae|Threadfin Bream]] is a commonly found nemipterid in Quilon Bank.]]

The peak season for this fishing ground is from July to October. The fish fauna of the Quilon Bank has a dominant population of [[Nemipteridae|Nemipterids]] and is also demarcated as the most important ground for [[Pandalidae|pandalid shrimp]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Demersal Fish Assemblages of the Southwest Coast of India |url=http://pubs.iclarm.net/resource_centre/AMF_Chapter-08-FA.pdf |website=pubs.iclarm |publisher=Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute |page=178}}</ref> The bank attracts many fisheries scientists for conducting scientific research, oceanographic studies, ecological studies, etc.<ref>{{cite web |title=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 |url=http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5266/1/40.pdf |website=eprints CMFRI |publisher=Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute}}</ref>

[[File:Heterocarpus chani (10.3897-zookeys.685.13398) Figure 1.jpg|thumb|A deep sea [[shrimp]] that was caught at the [[Shakthikulangara]] fishing harbour in the Quilon bank region.]]

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[[Category:Fishing areas of the Indian Ocean]]
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