Brackishwater Aquaculture

Contents: I.1. Brackishwater resources of India. 2. Mangrove forests: their importance and conservation. 3. Traditional brackishwater aquaculture in India. 4. Concept of ecology. 5. Chemistry of brackishwater pond. II. 6. Elements of biology of some cultivable brackishwater prawn and fish species. 7. Selection of site, construction and maintenance of brackishwater farm. 8. Selection of common cultivable brackishwater prawns and fishes. 9. Collection and segregation of brackishwater fish and prawn seed. 10. Transport of brackishwater prawn and fish seed. 11. Culture of fish food organisms for brackishwater aquaculture. 12. Preparation and management of brackishwater nursery pond. 13. Management practices in brackishwater prawn and fish farming. 14. Nutritional requirements of prawns and fishes compounding balanced feed for their culture in brackishwater pond. 15. Brackishwater Prawn farming. 16. Prawn breeding and hatchery maintenance. 17. Prawn and fish diseases in brackishwater aquaculture. 18. Hazards and risks in brackishwater prawn and fish farm. 19. Eco-friendly sustainable prawn farming. 20. Less use but much abuse. 21. Scope of lates calcarifer culture. 22. Mullet farming. 23. All about mud crabs. III. 24. Objectives, roles and functions of Brackishwater Fish Farmers Development Agency (BFDA). 25. Role of commercial banks in aquaculture development. 26. Preservation and processing of fishes and prawns. 27. Marketing of prawns and fishes. 28. Marine product from India to abroad. 29. Value added products from low cost fishes and prawns. 30. By products from fishes, sharks, prawns and others. References. Appendices. Subject index.

"Aquaculture, in fact, is a vast subject rather multi disciplinary subject now a days leads as an industry all over the world. Out of which brackish water aquaculture is, perhaps, the most important while contributing lion\'s share in aquaculture production due to its tremendous advancement. Keeping this in view as well as to fill that gap of knowledge this book has been prepare. This book is mainly divided in three parts."