Diversification in Aquaculture

Contents: Preface. 1. Diversification of Aquaculture: Need of the Hour/Delip KUmar and Rupam Sharma. 2. Aquatic Biodiversity: Text, Context, and Conflicts/N.C. Datta. 3. Air-Breathing Fish Culture and Rural Upliftment/M. Yusuf Kamal. 4. Perspectives on Productivity Improvement in Inland Aquatic Resources and Upscaling Aquaculture Profile/A.P. Sharma and B.B. Satpathy. 5. Unscientific and Profit Making Approaches in Fish Breeding and Its Impact on Aquatic Bio-Diversity of Bengal and Assam/N.R. Chattopadhyay, C. Chetri and P. Chatterjee. 6. Indigenous Ornamental Fish Diversity and Trade in Kolkata and Suburbs/Sandipan Gupta and Samir Banerjee. 7. Diversification of Aquaculture through Culture of Murrels and Magur/T. Suguna. 8. Diversifying Carp Culture Through Locally Available fish Species in West Bengal: A Meta Frontier Analysis/Jaydev Misra. 9. Fish biodiversity in Himalayan and Terai Region of West Bengal: Issues of Preservation, Propagation and Conservation/Madhumita Mukherjee and Chinmoy Chakraborty. 10. Indigenous Ornamental Fish, their Propagation and Trade/Archana Sinha and B.K. Mahapatra. 11. Biodiversity and Conservation of Indigenous fish Species of Upper Lake, Bhopal/Praveen Tamot and Ashu Awasthi. 12. Diversity of Indigenous Sisoroid Catfishes of North East India and their Conservation/N. Anganthoibi and W. Vishwanath. 13. Ichthyofaunal Diversity and Eco-fishery Status of Doyang Reservoir, Nagaland/S. Odyuo and T.S. Nagesh. 14. Umium Reservoir Fisheries-Its Present Status and Future Need for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods/B.K. Mahapatra and K. Vinod. 15. Studies on Diversity and Impact of Algae on Brackish Water fisheries in and Around Sundarbans/Nurmohammad Naskar and Kumud Ranjan Naskar. 16. Inland Indigenous Ornamental Fish Resources of Bihar/Aktar Jamal. 17. Utilization of Pigments Molecules in Designing feeds for Freshwater Ornamental fish and Crustaceans Culture/Umesh C. Goswami. 18. Occurrence and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Bacteriological Indices Isolated from Fish Cultured in Waste Fed WetLand/Sutapa Sanyal, Abhisek Basu and Samir Banerjee. 19. Prevalence of Carp Diseases in Relation to Water Quality Parameters in the Culture Areas of West Bengal, India/T.K. Mohapatra, N. Islam and G. Dash. 20. Effect of Salt-marsh Grass (Porteresia Coarctata) Diet on Growth Performance of Black Tiger Shrimp Penaeus Monodon /Abhijit Mitra, Kunal Mondal and Kakoli Banerjee. 21. Effect of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals on Embryonic Stages of Rohu, Labeo Rohita (Ham.)/Anusaya Mallick, B.C. Mohapatra and N. Sarangi. 22. The Role of Fungi in Nutrient Cycling During the Process of Litter Decomposition of Mangrove Leaves in the Estuarine Ecosystem of Sundarbans, West Bengal/Nityananda Ghosh and Kumudranjan Naskar. 23. Recent Technologies used for the Seed Quality Management of Commercially Important Shrimp Species (Penaeus Monodon)/K. Veeranjaneyulu and Pushpendra Singh Sengar. 24. Reproductive Biology and Artificial Propagation of Chocolate Mahseer, Neolissocheilus Hexagonolepis (McClelland) in Meghalaya/B.K. Mahapatra and K. Vinod. 25. Impact of Duck rearing on Pond Water Quality, Pond Productivity in Integrated Fish Farming System/J. Yaswanth Kumar, M.S. Chari and H.K. Vardia. 26. Assessment of Arsenic Profiles of Different Environmental Elements in West Bengal/Soumen Chanda, Parimal Sardar and Durgesh Kumar. 27. Effect of Some Common Pesticides on the Survivability of Spot Fin Swamp Bard (Puntius Sophore)/Lakshman Chandra Patel, Prasanta Chatterjee, Chandan Kumar Mondal and Dipak Kumar Roy. 28. Effect of Some Herbicides in Controlling the Floating Aquatic Weeds/Subhendu Datta and Ajit Kumar. 29. Observations on the Morphology of Gill Rakers and Relative Lengths of Intestine of some Indigenous Non-carp Freshwater Fishes/Nilima Priyadarshani Chuli, Subrato Ghosh and Ajay Kumar Patra. 30. Options Available for Controlling Submerged Aquatic Weeds in India/Subhendu Datta, Uday Sahani, Parimal Sardar and B.K. Mahapatra. 31. Management Strategy for Utilization of Under Utilized Aquatic Resources with of Pro-poor, Pro-gender and Pro-nature approach/Sudhir K. Das. 32. Evaluation of Fishery and Socio-Economic Profile of Fishermen Along the Rivers Katakhal, Pola and Dholeshwari of Hailakandi District of Southern Assam/B.K. Mahapatra and K. Vinod. 33. Ornamental Fish Trade a Potential Tool for Improvement of Socio-Economic Condition of Fish Farmers in West Bengal/Durgesh Kumar and Archana Sinha.

The book Diversification of Aquaculture is the collection of article based on the research and field experiences of the authors. The book contains chapters on present status and future prospects of diversification of aquaculture in India by amplifying and including hitherto ignored indigenous fish species, which have commercial value and market demand, creating a new space, in expanding, the product portfolio for a wider choice, redefining the culture protocol to dramatically cut the cost of production, time and labour with enhanced accrued benefits. Presently, the Indian aquaculture is dependent of a few species of major carps and prawns, though there are 15-20 species in line to be commercialized. The projected fish production of the country in 2020 is 11.86 mt consisting of 737 inland production and 3.5 mt ftom marine sector. Therefore, developmental strategies need attention towards diversification of aquaculture through locally available fish species. Carps, catfish, prawns, mollucs, ornamental fish, etc provide for the requisite diversification in the practices. With rapid pace of aquaculture species. Rapid climate change has also posed concern over the ecological systems and aquaculture. In this book, there are 33 articles which-describes about vast aquatic resources available in the country and its optimum utilization for the cultivable species is dealt with region specific and locally available fish diversity with major emphasis on eastern and north-eastern parts of the country which contain a large number of high value fish species. The book emphasizes the articles on biodiversity and conservation of important aquatic resources of the specific area. The main objective of the book is to sensitize the readers about emerging areas of research development of aquac Vture for aquatic biodiversity conservation through locally available fish species and their inclusion in eco-mendly culture system. The focus is also on different varieties of local fish species which are becoming endangered and need to be revived with a view to increase fish production thereby. This book can be used as a reference by researchers, academicians, entrepreneurs and aquaculturists. (jacket)