Freshwater Fish Culture, Volume I

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Water and soil around fish. 2. Nutrient carriers used in fish culture. 3. Pond and lake ecosystems. 4. Aquatic plants in pond and lake environments. 5. Actions of pond soil organisms. 6. Organic matter in pond soil. 7. Micro-organisms in relation to fish culture ecosystem. 8. Natural food in fish ponds. 9. Artificial feed in fish culture. 10. Management of water in fish culture. 11. Management techniques in fish culture. 12. Water, soil, and chemical pollution. 13. Acidity and Alkalinity in fish culture ecosystem. 14. Activities of inland fisheries sector : Indian scenario. 15. Principles of management in fisheries sector. 16. Nutrient recycling through organic wastes and wastewater in fish culture. 17. Role of Nitrogen fertilizers in fish culture. 18. Role of phosphorus fertilizers in fish culture. 19. Global inland capture fisheries and freshwater fish culture. 20. Carp culture in India. 21. Composite fish culture. 22. Water and the world’s fish supply as food. Glossary. Index.

"The book Freshwater Fish Culture will be the indispensable source of information for all those actively engaged in the study of freshwater fish culture and other related topics. It also includes current informations for students, research workers, fishery officers, entrepreneaur, progressive fish culturists, and farm managers concerned with fish production from freshwater resources. The book shall be of great help to the undergraduate and post-graduate students of fisheries science.

"The main aim of this publication is to help pisciculturists to keep abreast of some informations in different aspects of freshwater fish culture.

"The book incorporates subject materials on the progress made so far in the field of fisheries research and development as well as fast growing science of freshwater fish culture. The different chapters of the book have been described in a lucid manner and as brief as possible to grasp the subject materials in perspective.

"This treatise is intended primarily for students and researchers in fish culture, and it gives widest perception. Each chapter has been so designed to be useful to readers in the field of fisheries science.

"This book will, perhaps, be well received in the Fisheries College, Universities, Private and Public Organizations where training, teaching, and extension of freshwater fish culture is undertaken." (jacket)