Marine Fish Farming for India

Contents: I. Introductory. II. French fish-farming at Arcachon. 1. Construction of sluices. 2. Methods of stocking with fry. 3. Freshening the ponds. 4. Feeding and care of the fish. 5. Wintering ponds. 6. Methods of capturing the fish reared in the ponds. 7. Age and growth of mullet, eels and bass. 8. Extent and profits of the Arcachon industry. 9. Descriptions of the photographs reproduced. III. The communal fish-farms of Comacchio: 1. Descriptive and historical. 2. The stocking of the lagoon. 3. The construction and use of tress. 4. Methods of fishing the lagoon. 5. Description of a fishing labyrinth. 6. Boat-locks in service-passages. 7. The causes of bad seasons. 8. Remedies suggested. 9. The disposal of the products. 10. Method of marinating eels. 11. The storage and transport of live eels. 12. Administration. 13. Revenue. 14. Proposed reclamation of the lagoon. 15. Conclusions. IV. The scope for marine fish-farming in India: 1. The species of fishes sustainable. 2. Table of salinity tolerance of certain fishes. 3. Life-cycle and migrations of eels. 4. Habits and growth of eels. 5. Habits and growth of mullet. 6. Habits of polynemids. 7. Habits of pomfret. 8. The spawning time of smelts. 9. Flatfishes. 10. Catfishes. 11. The waters available and suitable in the Madras Presidency. 12. Backwaters and estuarine creeks. 13. Salt-pan channels. 14. Estuarine and deltaic marshes. 15. Procedure suggested to meet local conditions in India.