Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards on Fish and Fisheries

Contents: Message. Preface. Contributors list. 1. Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards and their impacts on fisheries/S. Ayyappan, A. Gopalakrishnan and V.S. Basheer. 2. Fish fauna of North East India : natural and Anthropogenic hazards/U.C. Goswami, W. Vishwanath, K.C. Jayaram and J.S. Datta Munshi. 3. Fish fauna from Western and Eastern Ghats of India and prevailing threats from natural and Anthropogenic issues/B. Madhusoodana Kurup and K.V. Radhakrishnan. 4. Community empowerment for fisheries co-management/D. Kumar. 5. Conservation and management of fish genetic resources: India and global scenario/W.S. Lakra. 6. Sustainable fisheries for livelihood improvement in wetlands/K.K. Vass. 7. Anthropogenic factors in Freshwater Inland Fisheries and aquaculture/N. Sarangi. 8. Subtle issues and hazards in development of coldwater fisheries in India/P.C. Mahanta. 9. Brackishwater aquaculture: performance, potential and pitfalls/M. Krishnan and A.G. Ponniah. 10. Marine fisheries and its impact on coastal people/Mohan Joseph Modayil. 11. Environment and fish health: a holistic assessment of Inland Fisheries in India/Manas Kr. Das. 12. Impact of Farakka Barrage on Hilsa fisheries -- on overview/Ardhendu Mukherjee and V.R. Suresh. 13. Status of the Indian Mangroves and its roles in coastal aquaculture with reference to natural and Anthropogenic hazards/Kumudranjan Naskar. 14. Impact of natural and Anthropogenic hazards on coastal aquatic environment/K. Dhevendaran. 15. Long-term impact of Tsunami on the coastal fisheries/L. Kannan, P. Sampathkumar and T. Thangaradjou. 16. Impact of natural and Anthropogenic hazards on the relationship between poverty, environment and natural fish resources/B.N. Pandey. 17. Natural and Anthropogenic hazards on the hydrobiology of the Brahmaputra River System/S.P. Biswas and Sanchita Boruah. 18. Impact of man-made and natural hazards on fisheries of the River Ganga in India/R.K. Sinha. 19. Natural and Anthropogenic hazards in Cage and Pen aquaculture systems in Northeast India/A. Dutta, M. Choudhury and Bulbul Acharjee. 20. Possible impact of Cage aquaculture on environment/M.P. Singh Kohli. 21. Shrimp farming is hazardous to man or environment : a case study in West Bengal/Samir Banerjee and Chinmoy Chakraborty. 22. Hazards from heavy metals in Inland Fisheries/P.K. Saha. 23. Pesticide use and its implications on the Indian aquatic ecosystems with special emphasis on fishery/Srikanta Samanta. 24. Haematological alterations among freshwater fishes due to a variety of stressors and pollutants/B.D. Joshi. 25. Hazards of aquatic pollution on Haemoparasitic invasion and growth of some commercially important freshwater fishes/Neelima Gupta. 26. Catfish capabilities for respiratory and related performances in stress conditions/C.B.L. Srivastava. 27. Possible biochemical strategies to ameliorate the Ammonia toxicity by Indian air-breathing catfishes under environmental constraints/Nirmalendu Saha and Shritapa Datta. 28. Environmental and hormonal control of fish reproduction with special emphasis on Vitellogenesis/Panchanan Nath, S.K. Kabita, D. Bhattacharya and S. Sarkar. 29. Begin-of-Pipe approach to end the Perturbations of aquatic ecosystem caused by natural and Anthropogenic hazards/B.B. Jana. 30. Use of secondary cultivable species for effective treatment of Shrimp Culture Pond Discharges/D. Yuvaraj, S. Dhanya, S. Rajagopal and T. Balasubramanian.