Manual Of Fresh-water Aquaculture

Freshwater aquaculture, the farming and husbandry of the commercially important organisms in freshwater bodies, has gained importance in recent years. Presently, several Universities in India have taken up the teaching of & research programmes in aquaculture. Many departments of the State & Central Governments are also interested in increasing the present-day fish production through aquaculture as an industry. This book deals with almost all aspects of freshwater aquaculture such as culturable fish & shellfish, pond construction, management practices of nurseries & production ponds, eradication of aquatic weeds & predators, composite fish culture, culture of air-breathers, trouts, freshwater prawns, ornamental fish, fish-food organisms & frogs, induced breeding & fish seed production, fish seed transport, fish farming with agriculture & animal husbandry, sewage-fed fish culture, fish nutrition & fish diseases & their control. This publication will serve as a useful manual-cum-reference for all the undergraduate & postgraduate students of the Agricultural & Conventional Universities who have aquaculture, fishery, biology or zoology in their curriculum; a guide for fish culturists, private entrepreneurs & extension workers; & a reference for libraries; information centres & all organisations concerned with the development of fisheries research.