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Marine water fishery: India has an extensive coastline area of about 8041 km and EEZ- Exclusive Economic Zone is about 2.02 million sq.km. Therefore India has occupies area about 20.8% of the world ocean and 8.2% of the global catch. Today it contributes about 46% of the total catch of the country. Hence, there is…
Fisheries of Brackish water (Estuaries): The brackish water resources are speared about 14.22 lakh hectare which consisting most of the important estuarine fisheries. The average fish production of estuaries varies from 45 to 75 kg per ha. The estuarine fisheries are included as the large brackish water lakes, mouth of rivers, tidal creeks and east coast and west…
Principle Estuaries of Brackishwater: An estuaries are highly productive ecosystems and support a variety of fish and shellfish species. Brackishwater estuaries are home to a variety of plants and animals, including fish, shellfish, birds, and mammals. Many of these species are found only in estuaries. Principle Estuaries of Brackishwater An estuary is the meeting place…
Primary productivity of ponds: The primary productivity of ponds is in the form of planktons (Phytoplanktons and Zooplanktons). The Plankton are microscopic in nature which are suspended in water, artificial impoundments like ponds, tanks, reservoirs, irrigation channels. Primary producers are of different types like- microplankton, nanoplankton, macroplankton, bloom, phytoplanktons, zooplanktons etc. basically primary productivity is the…
Brackish Water Fisheries: India is blessed with a vast inland water resources in the form of Freshwater resources (Rivers, man made lakes, ponds, streams etc) and Brackish water resources (estuaries, mangrove wetlands, brackish water impoundments). Brackish water is the newly created water bodies when the rivers meet to sea. Both water bodies are mixes where a…
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Fish Marketing Trends in India: The Indian fish market is one of the largest in the world, with a production of over 19 million tonnes in 2022. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.81% over the next five years, driven by factors such as increasing urbanization, rising disposable incomes, and growing…
Indigenous small fish species: Small fishes are found in ponds, tanks, lakes, floodplains, lowland areas, streams, wetlands, paddy fields and rivers and tributaries. They maximum grow up to a size of 25-30 cm in their life cycle. In India, there are a total 930 native inland water fish species, about 450 are Small Indigenous small…
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