Management Strategies for Reservoirs Fisheries

Abstract

Reservoirs nicknamed as sleeping giants have been identified as the nearest possible alternative source of fish production only recently. But the average fish productivity of reservoirs in India is nearly 30 Kg/ha and this is not sufficient enough to match the ever-doubling rate of population demands. The paper thus discusses the various enhancement strategies adopted for Indian reservoirs. The paper emphasizes enhancing fish production by manipulating biological and physical basis of production along with other strategies for maximizing fishing in the reservoirs. The challenges involved in fish production using various strategies have also been discussed.