{"title":"Changes in Physico-chemical Parameters at different Sites of Manasbal Lake of Kashmir, India","authors":"G. Naik, M. Rashid, Balkhi Mh","doi":"10.4172/2150-3508.1000148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2150-3508.1000148","url":null,"abstract":"In an aquatic ecosystem, the density and diversity of organisms depend on availability and quality of water. During the present study an attempt was made to analyse some of the important physico-chemical parameters of the water samples at three different sites of the Manasbal Lake to check the pollution load. Various parameters were analysed for a period of six months from July 2010 to December 2010 on monthly intervals by following standard methods. Among the various parameters recorded the overall Air temperature ranged from 7.2°C to 30.2°C; surface water temperature ranged from 6.1°C to 26.5°C; Secchi-disc transparency from 1.5 m to 4.5 m; Conductivity varied from 149 to 292 μS cm-1; Dissolved oxygen from 2.5 to 8.8 mg L-1; Free Co2 from 0.2 to 13.4 mg L-1; pH from 8.1 to 9.2; Total Alkalinity varied from 126 to 243 mg L-1; Chloride values ranged from 5.9 to 33.5 mg L-1; Total Hardness ranged from 119 to 218 mg L-1; Ammonical Nitrogen varied from 27 to 193 μg L-1; Nitrate Nitrogen varied from 31 to 286 μg L-1; Ortho-Phosphate Phosphorous varied from 4.3 to 33.0 μg L-1 and Phosphate Phosphorous ranged from 83.0 to 261 μg L-1. Almost all the above parameters showed that the pollution load is increasing especially at littoral sites due to agricultural run-off and human settlements disposing sewage, besides anthropogenic stresses in the catchment area. The pH of water of this lake was higher due to calcium intrusion from Kondabal area. Hence, the present study urges the need for immediate remedial measures for protection and conservation of this lake in order to save it from further deterioration.","PeriodicalId":166175,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124950921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Wakchaure, S. Ganguly, Kausar Qadri, P. Praveen, T. Mahajan
{"title":"Importance of Transgenic Fish to Global Aquaculture: A Review","authors":"R. Wakchaure, S. Ganguly, Kausar Qadri, P. Praveen, T. Mahajan","doi":"10.4172/2150-3508.1000E124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2150-3508.1000E124","url":null,"abstract":"Many faster growing transgenic fish including both cold water (salmon, trout) and warm water (tilapia, carp) species have been produced. The development of transgenic fish can serve as excellent experimental models for basic scientific investigations, environmental toxicology and in biotechnological applications. The fast growth characteristic of GH gene transgenic fish will be of great importance to support aquaculture production and economic efficiency. The transgenic fish are efficient feed converter, thus more economical for the fish farmer as the feed accounts for 60-70% of total cost in aquaculture.","PeriodicalId":166175,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116577764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Ahmad, K. Fazili, T. A. Sofi, Bashir A. Sheikh, A. Waza, Rabiya Rashid, Tantry Tariq Gani
{"title":"Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Diplozoon kashmirensis;D. aegyptensis and D. guptai Collected from Fishes of Kashmir Valley-India","authors":"F. Ahmad, K. Fazili, T. A. Sofi, Bashir A. Sheikh, A. Waza, Rabiya Rashid, Tantry Tariq Gani","doi":"10.4172/2150-3508.1000147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2150-3508.1000147","url":null,"abstract":"The study reports the results of molecular characterization of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) of ribosomal DNA of 3 Monogenean species using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), nucleotide sequencing and construction of phylogenetic trees from different fish hosts of Kashmir. The present study shows that the size of the amplified product is 873bp long for D. kashmirensis, 1120bp long in D. aegyptensis and 687bp long in D. guptai revealing that there are intraspecific differences in their base pair lengths. Guanine and Cytocine (G+C) content of three Diplozoon species was found nearly constant for three species i.e., 47% (D. kashmirensis); 47% (D. aegyptensis) and 48% (D. guptai), this GC richness contributes to physical attributes of RNA structures, as there is correlation between GC content and optimal growth temperature. An important observation during the present study has been noticed that Schizothorax niger is infected by all the three species of Diplozoidae; D. kashmirensis; D. aegyptensis and D. guptai, but when all six fishes were collected simultaneously, parasitism by all the parasite species was never observed. Phylogenetic trees Maximum Parsimony (MP), Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Neighbor Joining (NJ) showed that D. kashmirensis and D. aegyptensis share a common host Carassius carassius and S. niger.","PeriodicalId":166175,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127001538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Kannan, P. Thirunavukkarasu, K. Jagadeesan, N. Shettu, Aswini Kumar
{"title":"Procedure for Maturation and Spawning of Imported shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei in Commercial Hatchery, South East Coast of India","authors":"D. Kannan, P. Thirunavukkarasu, K. Jagadeesan, N. Shettu, Aswini Kumar","doi":"10.4172/2150-3508.1000146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2150-3508.1000146","url":null,"abstract":"The reproductive performance of the broodstock was assessed at each stage of the maturation and spawning process. Measures of maturation rate, spawning rate, fecundity, hatch rate and nauplii production rate were obtained. The reproductive performance was found for the imported Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) broodstock from Shrimp Improvement system (SIS), Florida, USA. The no.of spawning, eggs quantity, fertility, hatching rate and nauplii production were lowest in 1st to 3rd spawning when females were 7 months old and increased from 4th spawning rate onwards. As the size of females increased from 30 g to 52 g the mean number of eggs per spawning increased from 150,000 to 442,000. Although female body weight was increasingly larger through the study period and the larger females would be expected to produce more eggs per spawning and hatching. The hatching rate was increased from 3rd spawning onwards. The nauplii production rate (NPR), which is a function of egg production and hatching rate, showed a significant increasing from 48% to 96%. In 10th spawning all the activities were increased. This information can be used to select broodstock for hatchery production.","PeriodicalId":166175,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127094816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Controlling Chaos in a Food Chain Model through Threshold Harvesting","authors":"Mohammad Ali Khan, Joydev Ghosh, Banshidhar Sahoo","doi":"10.4172/2150-3508.1000142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2150-3508.1000142","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose a new harvesting strategy namely the harvesting for controlling chaotic population in a food chain model. In particular, we have taken the three species Hastings and Powell food chain model for demonstration. We have shown threshold harvesting strategy can be effectively employed to obtain a steady or cyclic behaviour from chaotic fish population by varying either the frequency of harvesting or the amount of harvesting of fish population. Numerical simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the scheme. We obtain steady state; limit cycle, period-2 and period-4 behaviour from chaotic Hastings and Powell model. This threshold harvesting strategy will be very useful for species conservation and fishery management","PeriodicalId":166175,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130365122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Model Strategic Framework for Prioritization and Development of Inland Water Bodies under Fisheries and Aquaculture","authors":"K. Roy","doi":"10.4172/2150-3508.1000140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2150-3508.1000140","url":null,"abstract":"The present article summarizes the available management options and strategies for development of fisheries & aquaculture in inland water bodies. Each section focuses on the key issues or parameters that are crucial from fisheries and/or aquaculture point of view.","PeriodicalId":166175,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal","volume":" 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120828663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Narges Rostamian, Ebrahim Masoudi, M. Gerami, Sirvan Azizpour, S. Ullah
{"title":"Spatial and Temporal Variability of Phytoplankton Assemblages and Physico-Chemical Characterization in Three Similar Dams","authors":"Narges Rostamian, Ebrahim Masoudi, M. Gerami, Sirvan Azizpour, S. Ullah","doi":"10.4172/2150-3508.1000138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2150-3508.1000138","url":null,"abstract":"The present preliminary study was undertaken from April to September 2013 in order to assess the limnological factors and phytoplankton communities in three dams, having depth of 6 m and area of 10 ± 2 Hectares, at Node Khanduz (Dam 1), Seyed Abad (Dam 2) and Marzban (Dam 3) in Azad Shahr, Gorgan, Iran. During the study period, a total number of 8 families and 28 genera were identified from all sampling sites. Of these 28 genera, 6 genera were belonging to family Bacillariophyceae, 5 genera were from Cyanophyceae, 2 genera from Charophycea, 2 genera from Chrysophyceae, 2 genera from Euglenophyceae, 8 genera from Chlorophyceae, 2 genera from Dinophyceae and 1 genus was belonging to Xanthophyceae. It was concluded that all the dams were having very well balanced phytoplankton communities yet changes in individuals’ composition and numbers were significantly varying among the three studied dams. Further studies focusing on other factors such as presence of heavy metals in the dams and of lengthy periods are recommended.","PeriodicalId":166175,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125406057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fishing Methods and their Implications for a Sustainable Environment","authors":"Olaniyan Rf","doi":"10.4172/2150-3508.1000139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2150-3508.1000139","url":null,"abstract":"Commercial fishes found in Nigeria have been discovered over several thousand years ago. They are found in the Nigeria water ways such as, stream, lakes, rivers lagoon and even the sea. Notably among the fishes are the Cat fish (Scaly and non-scaly etc.). It has been established that protein from foods of animals origin is dangerously lacking in the diets of Nigerians and most Africans Idodo-Umeh (2003).The supply of meat from games and various domestic animals are not enough to meet the protein demand of the growing population in most African countries (Federal Department of Fisheries, 2003).The importance of fish protein in Nigeria cannot be over emphasized since more than 40% of the animal protein consumed by an average Nigeria comes from fish. Thus the total demand for fish in Nigeria is expected to increase since the population is increasing.","PeriodicalId":166175,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121766194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benzaken S Zehev, A. Vera, Benzaken Asher, R. Raimundo
{"title":"Ornamental Fishery in Rio Negro (Amazon region), Brazil: Combining Social, Economic and Fishery Analyses","authors":"Benzaken S Zehev, A. Vera, Benzaken Asher, R. Raimundo","doi":"10.4172/2150-3508.1000143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2150-3508.1000143","url":null,"abstract":"The cardinal tetra is the number one export species in the ornamental fish trade industry in Brazil, accounting for 70% of the total amount of Brazilian fish exports [1]. The cardinal tetra inhabits the middle and upper Negro River, and its trade corresponds to 60% of the economy of the Barcelos municipality. However, fishery data have yet to be collected to better evaluate the effects of this artisanal fishery on fish populations. The present work presents data obtained from field collection interviews and a sample fishery. The data correspond to the quantity of fish caught per collection region, how many people were involved in the activity, the number of nets used, and the catch volume. Data from fisherman interviews and the type of fishing were compared for corroboration of the findings and to assist in calculating the number of fish extracted from the collecting areas during different times of the year. Altogether, these data were used to determine whether ornamental fisheries are sustainable. The present study shows that a fisheries observatory program is viable for the ornamental fish market and can be combined to increase sales, which emphasizes the preservation and wellbeing of the local communities that are active in this trade, as accomplished by the “fair trade coffee market”. We hope this idea can be pursued further by local authorities, and with better data, the preservation of the aquatic fauna can be prioritized because aquatic fauna preservation increases sales","PeriodicalId":166175,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117250313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recirculating Aquaculture Systems in China-Current Application and Prospects","authors":"L. Ying, Li Baoliang, Shi Ce, Sun Guoxiang","doi":"10.4172/2150-3508.1000134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2150-3508.1000134","url":null,"abstract":"Volume 6 • Issue 3 • 1000134 Fish Aquac J ISSN: 2150-3508 FAJ, an open access journal For the past 20 years, aquaculture has seen a worldwide expansion and is the fastest growing food-producing sector in the world, with an average annual growth rate of 6-8%. World aquaculture has grown tremendously during the last sixty years from a production of less than a million tonne in the early 1950s to 90.43 million tonnes by 2012. Of this production, 66.63 million tonnes, or 73.68%, was fish. Aquaculture is now fully comparable to marine capture fisheries when measured by volume of output on global scale. The contribution from aquaculture to the world total fish production of capture and aquaculture in 2012 reached 42.2%, up from 25.7% in 2000.","PeriodicalId":166175,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133410759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}