Practical Manual of Fisheries

by Biswas, K P

ISBN: 9789388027489
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 7495.00
Biblio : xviii+190p., figs., tbls., indx., 25cm

Author Profile

Dr. K.P. Biswas, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.F.Sc. (Bombay), E.F. (West Germany), F.Z.S., F.A.B.S. (Kolkata), Former Joint Director Fisheries (L-I), Government of Odisha, Director Fisheries, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Government of India, Principal Fisheries Training Institute, Fishery Technologist (ICAR) and at present Faculty Member of Marine Science Department, University of Calcutta and Faculty Member, Department of Fishery Engineering, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences. He has pub

About The Book

The book, “Practical Manual of Fisheries” is contemplated to fulfil the long standing needs to guide the fisheries work in field studies. The book starts with the standard statistical methods required to conduct fish culture experiments for testing a hypothesis and for presentation and interpretation of data. As a pre-requisite, evaluation and assessment of aquatic communities in a body of water, whether for experiment or for commercial fish culture is described in details, both for plant and an

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement vii Preface ix Introduction xv 1. Standard Statistical Methods for Fish Culture Experiments 1 2. Evaluation and Assessment of Aquatic Communities in a Water Body 11 3. Assessment of Fish Populations 41 4. Habitat Evaluation Procedure for Aquatic Assessments 51 5. Review of Fishes of the Region 59 6. Fish Anatomy 63 7. Fish Embryology 69 8. Fish Breeding 77 9. Methods of Cultivation 93 10. Food Habits of Fish: Food Analysis 99 11. Age and Growth Studies of Fish 1