@Editorial from Editor-in-Chief
<#LINE#>Dr. Pankaj Kumar<#LINE#>1<#LINE#>FromEditorialDesk.pdf<#LINE#> 
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<#LINE#>Zooplankton dynamics in the coastal waters of Malvan, Maharashtra, India<#LINE#>Socorrinha @D’Costa,@Pai, I. K.  <#LINE#>2-6<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJAVFS-2013-002.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Zoology, Goa University, Goa-403 206, INDIA@Department of Zoology, Goa University, Goa-403 206, INDIA<#LINE#>16/11/2012<#LINE#>31/12/2012<#LINE#>Zooplankton serve as food for fishes and thus occupy an important position in the food chain. Zooplankton from coastal waters of Malvan were collected from August 2011- May 2012 with the help of plankton net and were identified using standard keys. Results showed temporal variations amongst zooplankton populations. Copepods and their nauplii were present throughout the study period and they were the most abundant. Other groups present were appendicularians, polychaete larva, amphipods, mysids and fish larvae. Cladocerans were impoverished in occurrence. Study reveals that, there is good food for fish larvae and hence there is every chance to have good potential for fishing.<#LINE#>Goswami S.C.@Zooplankton: food for fishes@In Know ourshores: Goa, (Ed: A. G. Untawale) Publ. WWF, India, 75-82(2004)@Yes$Thirupathaiah M., Sravanthy C. and Sammaiah C.@Diversity ofzooplankton in Lower Manair reservoir@Karimnagar, A. P,India, I. Res. J. Biological Sci., 1(7), 27-32 (2012)@Yes$Somani V. Quadros G. and Pejaver M.K.@Occurrence ofRotifers and its Relation to the Water Quality during theBioremediation process in Lake Kacharali@Thane, MS, India,ISCA J. Biological Sci., 1(3), 54-58 (2012)@Yes$Bhalerao S.N.@Study of Fish Diversity and Water Quality atKasar Sai Dam@Hinjewadi, Pune, MS, India, I. Res. J.Biological Sci., 1(4), 51-55 (2012)@Yes$Patil S.G., Chonde S.G., Jadhav A.S. and Raut P.D.@Impact ofPhysico-Chemical Characteristics of Shivaji University lakeson Phytoplankton Communities@Kolhapur, India, Res.J.RecentSci., 1(2), 56-60 (2012)@Yes$Goswami A.P. and Mankodi P.C.@Study on Zooplankton ofFresh Water Reservoir Nyari – II Rajkot district@Gujarat,India, ISCA J. Biological Sci., 1(1), 30-34 (2012)@Yes$Parikh A.N. and Mankodi P.C.@Limnology of Sama Pond,Vadodara City@Gujarat, Res. J. Recent Sci., 1(1), 16-21 (2012)@Yes$Quadros G. and Athalye R.P@Decline of fish diversity in theanthropogenically polluted Thane creek along the Central WestCoast of India@I. Res. J. Biological Sci., 1(4), 17-21 (2012)@Yes$@CHISM Critical Habitat Information System of Malvan@Technical unit of Directorate of Department of Ocean,Development Chennai (1999)@No$Parulekar A.H.@Marine Fauna of Malvan, Central West Coastof India@Mahasagar- Bulletin of the National Institute ofOceanography, 14(1), 33-44 (1981)@Yes$D’Costa S. and Pai I.K.@Seasonal variation of zooplanktondensity along southwest coast of India@Columban J. Life Sci.,11(1&2), 51-53 (2010)@No$Trivedy R.K. and Goel P.K.@Practical methods in ecology andEnvironmental Science@Environmental Publ. Karad, India,(1987)@Yes$Perry R.@A guide to the marine plankton of southernCalifornia@Third edition, UCLA Ocean GLOBE & MalibuHigh School, (2003)@Yes$Conway D.V.P., White R.G., Ciles J.H.D., Gallienne C.P., andRobins D.B@Guide to the coastal and surface zooplankton ofthe South-Western Indian Ocea@Occasional Publ Mar BiologAssoc U K 15, 1-354 (2003)@Yes$Kasturirangan L.R.@A Key for the identification of the morecommon planktonic copepod of Indian coastal waters@(Ed: N.K. Panikkar) CSIR, New Delhi (1963)@Yes$CPCB, 1996@Coastal pollution, Central Pollution ControlBoard@Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India,New Delhi (1999)@No$Goswami S.C. and Padmavati G., Zooplankton production@composition and diversity in the coastal waters of Goa@IndianJ Mar Sci. 25, 91-97 (1996)@Yes$Nair R.V. and Ramaiah N.@Zooplankton characteristics of thecoastal ecosystem off Bombay, India@IOC Workshop 142, 272(1986)@Yes$Perumal V.N., Rajkumar M., Perumal P. and Rajasekar T.K.@Seasonal variations of plankton diversity in the Kaduviyarestuary, Nagapattnam@South East Coast of India, J. EnvironBiol, 30(6), 035-1046 (2009)@Yes$Turner T.J.@The importance of small planktonic copepods andtheir roles in pelagic marine food webs@Zoological Studies,43(2), 255-266 (2004)@Yes$Atienza D., Saiz E. and Calbet A.@Feeding ecology of themarine cladoceran Penilia avirostris: Natural diets, daily rationand prey selectivity@Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 315, 211–220(2006)@Yes$Capitanio F.L., Pajaro M. and Esnal G.B.@Appendicularians(Chordata, Tunicata) in the diet of anchovy (Engraulisanchoita) in the Argentine Sea@Sci. Mar., 61, 9–15 (1997)@Yes$Shoji J., Tanaka M. and Maehara T.@Comparative diets andgrowth of two scombrid larvae, chub mackerel Scomberjaponicus and Japanese Spanish mackerel Scomberomorusniphonius@in the central Seto Inland Sea, Japan, UJNR Tech.Rep., 30, 93–103 (2003)@Yes$Pielou E.@Ecological diversity. Dalhouse University Halifax@Nova Scotia, 165 (1975)@Yes$Margalef R.@Perspective in ecological theory Univ. ChicagoPress, Chicago, III, (1968)@undefined@Yes$Goswami S.C.@Zooplankton: food for fishes@In Know ourshores: Goa, (Ed: A. G. Untawale) Publ. WWF, India, 75-82(2004)@Yes$Thirupathaiah M., Sravanthy C. and Sammaiah C.@Diversity ofzooplankton in Lower Manair reservoir@Karimnagar, A. P,India, I. Res. J. Biological Sci., 1(7), 27-32 (2012)@Yes$Somani V. Quadros G. and Pejaver M.K.@Occurrence ofRotifers and its Relation to the Water Quality during theBioremediation process in Lake Kacharali@Thane, MS, India,ISCA J. Biological Sci., 1(3), 54-58 (2012)@Yes$Bhalerao S.N.@Study of Fish Diversity and Water Quality atKasar Sai Dam@Hinjewadi, Pune, MS, India, I. Res. J.Biological Sci., 1(4), 51-55 (2012)@Yes$Patil S.G., Chonde S.G., Jadhav A.S. and Raut P.D.@Impact ofPhysico-Chemical Characteristics of Shivaji University lakeson Phytoplankton Communities@Kolhapur, India, Res.J.RecentSci., 1(2), 56-60 (2012)@Yes$Goswami A.P. and Mankodi P.C.@Study on Zooplankton ofFresh Water Reservoir Nyari – II Rajkot district@Gujarat,India, ISCA J. Biological Sci., 1(1), 30-34 (2012)@Yes$Parikh A.N. and Mankodi P.C.@Limnology of Sama Pond,Vadodara City@Gujarat, Res. J. Recent Sci., 1(1), 16-21 (2012)@Yes$Quadros G. and Athalye R.P@Decline of fish diversity in theanthropogenically polluted Thane creek along the Central WestCoast of India@I. Res. J. Biological Sci., 1(4), 17-21 (2012)@Yes$@CHISM Critical Habitat Information System of Malvan@Technical unit of Directorate of Department of Ocean,Development Chennai (1999)@Yes$Parulekar A.H.@Marine Fauna of Malvan, Central West Coastof India@Mahasagar- Bulletin of the National Institute ofOceanography, 14(1), 33-44 (1981)@Yes$D’Costa S. and Pai I.K.@Seasonal variation of zooplanktondensity along southwest coast of India@Columban J. Life Sci.,11(1&2), 51-53 (2010)@Yes$Trivedy R.K. and Goel P.K.@Practical methods in ecology andEnvironmental Science@Environmental Publ. Karad, India,(1987)@Yes$Perry R.@A guide to the marine plankton of southernCalifornia@Third edition, UCLA Ocean GLOBE & MalibuHigh School, (2003)@Yes$Conway D.V.P., White R.G., Ciles J.H.D., Gallienne C.P., andRobins D.B@Guide to the coastal and surface zooplankton ofthe South-Western Indian Ocea@Occasional Publ Mar BiologAssoc U K 15, 1-354 (2003)@Yes$Kasturirangan L.R.@A Key for the identification of the morecommon planktonic copepod of Indian coastal waters@(Ed: N.K. Panikkar) CSIR, New Delhi (1963)@Yes$CPCB, 1996@Coastal pollution, Central Pollution ControlBoard@Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India,New Delhi (1999)@Yes$Goswami S.C. and Padmavati G., Zooplankton production@composition and diversity in the coastal waters of Goa@IndianJ Mar Sci. 25, 91-97 (1996)@Yes$Nair R.V. and Ramaiah N.@Zooplankton characteristics of thecoastal ecosystem off Bombay, India@IOC Workshop 142, 272(1986)@Yes$Perumal V.N., Rajkumar M., Perumal P. and Rajasekar T.K.@Seasonal variations of plankton diversity in the Kaduviyarestuary, Nagapattnam@South East Coast of India, J. EnvironBiol, 30(6), 035-1046 (2009)@Yes$Turner T.J.@The importance of small planktonic copepods andtheir roles in pelagic marine food webs@Zoological Studies,43(2), 255-266 (2004)@Yes$Atienza D., Saiz E. and Calbet A.@Feeding ecology of themarine cladoceran Penilia avirostris: Natural diets, daily rationand prey selectivity@Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 315, 211–220(2006)@Yes$Capitanio F.L., Pajaro M. and Esnal G.B.@Appendicularians(Chordata, Tunicata) in the diet of anchovy (Engraulisanchoita) in the Argentine Sea@Sci. Mar., 61, 9–15 (1997)@Yes$Shoji J., Tanaka M. and Maehara T.@Comparative diets andgrowth of two scombrid larvae, chub mackerel Scomberjaponicus and Japanese Spanish mackerel Scomberomorusniphonius@in the central Seto Inland Sea, Japan, UJNR Tech.Rep., 30, 93–103 (2003)@Yes$Pielou E.@Ecological diversity. Dalhouse University Halifax@Nova Scotia, 165 (1975)@Yes$Margalef R.@Perspective in ecological theory Univ. ChicagoPress@Chicago, III, (1968)@Yes
<#LINE#>Diversity and Composition of Fishes of Chaskaman Dam, Rajgurunagar, part of Northern Western Ghats, Pune, MS, India<#LINE#>Theurkar@ S.V,Takalakar @D.L,Jadhav@ S.S., Pawar @R.M <#LINE#>7-10<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJAVFS-2013-006.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Zoology, Nowrosjee Wadia College, Pune- 1, INDIA@Department of Zoology, Nowrosjee Wadia College, Pune- 1, INDIA@Zoological Survey of India, Akurdi, Pune, INDIA @Department of Zoology, Nowrosjee Wadia College, Pune- 1, INDIA<#LINE#>18/9/2012<#LINE#>1/10/2012<#LINE#>The Western Ghats streams exhibit high variability in fish assembles. Chaskaman dam is one of the prime dams in Pune district (MS). Its storage capacity of water is 246 Million cubic meters. The depth of water at the wall of the dam is about 150 m. This area receives precipitation from southwest monsoon (June to September). It is one of the prime Dams of Pune district and unexplored.In the present study, an attempt has been made to collect various species, as this Dam has not been paid too much attention in biodiversity and resource assessment studies. As many as 30 species belonging to 4 Orders, 11 Families of 24 Genera were recorded. In the assemblage structure of Chaskaman dam is dominated by cyprinids 19 species, followed by 6 species of perches, 4 species of Siluriformes and 1 species of Synbranchiformes. Oreochromis mossambica (Peters) exotic species were recorded in Chaskaman Dam. Seven endemic species of Western Ghats were found occurring in this dam.<#LINE#>Kanwate V.S. and Kulkarni A.N@Fish and Fisheries of KandharTank@Dist. Nanded (MS), J. Aqua. Biol., 21(3), 10-13 (2006)@Yes$Arunachalam et al@Assemblage structure of stream fishes in theWestern Ghats (India)@(1997, 2000, 2005)@Yes$Yadav B. E.@Ichthyofauna of northern part of Western Ghats.Rec. Zool. Surv. India@215, 1–40 (2003)@No$Bhat A@Diversity and composition of freshwater fishes in fourriver systems of Central Western Ghats@India. Environ. Biol.Fishes, 68, 25–38 (2003)@Yes$Bhat A. and Jayaram K. C@A new species of the genus BatasioBlyth (Siluriformes: Bagridae)@from Sharavathi River, UttaraKannada, Karnataka. Zoos’ Print J., 19, 1339–1342 (2004)@No$Dahanukar N., Raut R. and Bhat A.@Distribution, endemism andthreat status of freshwater fishes in the Western Ghats of India. J.Biogeogr.@31, 123–136 (2004)@Yes$Gorman O.T., Karr J.R.@Habitat structure and stream fishcommunity@Ecology J. 59: 507-515 (1978)@Yes$Jayaram K.C.@The Freshwater Fishes of the Indian Region.Narendra Publishing House@Delhi-6 (1999, 2000, 2010)@Yes$Menon A.G.K.@In Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries:Pisces, Teleostei – Cobitoidae, Part 1, Homalopteridae,Zoological Survey of India@Kolkata, Vol. IV, p. 259 (1987,1999)@No$Talwar P.K. and Jhingran A.G.@In Inland Fishes of India andAdjacent Countries@Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., NewDelhi, vol. 1 and 2, p. 1158 (1991)@Yes$Tamboli R.K. and Jha Y.N.@Status of Cat Fish Diversity of RiverKelo and Mand in Raigarh District, CG, India@ISCA J.Biological Sci., 1(1), 71-73 (2012)@Yes
<#LINE#>The Distribution and Status of Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius Monachus) at Jorbeer, Bikaner (Rajasthan, India: A Study of Near Threatened Monk Vulture<#LINE#>Khatri @Prabodh Chander  <#LINE#>17-21<#LINE#>4.ISCA-RJAVFS-2013-008.pdf<#LINE#>Environment and Wild Life Researcher, Desert Wild Life Society, Bikaner, Rajasthan, INDIA<#LINE#>20/1/2013<#LINE#>29/1/2013<#LINE#>Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is winter migratory and arrives with flocks of Eurasian and Himalayan Griffonvultures at Jorbeer, Bikaner (Rajasthan). Population gradually increases in October and maximum population observedduring December to February. The maximum of 71 Cinereous vultures were recorded from October, 2001 to March, 2011.The population growth of these vultures were observed slow and consistent. The distribution of Cinereous vultures werecalculated in 40 villages around Jorbeer covering 4680 square / kilometers area between Latitude 27041' North to 28042'North and 73002' East to 73039' East Longitude as their home range. No sign of infection and disease were observed invultures. Nests have not been recorded as Cinereous vultures reaches with their young ones.<#LINE#>Ferguson - Lees J., Christie D.A.@Raptors of the World.Houghton Miffin@http://books.google.com/books (2001)@Yes$Merono-OPO R., San Miguel A. and Camina A.@GanaderiaY buitre negro@In, R. Merono-OPO y F. Guil (Coords.)Manual de gestion del habitat y de las poplaciones de buitrenegro en Espano, Ministerios de Medio Ambiente, Madrid(2007)@Yes$@@Carrete M. and Deonazan J., Alication of Central - placeforaging theory shows the imprtance of Mediterraneandehesas for the conservation of Cinereous vulturesAegypicus monachus, Biological Conservation, 126, 582-590 (2005)@No$Margalida A., Heredia R., Razin M. and Hernandez M.@Sources of variation in mortality of the Bearded vulturesGyaetus barbatus in Europe@Bird ConservationInternational, 18, 1-10 (2008)@Yes$Hernandez M. and Margalida A.@Poison related - mortalityeffects in the endangered Egyptian vulture Neophronpercnopterus in spain@European Journal of WildlifeResearch, 55, 113-121 (2009)@Yes$Ali S. and Ripley S.D.@Handbook of the Birds of India andPakistan, Compact edition@Oxford University Press,Bombay (1983)@Yes$Khatri P.C., Status of Migratory Vultures at Jorbeer@Bikaner (Rajasthan) Life Sciences Leaflets@1, 6-13 (2013)@Yes$Changani A.K.,@@Is dicofenac the only cause of vulturedecline? Vulture News, 50, 15-22 (2004)@Yes$Prakash V.@Status of Vultures in Keoladeo National Park,Bharatpur, Rajasthan, with special reference to populationcrash in Gyps species@Journal of Bombay Natural HistorySociety, 96(3), 365-378 (1999)@Yes$@@Tella J.L., Testing time for BSE, Nature, 408-410 (2001)@No$@@Rubben Moreno-OPD, Arredondo A., Guil F., Foragingrange and diet of Cinereous vultures Aegypius monachususing livestock resources in central Sapin Ardeola, 57(1),(2010)@No$Gavashelishivili A., McGrady M., Ghasabian M. andBildstein K.L.@Movements and habitat use by immatureCinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus) from theCaucasus, Bird Study i First@1-14 (2012)@Yes$Del Hojo J., Elliott A., Sargatal J.@Handbook of the Birds,2 Barcelona: Lynx Edicions@(1994)@Yes$Snow, David W., Perrins and Christopper M.@The Birds ofthe Western Palearctic (Consise ed.) Oxford UniversityPress@(1998)@Yes$Morquiss M. and Newton I.@A radio-tracking study of theranging behaviour and dispersion of EuropeanSpparrowhawks@Journal of Animal Ecology, 51, 111-133(1981)@Yes$Khatri P.C.@The increase in the population of population ofEurasian Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) at Jorbeer, Bikaner@Cascass dump as key habitats for winter migration inGriffon vultures, International Journal of Geology, Earthand Environmental Sciences, 2(2), 157-162 (2012)@Yes$Schoenear T.W.@Sizes of Feeding teritories among birds@Ecology, 49, 123-141 (1968)@Yes$Weber Ray E., Hieble Inge, Braunitzer, Gerhard@Highattitude and hemoglobin junction in the vultures Gypsruippellii and Aegypius monochus@Biological chemistryHoppe – Seyler, 369(4), 233-240 (1998)@Yes
<#LINE#>The Seasonal Fluctuation of Physico-Chemical parameters of River MulaMutha at Pune, India and their Impact on Fish Biodiversity<#LINE#> Eknath Chandanshive@Navnath <#LINE#>11-16<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJAVFS-2013-007.pdf<#LINE#>Zoology Department, Fergusson College, Pune, MS, INDIA<#LINE#>17/1/2013<#LINE#>28/1/2013<#LINE#>The paper highlights pollution status and impact on fish diversity in Mula-Mutha River and damps on it. Seventy two species was reported in 1942 in this river. However, it has been observed that fish diversity is gradually decreasing since last thirty years unprecedently, mainly due to manifold human activity. Fish diversity in midway of river is becoming rare and only four species have been reported form polluted stretch of river. The river Mula-Mutha is flowing through city area and is one of the important sources of water body because of seven dams on it and its importance in agricultural, industrial and development of Pune city. Its perennial nature supports abundance of aquatic life including fish fauna. About Sixty Three species of different fishes have been reported from upstream from January2003- December -2007 and only Four species of fishes in the downstream during winter and summer. The Mula-Mutha River and its tributaries are highly polluted due to domestic and industrial wastes. The physico-chemical aspects of water pollution of Mula-Mutha Rivers was analysed seasonally with respect to following parameters from July-2004 to May-2005. i. Water temperature, ii. pH, iii. Dissolved solids, iv. Dissolved oxygen, v. Free carbon dioxide, vi. Acidity, vii. Alkalinity, viii. Chloride content, ix. Nitrates, x. Phosphates, xi. Biological oxygen demand, xii) Chemical oxygen demand. It is observed that the level of these parameters was optimum during and winter and summer seasons. In the polluted stretch of this river, tolerant species as Aorichthysseengala, Oreochromismossambicusand Gambusiaaffinis as well as air breathing fish H. fossilisare found at many places.<#LINE#>Skyes W.H.@On fishes of Dukhun, Transactions of theZoological Society of London@2, 349-376 (1981)@Yes$Fraser A.G.L., Fishes of Poona part- I and II@Journal of theBombay Natural History Society@43, 79-91 (1942)@Yes$Hora S.L. and K.S. MisraFish of Poona - Part-II@Journal ofthe Bombay Natural History Society.43@218-225 (1942)@No$Suter M.@New records of fish from Poona. Journal of theBombay Natural History Society@44, 408-414 (1944)@No$Tonapi G.T. and Mulherkar L.@Notes on the freshwaterfauna of Poona, Part I- Fishes, Proceeding of the IndianAcademy of Science@58B(4), 187-197 (1963)@No$Tilak P.K. and Jhingran A.G.@On fish fauna of PoonaDistrict (Maharastra), Newsletter of the Zoological Surveyof India@2, 193-199 (1991)Research Journal of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences Vol. 1(1), 11-16, February (2013) Res. J. Animal, Veterinary & Fishery Sci.International Science Congress Association 16@Yes$Wagh G.K. and Ghate H.V.@Freshwater fish fauna of therivers Mula and Mutha, Pune, Maharastra@Zoos’ PrintJournal.18(1), 977-981(2003)@Yes$Kharat Sanjay, Neelesh Dahanukar, Rupesh Raut andMukul Mabaleshwarkar@Long-term changes in freshwaterfish species composition in North Western Ghats, PuneDistrict@Current Science, 84(6), 816-820 (2003)@Yes$Chandanshive N.E., Kamble S.M. and Yadav B.E.@Fishfauna of Pavana river of Pune, Maharastra@Zoos’ printjournal, 22(5), 2693-2694 (2007)@Yes$Day F.@The fishes of India, William Dawson, London 558(1978)@@Yes$Jayaram K.C.@The freshwater fishes of India, Pakistan,Bangladesh, Burma and Sri Lanka, A handbook, ZoologicalSurvey of India, Calcutta (1981)@@Yes$Talwar P.K. and Jingran K.C.@Inland fishes of India andAdjacent Countries, Oxford & IBH, New Delhi@Vol- I andII (1991)@Yes$@APHA- Standard methods for the examination ofwater and wastewater- 20th edition-1998 (1998)@@Yes$Saxena K.K. and Chauhan R.S.@Physico-chemical aspectsof pollution in river Yamuna at Agra@Poll Res., 12(2), 101-104 (1993)@Yes$George J.P.@Aquatic ecosystem: structure, degradation,strategies for management. In: recent advances inecobiological research@M.P.(ed), A.P.H. Publ. House N.Delhi, 603 (1997)@No$Bath K.S. and Jatinderpal Singh@Limnology of pollutedurban pond, Environment and Ecology@16(4), 776-779(1998)@Yes$Desai P.V., Godsae S.J. and Halkar S.G.@Physico-chemicalcharacteristics of Khandepar river, Goa, India@J. of PollResearch, 14(4), 447-454 (1995)@Yes$Prasannakumari A.A., T. Ganga devi and Sukeskumar C.P.@Surface water quality of river Neyyar- ThirvanathapuramKerla, India@J. of Poll Research, 22(4), 515-525 (2003)@No$Bhatt S.D. and Pathak J.K.@Assessment of water qualityand aspects of pollution in a stretch of river Gomti(Kumaun : Lesser Himalaya)@J. Environ. Biol., 13(2), 113-126 (1992)@Yes$Mini I.C.G., Radhika and T. Ganga Devi@Hydro-biologicalstudies on a lotic ecosystem Vamanapuram river@Thirvanathapuram, Kerla south India, J. of Poll Research,22(4), 617-626 (2003)@No$Upadhyay R.K. and Rana K.S.@Pollution studies of riverJamuna at Mathura@Int. J. Nat. 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Environ. & Eco Plan., 5(1), 35-41 (2001)@No$Pandey B.N., Gupta A.K., Mishra A.K., Das P.K.L. and JhaK.@Ecological studies on river Panar of Araria (Bhihar)with special emphasis on its biological components, Inpollution and biomonitoring of Indian rivers@Trivedy R.K.(ed), ABD Publishers, India, 130-147 (2000)@No
<#LINE#>Impact of Trawl Fish Ban on Artisanal Brachyuran Crab Fishery in and Around Sikka, Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat, India<#LINE#>Gadhavi @M.K,Kardani@H.K,Pathak@Rajal1,Prajapati@P.C,Vachhrajani@K.D <#LINE#>22-27<#LINE#>5.ISCA-RJAVFS-2013-004.pdf<#LINE#>Fisheries Research Station, Sikka Campus, Junagadh Agricultural University, Sikka 361140, Gujarat, INDIA @Fisheries Research Station, Sikka Campus, Junagadh Agricultural University, Sikka 361140, Gujarat, INDIA @Fisheries Research Station, Sikka Campus, Junagadh Agricultural University, Sikka 361140, Gujarat, INDIA @Fisheries Research Station, Sikka Campus, Junagadh Agricultural University, Sikka 361140, Gujarat, INDIA @Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara 390002, Gujarat, INDIA<#LINE#>19/12/2012<#LINE#>22/1/2013<#LINE#>Over the last two decades exploitation of mud crab population has increased in many countries of South East Asia and it supports substantial commercial fishery and is an important component of traditional fisheries. In Sikka, large numbers of fishermen are engaged in artisanal crab fishery using spears, traps and other traditional gears like umbrella net and fence net. The species of crabs which are largely captured are Scylla serrata and Portunus pelagicus. In the absence of regulations, fishing activities may target all size-classes, including juvenile crabs, adult and sub-adult crabs as well as gravid females. In Gujarat during monsoon, from 15th June to 15th August mechanical trawler fishing activities has banned, which are known as no fishing time or fishing-ban. During this period most of the fisherman prefer traditional crab fishing as crabs are easily captured with minimum efforts. The purpose of this study is to find impact of trawl fish ban (TFB) on artisanal crab fishery and compare with Post trawl fish ban (PTFB) period in and around Sikka. Data was collected from three sites; i. Vador ii. GSFC jetty area and iii. Reliance Jetty area. We studied trend of crab fishery and morphometric study of captured crab from June �August, 2012 (TFB) and September to November, 2012 (PTFB). Results suggest that number of fishermen in artisanal fishery increased four folds during trawl fish ban and the study area is heavily exploited for crab fishery. The catch per unit effort is decreased while total catch is greatly increased during TFB. The findings suggest that the area is extensively explored for crab fishery during TFB period and that more number of smaller crabs is captured during this period.<#LINE#>Macnae W.@A general account of the flora and fauna of themangrove swamps and forests in the Indo-West-Pacificregion@Adv. Mar. 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