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<#LINE#>Research on the Limnology of Waterpark Pond, a Wetland in Nepalgunj, Banke, Nepal<#LINE#>Bhesh Raj @Chaudhari <#LINE#>1-11<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJAVFS-2023-003.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Zoology, Mahendra Multiple Campus Tribhuvan University, Nepalgunj, Nepal<#LINE#>9/5/2023<#LINE#>19/2/2024<#LINE#>Wetland ecology depends critically on the physico-chemical characteristics of water. In order to determine its impact on plankton population, and fish population, the various physico-chemical parameters of the Waterpark pond were examined between January 2022 and December 2022. Physico-chemical  and biological parameters were analyzed form the sample water and the author noted that the temperature of the water ranged from 9.5 to 27.6°C, transparency from 28.6 to 38.7 cm, dissolved oxygen from 5.8 to 8.9 ppm, free carbon dioxide from 14.0 to 26.0 ppm, pH from 7.2 to 9.8, and total alkalinity between 136.0 and 294.0 ppm. The phosphate ranged from 1.02-1.08 ppm, and the nitrate ranged from 1.07 to 1.38 ppm. 26 Phytoplankton species and 22 zooplankton species were identified so, the pond is rich in plankton diversity. The dominant phytoplankton species observed are of Chlorophycae and the dominant zooplanktons are of Rotifera. Plankton showed a bimodal pattern of seasonal variation, with first spike in July and a second spike in January. It was concluded that the physico-chemical and biological parameters of the Waterpark pond are favorable for freshwater aquaculture. Statistically neither phytoplanktons nor zooplanktons are very strongly correlated with temperature, pH, DO and Nitrate of the pond water. Most of them showed weak and moderate correlation with above parameters. The members of Cyanophycae and Copepods showed strong correlation with Nitrate.<#LINE#>Kumar U, Choudhary S, Kumar M, Paswan R. 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<#LINE#>Alternative employment generations for Fishermen – A way forward for reducing pressure on coastal Marine Fishing<#LINE#>Manotosh @Das <#LINE#>12-19<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJAVFS-2023-005.pdf<#LINE#>Fishery Extension Officer, Marine, Purba Medinipur, WB, India<#LINE#>29/8/2023<#LINE#>28/1/2024<#LINE#>As per census - 2011, the total number of population in West Bengal is about 9.03 crores, now it is over 10 crores, out of which about 3,80,138 are marine sea going fishermen. They depend upon the mainly marine fishery resource in maintenance of their live and livelihood directly. All types and sizes of marine fishes are being caught by our fishermen throughout the year except 61 days fishing banned period in West Bengal from 15th April to 14th June. In West Bengal, total 45 Khuties and 18729 numbers of fishing boats are operated for fishing in sea and rivers. There is huge scarcity of availability of marine fishes at present. The marine fishery is diminishing year after year. For survival of marine fishery resources, we need to find out alternative employments except fishing. I humbly recommend our fishermen and entrepreneurs to make focus on edible marine molluscs collection, cage culture, pen culture and sea weeds culture practices. Our nation needs a plenty of protein enriched foods in future. Edible molluscs meats are good source of protein food which may be considered as human food if serve it before people in delicious forms. Cage culture, Pen culture and Sea Weeds Culture are also three another alternative ways of maintaining livelihood and effective to reduce pressure on coastal fishing in West Bengal.<#LINE#>Dutta, S., Chakraborty, K. & Hazra, S. (2016).@The status of the marine fisheries of West Bengal coast of the northern Bay of Bengal and its management options: A review.@In Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Vol. 69, pp. 1-8. Springer India. DOI 10.1007/s12595-015-0138-7@Yes$Manotosh Das (2017).@Edible marine molluscan fauna found at Digha coast, West Bengal, India.@International Research Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 6(3), 26-41.@Yes$Manotosh Das and Joydev Maity (2018).@Availability and utilization of molluscs at Digha coast, East coast on India.@International Journal of Biology Research, 3(3), 46-53.@No$Manotosh Das and Joydev Maity (2017).@Studies the physic-chemical parameters of water, soil and the nutritional values of edible cephalopods found at Digha coast, West Bengal, India.@International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, 1(6), 540-552.@No