International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278-3202 8 3 2019 03 10 Traditional fishing crafts and gears of Madhya Pradesh, India 29 36 EN Noura E. Abd El-Hameed 1 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt Haiam A. Mohammed 2 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt El-Badry A.A. 3 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt Hamada M.M.Z. 4 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt Esmail Noghanchi 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran Hossein Javanbakht 2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran Meghna Shrivastava 1 Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences, MATS University, Raipur, (C.G), India Ashish Saraf 2 MATS School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, MATS University, Raipur (C.G), India Aishwarya Sekar 1 Department of Bioinformatics, Stella Maris College, Cathedral Road, Chennai-600086, Tamil Nadu, India Nargis Begum 2 Department of Biotechnology, Jamal Mohammed College, Tiruchirappalli, India, nargisalmas Anita Margret 3 gmail.com Srikanth Manipati 1 Department of Oncology, NRI Academy of Sciences, Mangalagiri Road, Chinakakani-522503, Andhra Pradesh, India Chanakya Pallem 2 Department of Microbiology, Ganesh Scientific Research Foundation (GSRF), Kirti Nagar, New Delhi-110015, India Riddhi Bose 1 ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, WB, India Sandipan Gupta 2 Department of Applied Science and Humanities, Invertis University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India Archan Kanti Das 3 ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, WB, India V.R. Suresh 4 ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, WB, India Arun Kumar Bose 5 ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, WB, India > Review Paper 2018 6 18 2019 03 10 Fishing is an age old practice carried out since time immemorial. The crafts and gears in use in different parts of India are mostly primitive, low-cost and non-mechanized. A wide range of fishing crafts and gears to catch fish has been evolved by the fishers of Madhya Pradesh which have contributed a lot to the total fish production and economy of the local population. Information so far available on this field is scattered and very precisely scanty. With this view, the present work was aimed to document the traditional fishing crafts and gears which are in use in Madhya Pradesh. In total eight types of crafts and ten types of gears have been documented during the study period. Copyright@ International Science Community Association