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Survey of Fish-spawn Collection Grounds in the River Ganges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

J. S. Datta Munshi ,
K. S. Bilgrami ,
M. P. Saha  and
M. A. O. Johar
J. S. Datta Munshi
Affiliation:
Professor of Zoology and Head, Postgraduate Department of Zoology, Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur-812007 (Bihar), India; Co-Principal Investigator, Man and the Biosphere Programme, Research Project 5
K. S. Bilgrami
Affiliation:
Professor of Botany and Head, Postgraduate Department of Botany, Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur-812007 (Bihar), India; Principal Investigator, Man and the Biosphere Programme, Research Project 5
M. P. Saha
Affiliation:
Senior Research Fellow (Man and the Biosphere), Postgraduate Department of Zoology, Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur-812007 (Bihar), India
M. A. O. Johar
Affiliation:
Junior Research Fellow (Man and the Biosphere), Postgraduate Department of Zoology, Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur-812007 (Bihar), India.
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The major carps such as Labeo rohita, Cirrhinus mrigala, Catla catla, and Labeo calbasu, which constitute important economic food-fishes in India, breed only in rivers, and consequently the spawn and fry of these fishes are collected from riverine resources for culture in ponds and tanks. The present paper describes our extensive survey of fish spawn-collection grounds in the River Ganges (from Barauni to Farakka, a stretch of about 256 km). In the course of these studies, active and major sites of spawning were located at Monghyr, Sultanganj, Akbarnagar, Sonbarsa, Bhagalpur, Colgong, Sahibganj, Rajmahal, Manikchak, and Farakka. Some of the environmental factors, such as water transparency, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and meteorological conditions for spawning of fishes, were analysed.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , Summer 1979 , pp. 153 - 157
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1979

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