Textbook on Freshwater Aquaculture
by Ahilan, Dr. B.
ISBN: 9789354619151
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2024
Price : Rs. 8595.00
Biblio : x+233p., figs., tabls., ind., 23 cm
Author Profile
Dr. B. Ahilan is working as Professor in Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College and Research Institute Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Tuticorin (TN.).
About The Book
This book on “Textbook on Freshwater Aquaculture” is a comprehensive guide and deals with the various aquaculture practices prevailing in India. The present status of freshwater aquaculture and new technologies in the freshwater aquaculture has also been aptly dealt with. This book emphasizes the importance of aquaculture, components of earthen ponds, pre-stocking management measures like, eradication of predatory fishes, weed fishes, aquatic weeds, aquatic insects and fertilization, post-stocking management measures like feed and feeding and water quality. The culture practices of commercially important freshwater fishes are dealt in detail. The other important practices like cage culture, pen culture, sewage fed fish culture and organic aquaculture are also dealt. It is hoped that this publication presented in an easy-to-read style with a number of photographs and illustrations would be of great use to all students who have fisheries in their curriculum and also a standard guide for the researchers, entrepreneurs and fish farmers.
Table of Contents
Foreword <BR> Preface <BR> 1. Introduction 1 <BR> 2. Components of an Earthen Aquaculture Pond 10 <BR> 3. Eradication of Predatory and Weed Fishes and Aquatic Insects 18 <BR> 4. Aquatic Weeds and Their Management 29 <BR> 5. Pond Fertilization 45 <BR> 6. Transport of Seed Fish and Brooders 58 <BR> 7. Cultivable Fish and Shellfish 65 <BR> 8. Carrying Capacity of a Pond 87 <BR> 9. Water Quality Management 92 <BR> 10. Feed and Feeding Management 104 <BR> 11. Culture of Carp 113 <BR> 12. Culture of Tilapia 125 <BR> 13. Culture of Catfish 135 <BR> 14. Culture of Coldwater Fishes 144 <BR> 15. Culture of Common Carp 152 <BR> 16. Culture of Gouramis and Climbing Perch 158 <BR> 17. Culture of Giant Freshwater Prawn 165 <BR> 18. Freshwater Pearl Culture 174 <BR> 19. Organic Farming 188 <BR> 20. Pen Culture 195 <BR> 21. Cage Culture 204 <BR> 22. Sewage-Fed Fish Culture 219 <BR> References 225 <BR> Index 227
