Abbreviation : J. Indian Fish. Assoc.,

                The Journal publishes original contributions in English covering all aspects of Fisheries incorporating aquatic productivity, farming systems and socio-economic problems. The Journal also accepts book reviews and short communications including summary of theses and dissertations related to Fishery science.

Contents

Contents
 

Ornamental fish resources of manipur: Potentials, problems and strategies for development. 1-11

V. R. Suresh, K. Mitra and G. K. Vinci

Reproductive biology of Otolithes cuvieri (Trewavas, 1974) from Mumbai waters.                  13-17

Prashant A.Telvekar, S. K. Chakraborty and A. K. Jaiswar

Morphometry length-weight relationship and biology of Sepia aculeata (d’ Orbigny, 1848)

from Mumbai Coast, India.                                                                                                                   19-27

Manmeet Kaur Nalwa, Rajeev Kumar, A. K. Jaiswar and R. P. Swamy

A record of Probopyrus bithynis (Richardson, 1904) in Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man). 29-37

R. P. Raman, A. U. Pagarkar, M. Makesh and Neelima Gupta

Scale Characteristics in relation to size in cichlid fish, Oreochromis mossambicus.                   39-47

Johnson Pius and V. R. Prakasam

Benthic macro - biota in Gaula river - Kumaon Himalaya.                                                              49-67

Madan Mohan

Larval rearing of a freshwater prawn Macrobrachium gangeticum.                                            69-80

D. Roy, V. K. Yadav and S. R. Singh

Studies on fecundity of Rita pavimentata (Gunther) in relation to total length,                       81-86

total weight and ovary weight.

V. K. Tiwari and T. A. Qureshi

Analysis of lipid and lipid-fractions of some freshwater fishes and their inter-relationship.  87-94

P. K. Nanda and N. P. Sahu

Effect of feeding three different formulated feeds having different protein levels on the 95-101

growth of angel fish (Pterophyllum scalare), juveniles.

Shivendra Kumar, D. Choudhury, K. Baruah, M. Biswal, Umesha. D, N. P. Sahu

Arsenic Level in the surface wastewaters of Kolkata and its implication on sewage-fed fisheries. 103-109

Shyamal Chandra Sukla Das, Subhendu Datta and A. K. Pal

Genotoxic effect of nickel chloride and zinc sulphate                                                              111-117

on fish Hypophthalmichthys molitrix.

S. Athikesavan, S. Vincent and B. Velmurugan

Some socio-economic aspects of the fishermen of twin pronged floodplain wetlands in 119-133

West Bengal.

Utpal Bhaumik, I. C. Mittal, P. Das and T. Paria

Length-weight relationship and relative condition factors in                                                   135-139

Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters) of Bhima river.

A. N. Shendge

Food & feeding habits of Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1975) off Mumbai waters.                         141-148

Santosh Y. Metar, S. K. Chakraborty, A. K. Jaiswar and P. A. Telvekar

Effect of Benzocaine on opercular movement and oxygen consumption                             149-155

in Channa punctatus (Bloch).

Dina Nath Pandit and Tapan Kumar Ghosh

Length - weight relationship and condition factor of Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)           157-163

and Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758) from Mumbai waters.

Rupam Sharma, K. Venkateshvaran and C. S. Purushothaman

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         Nair, V. R., 1980. Production and association of zooplankton in the estuaries and nearshore waters of Goa. Indian. J. Mar. Sci., 9: 116-119.

         George, K.J. and Suseelan, C., 1982. Distribution of species of prawns in the backwaters and esturies of India with special reference to coastal aquaculture. In : proceedings of te Symposium of Coastal Aquaculture, Marine Biological Association of India, Cochin, Vol. 1 : pp. 272-284.

         Jhingran, V.G., Gopalkrishnan, U., Ray, P. andn Ghosh, A., 1973, Methodology for survey of brackishwater areas in India for coastal aquaculture. In : T.V.R. Pillay (Ed.) Coastal Aquaculture int he Indo-Pacific Region. Fishing News (Books) Ltd., London, 487 pp.

         Harvey, H.W., 1913. Biological Chemistry and Physics of Seawater. Cambridge University Press, London, 194 pp.

         Krishnakumari, I., 1985. Ecological and Biochemical Species with Special Reference to Pollution in Selected Species of Molluscs from Bombay. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Bombay, 231 pp.

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