NACA/TR/85/15September 1985
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Lecture Notes on Composite Fish Culture and its Extension in India
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Freshwater Aquaculture Research and Training Centre, Dhauli, P. O. Kausalyagang
Via Bhubanesear - 751 002
INDIA

NETWORK OF AQUACULTURE CENTRES IN ASIA
Bangkok, Thailand
September 1985


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CONTENTS

1. Principles of Composite Fish Culture in Undrainable Ponds

1 INTRODUCTION
2 POLYCULTURE

2.1 Stocking Pattern

3 SPECIES INTERRELATIONSHIP

3.1 Catla and Silver Carp
3.2 Mrigal and Common Carp
3.3 Grass Carp and Other Fishes

4 COMPOSITE CULTURE IN UNDRAINABLE PONDS

4.1 Water Management
4.2 Use of Fish Toxicant
4.3 Soil Management and Fertilization

5 MANAGEMENT OF FISH HEALTH AND HYGIENE

6 HARVESTING AND COMMON HAZARDS

6.1 Design of the net

7 GENERAL REMARKS

Table-I

2. Spawning of Cultivated Finfish in Asia and Far East

1 INTRODUCTION
2 LIST OF COMMONLY CULTIVATED FISHES

2.1 Freshwater Fishes
2.2 Brackishwater and Marine Fishes

3 INDUCED SPAWNING OF DIFFERENT FISHES

4 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING SPAWNING

5 ENDOCRINOLOGICAL CONTROL OF SPAWNING

6 REFERENCES

3. Seed Production and Hatchery Management

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Pituitary Gland Collection and Preservation

2 BROOD STOCK HEARING

3 BREEDING TECHNIQUE

3.1 Indian Major Carps

3.1.1 Selection of breeders
3.1.2 Dosage of pituitary injection
3.1.3 Preparation of pituitary extract and injection
3.1.4 Breeding

3.2 Silver Carp and Grass Carp

3.2.1 Selection of breeders
3.2.2 Breeding technique
3.2.3 Multiple breeding
3.2.4 Breeding period

4 BREEDING ENVIRONMENT AND CONDUCIVE ECOLOGICAL FACTORS FOR INDUCED BREEDING

5 FISH PITUITARY GLANDS AND THEIR SUBSTITUTE

6 HATCHERY SYSTEMS

6.1 Modern Indian Hatchery
6.2 Chinese Hatchery

6.2.1 Hatching

7 CONCLUSION

8 REFERENCES

4. Aquatic Weed Management and Optimisation of Fish Culture Operation

1 INTRODUCTION

2 TYPES OF AQUATIC VEGETATION

3 METHOD OF CONTROL

3.1 Preventive
3.2 Manual and mechanical
3.3 Chemical
3.4 Biological

4 AQUATIC WEED MANAGEMENT FOR OPTIMIZATION OF FISH PRODUCTION, SCOPE AND POSSIBLE USES OF AQUATIC WEEDS IN MANAGEMENT

4.1 Pond fertilization
4.2 Fish feeds
4.3 Bioenergy aquaculture systems
4.4 Water quality management

5 DISCUSSION

6 REFERENCES

5. General Methodology of Composite Fish Culture

6. Composite Fish Culture in Different Parts of India

7. Strategy for Transfer of Composite Fish Culture Technology

8. Pond Productivity and Fertilization

9. Nutritional Requirements and Digestive Physiology of carps

10. Formulated Feeds for Asiatic Carps

11. Genetic Selection and Carp Hybridization

1 INTRODUCTION

2 METHODS OF FISH SELECTION

2.1 Mass or individual selection

2.1.1 Intensity of selection
2.1.2 Variability of initial population
2.1.3 Heritability

2.2 The selection for relatives

2.2.1 Family selection
2.2.2 Progeny testing

2.3 Combined selection

3 NEW TRENDS IN FISH SELECTION

3.1 Application of genetic marker in fish selection
3.2 Artificial gynogenesis
3.3 Polyploidy

4 CROSSING AS A METHOD OF INCREASING THE HETEROGENITY OF THE SELECTION MATERIAL

4.1 The reproductive cross
4.2 The introductory cross
4.3 The absorbing cross
4.4 The alternative cross
4.5 Hybridization

5 BREEDING SYSTEMS ADOPTED FOR FISH SELECTION IN SOME COUNTRIES

6 CONCLUSIONS

7 REFERENCES

12. Diseases and Health Care in Composite Fish Culture

13. Statistical Evaluation of Major Parameters Effecting Production in Composite Fish Culture

1 INTRODUCTION

2 ESTIMATION OF PARAMETERS

3 POPULATION ESTIMATION

3.1 Estimation by mark-recapture method
3.2 Estimation from catch statistics
3.3 Estimation of standing crop from feeding

4 PRODUCTION ESTIMATION

4.1 Estimation of mean and variance
4.2 Estimation of production

5 GROWTH MODELS

5.1 Exponential model
5.2 Graphical model
5.3 Total, Fishing and Natural Mortalities

6 MULTIVARIATE ANALYTIC APPROACH

6.1 Multiple regression analysis
6.2 Step-wise regression
6.3 Principal components analysis
6.4 Canonical correlation

7 CONCLUSION

8 REFERENCES

14. Micro-Economic Analysis of Composite Fish Culture Operations in India