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Title	Biodiversity conservation of Hirakud reservoir Not Available

Creator	Prem Kumar Meenakumari, B. Bandyopadhyay, J. K.

Subject	Reservoir Fisheries resources Productivity Legislation Indiscriminate fishing Biodiversity and Conservation

Description	Not Available Lack of Inland fisheries legislation encourages the use of indiscriminate fishing gears and fishing activities during closed season in Hirakud reservoir of Orissa. The use of mosquito net to catch forage fishes and juveniles of commercially important fishes has reduced the original fish stocks resulting in sharp decline in the fish production from 750 tonnes in 1978-79 to 235 tonnes in 2000-2001 and reduction in percentage of major carps in catches. This has happened due to indiscriminate killing of brooders and juveniles of commercially important fishes using destructive gears. There would be a dangerous alarm to the biodiversity of the largest reservoir of the country, if the same will be continued in future. The cause of the present crisis and suggestions for the future management of the reservoir to conserve the biodiversity have been discussed in this paper. Not Available

Date	2024-06-09T23:14:31Z 2024-06-09T23:14:31Z 2002-01

Type	Research Paper

Identifier	Prem Kumar, Meenakumari, B. and Bandyopadhyay, J. K. (2002) Biodiversity conservation of Hirakud reservoir. J. Natcon. 14(1):147-150. http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/83453

Language	English

Relation	Not Available;

Publisher	Nature Conservators

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