Catla Catla in Back Water of Shankar Sagar Reservoir, Vishnupuri Project Dist
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Journal of Innovations in Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences (JIPBS) ISSN: 2349-2759 Available online at www.jipbs.com Research article A first experiment on cage culture of Catla catla in back water of Shankar Sagar reservoir, Vishnupuri Project Dist. Nanded, Marathwada (Maharashtra) 1* 2 Jayvardhan V Balkhande , Arvind Kulkarni 1 Department of Zoology, D. B. College, Bhokar Dist. Nanded (Maharashtra) India. 2 Former Head, Department of Fishery Science, N.E.S. Science College, Nanded. (Maharashtra) India. Key words: Cage culture, Catla catla, Abstract Nanded, Marathwada, Daily growth rate. This is the first attempt for cage culture in Marathwada Maharashtra State, Results of the *Corresponding Author: Jayvardhan experiments showed that Marathwada can be potential area for cage culture. The growth V Balkhande, Department of Zoology, D. performance of Catla catla, in natural and in artificial feeding cages in terms of final weight, B. College, Bhokar Dist. Nanded weight gain percentage, specific growth rate (SGR %), Daily growth rate (DGR), survival rate and total production was described in text. Their final weight was 6.25±0.62, 10.39±4.18, (Maharashtra) India. 22.06±8.14, 38.69±20.2, 64.73± 17.7 and 111±17.2gm for I, II, III, IV, V and VI th months respectively in natural feeding cage. Their final weight was 7.98±1.23, 15.27±3.75, 42.53±9.23, . 84.83±19.85, 182.96±21.14 and 260±11.77 gm recorded in I, II, III, IV, V and VI th months respectively. In natural feeding cage, mean weight 111 gm of Catla catla was attained whereas in supplementary feeding cage 260 gm was recorded in 180 days of culture period. The total fish production of Catla catla in 180 days in cage culture with natural feeding was 7.8 kg. Whereas it was 20.3 kg in supplementary feeding cage. Introduction Indian share in the global production has reached 4.36 percent with 9.92 percent share in inland and 2.8 percent Aquaculture is the use of water resources for growing in marine in 2009. For inland sector India is ranked aquatic organisms under controlled conditions for second after China [28]. economic and social benefits. Although it is not The origin of cage culture is a little vague. It can be agriculture, it can make a unique contribution to nutrition assumed that at the beginning fishermen may have used by virtue of its extremely high productivity and protein the cages as holding structures to store the captured fish content [2]. Aquaculture is a growing industry that strives until they are sent to the market. The first cage which was to optimize and intensify traditional fish rearing used for producing fish was developed in Southeast Asia techniques to supply much needed protein for humans, at the end of the 19th century. Wood or bamboos were but also meet the needs of luxury demand and it used to construct these cages and the fish were fed by contributed 51.7 million tonnes to total world production, trash fish and food scraps. In 1950s modern cage culture including 31.6 million tons from inland waters [12]. Fish began with the initiation of production of synthetic is one of the important sources of high-quality protein and materials for cage construction. Cage culture is common provides at least 2.9 billion people with around 15% of in central and South East Asian countries such as China, their dietary protein [12]. Fish and fish oils are also a Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand [3-6]. balanced source of protein components and essential fatty Fish production in cages became highly popular among acids contents in human diets [19]. Fish and fishery the small or limited resource farmers who are looking for products are of substantial social and economic alternatives to traditional agricultural crops. Cage culture importance and are worth around US$170 billion is advantageous for farmers as it offers a chance to annually and employ up to 47.5 million people worldwide maximum utilization of existing water resources. [12]. Due to increasing world population and decline of Therefore, the farmers do not have to invest on production from capture fisheries, aquaculture is expected accumulating water. Cage aquaculture has certain to play a crucial role in meeting the increased demand of advantages over other aquaculture systems that are high quality protein rich food [8]. More than half of the potentially important in terms of uptake by rural poor and world’s aquaculture production is from freshwater [12] landless people. The integrity of cage unit means that and the bulk of production occurs in the world’s most large, communal water bodies can be used effectively and popular nations, such as China and India [11]. the ability to culture fish is not reliant on the ownership or leasing of land itself. Hence in theory, where access to a ©JIPBS, All rights reserved Jayvardhan V Balkhande et al., JIPBS, Vol 4 (4), 78-86, 2017 water body can be achieved, landless people can grow Marathwada is one of the most important parts of fish in cages and obtain nutrition and income from the Maharashtra state. Fresh water resources of Marathwada fish produced. In addition a common problem in are rivers, reservoirs, ponds, lakes, etc. out of them river traditional pond culture is that of multiple ownership. In Godavari is the important river and many projects are cage aquaculture the ownership issue is very simple, in constructed in the basin of river Godavari and its that owners of the cages are the owners of the fish within. tributaries such as Jayakwadi (Aurangabad), Mazalgaon Generally fish in cages do not escape, provided a top net (Beed), Purna Yeldari (Parbhani), Lower Terna (Beed), is present and the cage remained undamaged. Cages also Purna Siddheshwar (Hingoli), Manar (Nanded) and exclude predators and caged fish are easily managed and Manjra (Latur) etc. and many more are being constructed harvested. The culture of fish in cages can therefore be in this river system. These projects are used to perform described as a promising aquaculture technology already various activities such as irrigation, agriculture, domestic, proven in many other Asian countries [9]. industrial and aquaculture etc. The origin of the use of cages for holding and These resources can be used for Cage culture as cage transporting fish for short periods can be traced back to culture practice in Marathwada is yet to start. If culture of almost two centuries ago in the Asian region [24]. Several fishes in cages becomes successful then this will be a species of marine fishes such as E. tauvina, L. calcarifer boon for fishermen and will open a new chapter in and Lutjanus sp. are cultured in cages in Singapore [17]. fisheries development of Maharashtra. Hence this study On the basis of the reported information, the major cage was undertaken which will lead to “BLUE” revolution. culture producers in 2005 are: Norway (652, 306 tonnes), Chile (588, 060 tonnes), Japan (272, 821 tonnes), United Experimental Kingdom (135, 253 tonnes), Vietnam (126, 000 tonnes), Greece (76, 577 tonnes), Turkey (78, 924 tonnes) and Materials and Methods Philippines (66, 249 tonnes) [25]. Study area In India freshwater fishes raised in cages are essentially One of the largest lift irrigation projects in Asia was from family cyprinids comprising Indian major carps constructed on the river Godavari, at Asarjan, Dist. (Catla catla, Labeo rohita and Cirrhinus mrigala), exotic Nanded for irrigation and water supply, in the year 1988. common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and silver carp The back water of this project at Dhangar Takli (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix). Catfishes of the families 19°7'12"N 77°3'28"E was selected as a study area. Bogridae (Mystus Seenghala), Siluridae (Ompok bimaculatus), Anabantidae.(Anabas testudineus) and Site Selection Heteropneustidae (Heteropneustes fossilis) have also Site selection is the most important part of the cage given encouraging results when cultured in cages, culture. Proper site will reduce most of the problems especially the last 3 air breathing species. Cage culture of arising during the culture period and also reduce the cost murrels (Channidae), viz. Channa punctatus, Channa of culture. marulius and Channa striatus, has also been occasionally tried. During the last decade, culture of different fish Criteria for site selection species in cages was actively pursued. The species Lakes, reservoirs, ponds, quarries, rivers and streams can selected for cage culture, limnological conditions, types be used as potential sites provided that they should have of cages, construction material, cage dimension and feed adequate water with sufficient depth, so that cage can be formulation varied very much in the experiments so far arranged in this sediment free water. The cage units conducted in different ecosystems [14]. should be built to withstand against prevailing wind and In India cage culture was attempted for the first time in wave conditions. Good water exchange is also an cage of air breathing fishes like Heteropneustes fossilis, important factor to replenish oxygen and flush away Anabas testudineus in swamps [10]. At Powai Lake, wastes. Considering these factors we surveyed 40 km Mumbai shows that, Labeo rohita grew from 3.24 gm to back water area for selection and then, Dhangar Takli, a 54.72 gm within 43 days with survival of 50.72%. small village situated on the bank of Godavari river was Whereas during the same period Cyprinus carpio with a selected. It is about 8 km from Purna (Dist. Parbhani) on density 50 No/m3 grew from 0.293 gm to 31.34 gm with Nanded – Purna road. a survival of 75.26% [15]. [7] Conducted study to determine and compare the growth and survival of Labeo Fabrication of cages rohita fry reared at different stocking densities in cages Cages were fabricated from strong, durable, and non- for optimization of stocking rate in Beel of Assam.