COLDWATER FISHERIES SOCIETY OF INDIA Volume 1 Issue 1 2018 Website: http://www.dcfr.res.in/Coldwater_Fisheries_Society_of_India.php Email:[email protected] COLDWATER FISHERIES SOCIETY OF INDIA C/o. ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research, AnusandhanBhawan, Bhimtal-236136, Dist.-Nainital, Uttarakhand, India Published by Coldwater Fisheries Society of India ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research Anusandhan Bhawan, Bhimtal-236136, Dist.-Nainital, Uttarakhand, India Inland Overseas Annual Subscription ` 500 US $ 50 UK £ 25 Single Copy ` 250 US $ 25 UK £ 12.5 Available from: The Secretary, Coldwater Fisheries Society of India C/o ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research AnusandhanBhawan, Bhimtal-236136, Dist.-Nainital, Uttarakhand, India By sending a demand draft drawn in favour of “Coldwater Fisheries Society of India” Payable at Bhimtal branch of any Nationalized Bank. Online payment may be made to Coldwater Fisheries Society of India SBI ACC/No.: 32742765436 (IFSC Code: SBIN0007348). Phone: +91-5942-247280, 247279 Fax: +91-5942-247693 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.dcfr.res.in/Coldwater_Fisheries_Society_of_India.php FOREWORD First of all, I congratulate Coldwater Fisheries Society of India and its mother institute, Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research, Bhimtal for successfully bringing out the first issue of Journal of Coldwater Fisheries. Coldwater region covers a wide geographical area of the country harbouring 258 species belonging to 21 families and 76 genera. At present, coldwater fisheries sector is experiencing serious threats to both biodiversity and eco- system stability due to habitat destruction/modification, overfishing/over exploitation and climate changes. In order to preserve these threatened eco-system and species for future generations and to support sustainable development, various strategies like ranching, conservation aquaculture, public awareness, habitat restoration with scientific inputs from dedicated researchers are being carried out. And I hope that this Journal of Coldwater Fisheries will provide a forum where data and ideas can be presented facilitating further development of fisheries in coldwaterregion. In this issue, there are articles based on basic and applied research making new findings; methods which are applicable in practice. Reviews of important aspects are also included in this issue.It is expected that the journal will be highly useful to the researchers, faculty members, students, policy makers and stakeholders in bringing qualitative and quantitative improvement in coldwater fisheries sector. I wish Coldwater Fisheries Society of India success in future endeavours. 24 September, 2018 Dr. J.K. Jena DDG (Fy.), ICAR-New Delhi EDITORIAL I am glad to present the first issue of the Journal of Coldwater Fisheries. The journal is a product of the dedicated efforts of the editors, reviewers and learned members of the Coldwater Fisheries Society of India. The journal will strive for complete coverage of high quality research articles, critical reviews from a wide range of topics in fisheries resource, aquaculture, fish health, fish nutrition, fish genetics&biotechnology, extension in fisheries sector of coldwater region. This first issue of the journal contains 15 articles covering diverse aspects of coldwater fisheries. There are articles on diversity of ornamental fishes in Manas River and role of small tributaries in ichthyofaunal diversity of rivers in Uttarakhand. Articles on ecological aspects, such as ecological impacts of dams on the fish diversity of Bhagirathi river and periphyton community structure of Namsang stream, Arunachal Pradesh are also included in this issue. There are four articles on Schizothorax species; one paper deals on effect of spirulina fortified diets on growth performance of Barilius bendelisis and Schizothorax richardsonii; the other deals with length- weight relationship of Schizothorax richardsonii (Gray) and Schizothorax niger; the third one is about the reproductive biology of Schizothorax labiatus McClelland inhabiting river Jhelum, Kashmir and the fourth discusses about the genetic diversity and divergence of the Schizothorax progastus (McClelland 1839) in tributaries of the river, Ganga. One of the research articles presents the morphological and ultra-structural changes of golden mahseer, Tor putitora during early development stages. In one article, nutritional values of fish species viz., Amblypharyngodon mola, Gagatado lichonema, Garra abhoyai, Glossogobius giuris, Hypsibarbus myitkyinae and Puntius sophore were discussed which will be helpful in promoting fish consumption. There is one article that discusses about the strategies to enhance aquaculture production in Northeast hill region of India. Other articles on aquaculture aspects include rearing system for larvae of Labeo dyocheilus and breeding performance of rainbow trout. There are reviews in this issue discussing about major challenges in coldwater fisheries, mahseer in India, farming of fish in rice fields and development of cell line of coldwater fishes and its application. We are also sending out a call for papers to all the researchers, students, faculty members and other interested in coldwater fisheries to contribute high quality articles for our next issue. At this point, I should add that we are committed to a speedy review process for every piece of manuscript submitted to us. We endeavour to communicate regarding the papers submitted to us within four weeks with a decision about acceptance or rejection. Finally, I’d like to thank our Editorial Board for their dedicated effort in bringing out the first issue successfully. In this proud moment of Coldwater Fisheries Society of India, we fondly remember and pay our homage to the stalwarts and predecessors who contributed significantly for the growth of coldwater fisheries sector. Wish you a pleasant reading (Debajit Sarma) Editor in Chief, JCF iv Journal of Coldwater Fisheries Vol.1. No.1 (2018) CONTENTS A.K. Singh Major challenges through the transforming coldwater fisheries in India 1 D. Sarma, M. S. Akhtar, P. Sharma and A. K. Singh Resources, breeding, eco-tourism, conservation, 4 policies and issues of Indian mahseer: A review M. Goswami Coldwater fish cell line: Development, characterization and applications 22 D.N. Das Farming of fishes in rice fields of northeast India: A review 27 S.K. Das Mid hill aquaculture: Strategies for enhancing production in Northeast hill region of India 42 W. Sarjubala, M. Shantosh, H. Romharsha and Ch. Sarojnalini Nutritional properties of some freshwater 48 fish species of Manipur, India U. Singh, P. Nautiyal and S. Dewan Sub-speciation tendencies, genetic diversity and divergence of the 54 Schizothorax progastus (McClelland 1839) in tributaries of the Ganga river in Indian Himalayas N. N. Pandey, M. Gupta, R. Singh, B.K. Vishwakarma and S. Kumar Optimum stocking density and 60 rearing system for larvae of Labeo dyocheilus in coldwater conditions K. Kunal, D. Sarma, D. Baruah, P. A. Ganie Morphological changes during early development of 65 endangered golden mahseer Tor putitora N.K. Agarwal, G. Singh, H. Singh, N. Kumar, and U.S. Rawat Ecological impacts of dams on the fish 74 diversity of Bhagirathi river in central Himalaya (India) G. N. Jha, D. Sarma, M. S. Akhtar, A. S. Charak, N. Paul and R. Kour Effect of spirulina (Spirulina 85 platensis) fortified diets on growth performance of two important cold water fishes viz. Barilius bendelisis and Schizothorax richardsonii N. N. Pandey, P. Kumar, S. Ali, B.K. Vishwakarma and S.Kumar Role of small tributaries in ichthyofaunal 89 diversity of rivers in Uttarakhand I. Farooq, F. A. Bhat, M.H. Balkhi, T. H. Shah, S. Qadri, S. Aalia, S. Talia Study on gonadal maturation 97 of Schizothorax labiatus McClelland inhabiting river Jhelum, Kashmir A. Dey and D. Sarma Diversity, distribution and conservational approach of hills stream ornamental fishes 103 in Manas river, India: An eastern hotspot region R. Dutta, A. Dutta, N. Bhagobaty and S. K. Bhagabati Periphyton community structure of Namsang 113 stream, Arunachal Pradesh A. Rani, K. Tudu, U. Siddiqui, B. K.Vishvakarma, R. H. Shah, S. Kumar and N. N. Pandey Length- 121 weight relationship and condition factor of Schizothorax richardsonii (Gray) and Schizothorax niger S. Chandra, R. S. Patiyal, S. K. Gupta and D. Sarma Study on age dependent breeding performance of 125 rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Walbaum, 1792 Instructions for Authors 129 v Journal of Coldwater Fisheries 1(1):1-3, 2018 Major challenges through the transforming coldwater fisheries in India A K SINGH National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Canal Ring Road, P.O. Dilkusha, Lucknow-226002 (Uttar Pradesh) E-mail:[email protected] ABSTRACT Himalayan River systems in India comprises of the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra being distinct entities harbouring precious ichthyofaunal diversity. The Schizothoracines are important dominant fishery of these river systems followed by cyprinids while there are numerous small fish species having ornamental value. Unfortunately, the fishery of Himalaya is suffering from anthropogenic stresses, physical barriers in the form of damming and hydropower projects and resulting habitat loss. Since societal development, climate change and ecosystem degradations are stemming into big threats to the natural aquatic resources and their fish germplasm, scientists and policy makers are facing several challenges