Reservoir Fisheries in Kerala - An Unmined Resource
Albin Albert C.
ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala (682 018), India
Thankam Theresa Paul*
ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala (682 018), India
Vandana Gokul Das
ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala (682 018), India
S. Manoharan
ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala (682 018), India
Deepa Sudheesan
ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala (682 018), India
Mohammed Meharoof
ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra (400061), India
B. K. Das
ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal (700 120), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Fisheries, Kerala, Legal Pluralism, Reservoirs
Abstract
Reservoirs in Kerala with a combined area of 29,635 ha were primarily built for irrigation, power generation and water supply. The fishery potential of the reservoirs have somewhat remained under-utilized to an extent due to the legal pluralism associated with it. So far, only few of the reservoirs are regularly stocked and managed, based on the Culture-based Fishery strategy. However the use of enclosed culture practices such as cage and pen culture as well as making use of the three prong strategy can be made use to realize the unmined potential of Kerala reservoirs.
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DOF, 2018. Annual Report 2018-2019, p. 198.
NFDB, 2016. Guidelines for Cage Culture in Inland Open Water Bodies of India, p. 20.
Sugunan, V. V., 1995. Reservoir Fisheries of India. Daya Books, p. 423.