Impact of shrimp aquaculture on the finfish diversity along the estuary of River Kali, West coast of India

  Pankaj Birnale,  J.L. Rathod

: The present study was carried out to determine the impact of shrimp aquaculture on the finfish diversity along the estuary of river Kali, West Coast of India from January 2016 to January 2017(13 months). The estuary was divided into three zones, zone 1&3 were near the shrimp farm area and zone 2 in the middle of the estuary, zone 2 was not directly affected by the shrimp farm activities. Totally 51 species of finfish were recorded from the estuary, zone 2 being the highest 51 species of finfish recorded, zone 1&3 with 37 and 40 nos. This study showed that the water released from pond has direct impact on the finfish diversity

Keywords- Aquaculture ,Estuary,Fin fishes diversity,Kali river, Primer,West coast,Karnataka,India

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1703091
Page Number(s) - 616-621
Pubished in - Volume 5 | Issue 3 | August 2017
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Pankaj Birnale,  J.L. Rathod,   "Impact of shrimp aquaculture on the finfish diversity along the estuary of River Kali, West coast of India", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.5, Issue 3, pp.616-621, August 2017, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1703091.pdf