Research Recommendations COFS

Sr. No.	32
Year	2014
Project Title	Income Enhancement of Rural Farmers through Fish Culture in Polythene lined farm ponds.
Investigators	Dr. S. S. Belsare
Recommendations	It is recommended that in polythene lined farm ponds, the stocking of stunted fish fingerlings of catla and rohu @18000-20000 fingerlings/ha yields fish production of 12-15 tonnes/ha/year

Sr. No.	COFS/Nagpur/03/2015
Year	2015
Project Title	Inventorying Fish Fauna of Selected Reservoirs in Nagpur District
Investigators	S.S. Ghatge, S.W. Belsare and S.T. Shelke
Recommendations	Periodical surveys should be undertaken to monitor the fish biodiversity in reservoirs of Nagpur district. Efforts regarding conservation of four fish species, which are in endangered category viz: Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831), Hypselobarbus kolus (Sykes, 1839), Tor khudree (Sykes, 1839) and Rita gogra (Sykes, 1839) should be undertaken. Although, twelve exotic fish species have been reported in the reservoirs from Nagpur district, trade and culture of Clarias gariepinus (Richardson, 1845) and Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Burchell, 1822) should be effectively banned as per Govt. of India guidelines.