Fish and Fisheries of North East India

This book highlights the different aspects related to fish diversity, biology, and fishery practices as well as conservation strategies of wetlands of the North East India. The book contains 11 chapters authored by eminent researchers and academicians. The overview of the present status of Loktak wetland complex was discussed and analysed how wetland ecology, biological diversity, species population and sustainable livelihoods of local communities are impacted by negative anthropogenic influences. The ichthyofaunal diversity in the state of Arunachal Pradesh was updated and reported. The book provides a baseline information on fish diversity of the Tirap river and highlights the needs for systematic ichthyologic surveys and conservation measures to protect freshwater ecosystems in this biologically important region. The freshwater fish assemblages of the Barap River and Charju River in Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh were surveyed and reported in one of the chapters. This study provides the first baseline ichthyofaunal monitoring and conservation planning in this remote but biologically significant frontier. An overview on the fisheries of Manipur was also discussed.
Food fishes of Manipur and their classification was reported. It also includes the zooplankton fauna of the region. One chapter is dedicated on the parasitic diseases caused to fishes and their implication on the socio-economic conditions of the fish farmers. Preventive measures, including environmental management, biological control, quarantine practices, and responsible use of chemotherapeutics, are discussed. Reproductive aspects and biology of Trichogaster fasciata was studied and reported. Checklist of Cyprinids from Brahmaputra
drainages of Nagaland was discussed in another chapter. The chameleon fish, Badis and its diversity in North East India was discussed.
The book is expected to be useful to the researchers, educationists, conservationists, and students in understanding the fish diversity, fish biology, and fishery practices adopted in the North East region. Suggestions for further improvement of the book in later editions are
always welcome.