Status, Potential, Prospects, and Issues of Floodplain Wetland Fisheries in India: Synthesis and Review for Sustainable Management

• Published in: Reviews in fisheries science Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 1 - 32
• Main Authors: Sarkar, Uttam Kumar, Mishal, P., Borah, Simanku, Karnatak, Gunjan, Chandra, Ganesh, Kumari, Suman, Meena, D. K., Debnath, Dipesh, Yengkokpam, Sona, Das, Pronob, DebRoy, Piyashi, Yadav, Anil K., Aftabuddin, Md, Gogoi, Pranab, Pandit, Arun, Bhattacharjya, Biren K., Tayung, Tasso, Lianthuamluaia, L., Das, B. K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Groton Taylor & Francis 11.07.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Biota; Climate change; ecology; Environmental degradation; Fish; Fisheries; Fishery development; Floodplain wetland; Floodplains; Governance; management; Morphometry; Resource management; Resources; Species diversity; status; Sustainability; Sustainability management; Sustainable development; Sustainable fisheries; Trophic status; Trophic structure; Wetlands; India

India is blessed with vast floodplain wetland resources of 0.5 million ha that are distributed in the Eastern and North Eastern States. They possess varying morphometry, ecological profile, trophic status and biota, and harbor around 96 fish species, however the fish diversity is declining in recent...