Participatory Approach for Fish Biodiversity Conservation in North East India

Contents Foreword. Preface. I. Base Papers 1. An overview of the participatory approach for fish biodiversity conservation in North East India/L.K. Tyagi and P.C. Mahanta. 2. Integration of fish biodiversity conservation and development of fisheries in North Eastern region issues and approach/P.C. Mahanta L.K. Tyagi D. Kapoor and A.G. Ponniah. 3. Fishery resources potential of north eastern region/V.V. Sugunan. II. Present status on utilization of aquatic resources i. Ichthyofaunistic resources of Assam with a note on their sustainable utilization/B.K. Bhattacharjya M. Choudhury and V.V. Sugunan. 2. An overview of aquaculture resources and fish biodiversity of Nagaland/Sharif U. Ahmed. 3. Challenges in the development of fisheries in North Eastern Region/M.L. Bhowmik P.P. Chakrabarti S.C. Mondal and A. Raychaudhuri. III. Ornamental fish and entrepreneurship building 1. Strategy for conservation of ornamental fishes in the North Eastern Himalayan Region/S.P. Biswas. 2. Ornamental fish biodiversity of Assam and their conservation status/S.M. Srivastava S.P. Singh and P.C. Mahanta. 3. Strategies for captive breeding of ornamental fishes in North Eastern region of India/S.K. Das. IV. Involvement of women in conservation 1. Women's participation in the conservation of fish biodiversity/Geeta Basumatari and Devajit Basumatari. 2. Participation of women of fisher families in conservation of ichthyo fauna/Bibha Chetia Borah. 3. Agri pisciculture by women entrepreneurs in the North Eastern India a case study of Apatani Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh/N.P. Melkania.V. People's participation in conservation of fish fauna 1. Extension strategy and conservation with special reference to North Eastern region of India/Utpal Bhaumik and P. Das. 2. Participatory creation and utilization of artificial lakes for rain water harvesting and development of fisheries/S.H. Chaudhury. VI. Development of game and sport fisheries for promoting eco tourism 1. Strategies for improving sport fishery to encourage eco tourism/I.J. Singh. 2. Mahseer conservation need priorities and approach/Vijay Soni. VII. Policy analysis and perspectives 1. Analysis of policy issues for development of fisheries in North Eastern region/P.C. Mahanta. 2. Need for creation of freshwater aquatic conservation zone in north eastern region of India/U.K. Sarkar A.K. Pathak L.K. Tyagi S.P. Singh V.S. Basheer and S.K. Paul. VIII. Workshop discussion points and recommendations Appendices 1. Summary of workshop programme. 2. List of participants. 3. Workshop organising committee. 4. NBFGR Research Project for North Eastern Region of India. From the preface This publication entitled Participatory Approach for Fish Biodiversity Conservation in North East India contains invited base papers and full papers of the abstracts contributed on the identified themes to enrich the workshop deliberations. Four papers that are based on the work done outside the North Eastern Region have been included because of their implications for the North Eastern Region. Similarly a few short notes have also been included as they have succinctly expressed an important observation. The book has been divided into eight sections. 414 pp.…