Chilka, the largest lagoon of Bay of Bangal on the east cost of India, Orissa
State, has been identified as a wetland of International importance at Ramsar
Convention. Noticeable changes have taken place in physical features of the
lagoon comprising bathy-metry, salinity, silation and rapid weed infestation in
recent decades. Present book has been made to review and analyse the recent
changes of physical features of the lagoon together with ecological
characteristics and flora and fauna particularly fish and fisheries of the
lagoon. The present commercial activities of the lagoon, the change in land and
water use and the changing socio-economic conditions of population living in and
around