About the Book: Organizational Development of Non-agricultural University
Libraries
The humped featherback, Chitala chitala (Hamilton, 1822) represents an important
fishery resource in different parts of South-East Asia and particularly in
India. But due to overexploitation and habitat degradation this species has been
categorised as endangered (EN) in the Conservation Assessment and Management
Plan, 1998 and Near threatened by IUCN (2014). Therefore, large-scale farming
would not only ensure the sustainable resource utilisation and biodiversity
conservation, but also will help to widen the consumers preference for this new
candidate species to diversify Indian freshwater aquaculture. For the successful
culture practice the entire knowledge on the particular species is very
important. Thus, we