The present book Applied Fishery Science is the outcome of the intensive efforts made by the author for more than five consecutive years to bring the universally spread documented informations and data, both traditional as well as research oriented recent findings, before the scientific world in a consolidated form, specially before those who are concerned with fish farming and for capture of fishes from varied water sources. Several valuable informations have been provided on the fish farming requisites, such as methods of the quality fish seed procurement, their safe transportation, design and layout for the construction of new ponds, maintenance of required water quality in the ponds, availability of choiced food items at proper times, use of right kinds of fertilizers and provision of supplementary feeds at emerging times. Infrastructural details and operation methods of fishing gears and some informations on related accessaries, particularly trawlers, fishing boats and vessels and several kinds of crafts, traps and angling implements to catch sporting fishes have been given with lucid illustrations. Presentation of recent data on fish catches (year-wise in most cases) has enhanced the quality of book. Matters, on several specific topics like hilsa culture, trout culture, live-fish culture, cage culture, paddy-cum-fish culture, integrated fish culture, brackish water fish culture, prawn culture, shrimp culture, molluscan fisheries, recent aquaculture practices and useful seaweeds and algal products, have been beautifully described in the book. Trade and commerce prospects with the inclusion of accounts of fish processing, fish preservation, various kinds of fish by-products and scope of marketing of fish have been made highly explicit. A fine attempt has been made to provide as many as fifty one aspects of applied Fishery science, merging together in one book in order to meet the requirements of sylabi of Universities, technical/professional institutions, advanced centres of fisheries education and research. It is hoped that the academicians, researchers/fishery scientists, graduate and post-graduate students of fishery science will cherish the author’s endeavour in finding appreciable utility of the book.

Table of Contents:
VOLUME 1—1. General Introduction; 2. Culturable Fishes; 3. Natural Food and Feeds; 4. Natural Breeding; 5. Induced Breeding; 6. Fish Seeds; 7. Transportation of Fish Seeds; 8. Fish Farm Construction; 9. Quality of Water Media and Bottom Soil; 10. Nursery Pond Management : Fry Production; 11. Rearing Pond Management : Fingerling Production; 12. Stock Pond Management : Fish Production; 13. Pond Fertilization; 14. Synthetic Feeds; 15. Carp Culture; 16. Hilsa Culture; 17. Trout Culture; 18. Live Fish Culture; 19. Cage Culture; 20. Paddy-cum-Fish Culture; 21. Integrated Fish Farming; 22. Fish Culture in Brackish Water Ponds; 23. Prawn Culture in Fresh Water; 24. Prawn Culture in Brackish Water; 25. Shrimp Culture; 26. Cold Water Fisheries; 27. Riverine Hydrobiological Features; 28. Riverine Fisheries—VOLUME 2—29. Effects of Dam Construction on Fisheries; 30. Main Features and Management of Reservoirs; 31. Reservoir Fisheries; 32. Sewage-fed Pond Fisheries; 33. Estuarine Water Fisheries; 34. Hydrobiological Features of Seas; 35. Off-Shore/Deep Sea Water Fisheries; 36. Coastal Fisheries; 37. Molluscan Fisheries; 38. Fishing Gears of Inland Water Sources; 39. Gears and Vessels for Sea Fishing; 40. Fish Migration; 41. Pollution Hazards to Fishes; 42. Fish Diseases and Control; 43. Control of Weeds; 44. Control of Unwanted Fishes and Insects; 45. Nutritive Value of Fish; 46. Spoilage; 47. Fish Preservation and Processing; 48. Fish By-Products; 49. Fish Marketing; 50. Recent Aquaculture Practices; 51. Useful Seaweeds and Algal Products