PROSPECTS OF FISHERIES POTENTIAL IN MITHILANCHAL WITH SPECIAL REFERANCE TO BIRAUL, DARBHANGA, BIHAR (INDIA)
Chandan Kumar Poddar
Research scholar, Department of Zoology, L. N. M. U., Darbhanga, Bihar, (India).
Md. Wasim Akram
Research scholar, Department of Biotechnology, L. N. M. U., Darbhanga, Bihar, (India)
Mohan Kumar
Research scholar, Department of Zoology, L. N. M. U., Darbhanga, Bihar, (India).
RohitKumar J ha Kumar Jha
Research scholar, Department of Zoology, L. N. M. U., Darbhanga, Bihar, (India).
Receiving Date:
2016-04-11
Acceptance Date:
2016-05-08
Publication Date:
2016-06-10
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Abstract
The ancient Mithila State, referred to as Mithilanchal, is one of the poorest regions of India,
having about 8 crore population. The people of this region depend mainly on agriculture, animal husbandry
and aquaculture for their lively hood. Fishery is important among them, having prospect to revive the
economy, and nutritional demand, if the fish farmers practice the latest scientific methods for the upkeep of
numerous water bodies like Rivers, ponds, chaurs and floodplains wetlands or mains etc. This region still runs
in great short of fish supply in comparison to demands. The present study is an endeavour to explore the
potentiality of water bodies of mithilanchal, The analytical result of water from ten parts of mithilanchal
shows that proper farming of fish with proper management of pH, carbonate buffering, proper contents of
ammonium, carbondioxide, chlorine, hydrogen sulphide, nitrate, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, calcium
carbonate, etc is essential for optimum production of popular carps along with other species of fishes. The
findings recorded during represent investigation ( pH - 6.15 – 7.65, Conductivity (mhos/cm) - 180 – 240,
Dissolved O2 (mg/l) - 5.46 – 6.66, Free CO2 (mg/l) - 2.66 – 4.88, Carbonate alkalinity (mg/l) - 5.85 – 26.14,
Chloride (mg/l) - 9.65 – 12.30, Total hardness (mg/l) - 64.15 – 114.25, Calcium (mg/l) - 17.36 – 38.45,
Magnesium (mg/l) - 6.65 – 10.25, Sodium (mg/l) - 14.8 – 16.4, Potassium (mg/l) - 1.225 – 1.465, Silicate (mg/l)
- 4.76 – 6.22, Phosphate (mg/l) - 0.002–0.004, Nitrate (mg/l) - 0.413 – 0.537) indicates that the prospect of
fishery is bright if managed scientifically with proper nutrients and timely application of required chemical
compounds.
Keywords:
Fresh water, Carp, Climatic factor
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