Ecology And Fisheries Of Barak River System Of India

The disparity between knowledge of the fisheries of the lakes and other lentie water bodies and that of the rivers is significantly palpable in India which obviously is the outcome of inchoate assiduity made on riverine ecology and fisheries research in the country. Dam construction, drainages, irrigation and allied contributing factors, which induce aquatic environment modifications, do cause severe changes in the fish population trend of the rivers. Admittedly, the paucity of extensive and empirical knowledge on the riverine ecology and fisheries has put the policy makers, basin managers and other competent authorities at a disadvantage situation to redress the resultant malady in any developmental programmes culminating from these lotie bodies.