tailieunhanh - A way forward in aquariculture/ornamental fish farming

Aquariculture is the one among fast growing industries. There is huge demand for the endemic ornamental fishes in the international market. Due to unsustainable exploitation, valued native decorative fishes are in the state of endangered and extinction. Development of captive breeding technology could be possible way of conservation fishes without affecting the growth of aquariculture sector. | EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 07 2019 Journal homepage http Short Communications https A Way Forward in Aquariculture Ornamental Fish Farming Mahadevi S. Felix B. Ahilan P. Yuvarajan . Lakshmi Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University Nagapattinam TN India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Aquariculture Ornamental fish farming Article Info Accepted 17 June 2019 Available Online 10 July 2019 Aquariculture is the one among fast growing industries. There is huge demand for the endemic ornamental fishes in the international market. Due to unsustainable exploitation valued native decorative fishes are in the state of endangered and extinction. Development of captive breeding technology could be possible way of conservation fishes without affecting the growth of aquariculture sector. Introduction The ornamental fish sector is a small but unique and vital part of an international fish trade. Fish keeping has emerged as the second most popular hobby in recent years next to photography Sudha and Gokula 2015 . There is a great scope for Aquariculture Ornamental fish culture by culturing imported exotic fishes locally or tapping the resources of indigenous fishes India not only earns foreign exchange but also enters into the world market of ornamental fishes. The contribution of India to the world ornamental fish trade is only at a tune of US million which is rather sparse considering the vast US 8 billion global market growing at an average annual rate of 9 Vinayak 2017 . In view of India s richness of fish biodiversity geographic location and access through air connectivity to the international markets it wouldn t be an understatement that India has not tapped these resources effectively. The demand for indigenous fishes is high in foreign countries. Our country is bestowed with climatic conditions ideal and .