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Foreword
Estuaries constitute a major fisheries resource of our country.
The principal estuarine system in India pertain to the rivers Ganga
in West Bengal (Hooghly-Matlah estuarine system) ; the Mahanadi
in Orissa; the Godavari and the Krishna in Andhra Pradesh, the
Cauvery in Tamil Ncidu and the Narmada and Tapti in Gujarat.
The important brackishwater lakes of the country are the Chilka in
Orissa, the Pulicat in Tamil Nadu and Vembanad with connected
backwaters in Kerala. The east of Kolkata city is gifted with a vast
low lying natural estuarine Wetlands covering an area of about
40,000 ha where pisciculture is being practised since long ..
In view of the immense importance of estuarine fisheries different
research organisations are devoted in the estuarine fisheries
research, resulting in the generation of huge volume of research
information. Compilation of literature on this vast subject is a
herculean task and I strongly believe that the present compilation
work covering the literature on estuarine fisheries willbe very useful
for the researchers, students, planners and policy makers who are
engaged in estuarine fisheries research and trade.
V. V. Sugunan
Director
CIFRI