Fish and fisheries of the Chilka Lake with statistics of fish catches for the years 1948-1950

摘要: The faunistic investigations of the Chilka Lake conducted during 1914-15 by Zoological Survey India under direction late Dr. Nelson Annandale brought out richness and variety fauna very remarkable ecological features associated with it. An exhaustive collection of fishes made survey was described by Chaudhury (1916 a, 1916 6; 1917 1923) Hora (1923) prawns crabs by Kemp (1915). Being an essentially little work done from point view fisheries, which were then local importance only, as all surplus catches fish converted into cured or dried fish and sent to districts in interior, mainly former " Native States of the Orissa State. growing demand for fresh from Calcutta market since World War I, however, has a very important fishing centre, use ice preservative, curing drying declined considerably, greater part being exported fresh condition. growth trade since pre-war days the various factors influencing it have been Mitra (1946) his scheme development Lake, but our knowledge the biology fisheries remained meagre. The chosen one centres estuarine fishery observations, because existence certain favourable conditions, viz., the compactness area, low resulting the export almost entire condition, only a single channel route export {i.e., rail) facilitating collection of statistics, co-operation State Fisheries Department.