1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Importance of Fish Farming in India and Globally

1.2 Scope, Potential, and Challenges in the Present Era

1.3 Role of Fish Farming in Rural Livelihood and Food Security

1.4 Overview of Aquaculture Systems: Traditional, Semi-Intensive, Intensive, and Modern Approaches

1.5 Government Policies, Subsidies, and Support Mechanisms

2. CULTURABLE FISH

2.1 Desirable Characteristics in a Cultured Organism

2.2 Freshwater Fishes

2.3 Saltwater Fishes Acclimatised in Freshwater

2.4 Exotic Fishes

2.5 Major Carps

3. FISH BREEDING

3.1 Type of Breeding

3.2 Fish Seed Collection from Natural Sources

3.3 Construction of Fish Seed Farm

3.4 Fish Seed Production by Induced Breeding

3.5 Hatchings

3.6 Rearing of Spawn

3.7 Assessment of Quantity

3.8 Size for Stocking and Harvesting

3.9 Quality of Fish Seed

3.10 Transport of Fish Seed

4. MANAGEMENT OF FISH POND

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Aquatic Plants and their Control

4.3 Fish Enemies and their Control

4.4 Fish Diseases and their Control

4.5 Manuring of Ponds

4.6 Food and Feeding of Culturable Fishes

4.7 Nourishing Capacity of Ponds

4.8 Fish Upkeep and Maintenance of Ponds

5. ECONOMICS OF FISH FARMING AND INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEMS

5.1 Economics of Composite Fish Culture

5.2 Fish–Cum–Paddy Culture

5.3 Fish–Cum–Poultry Farming

5.4 Fish–Cum–Duck Farming

5.5 Fish–Cum–Pig Farming

5.6 Fish–Cum–Dairy Farming

5.7 Fish–Cum–Horticulture

5.8 Freshwater Prawn Culture

5.9 Monoculture of Brackish Water Milkfish

5.10 Composite Brackish Water Fish Culture

5.11 Polyculture (Fish Cum Prawn

5.12 Magur Fish Culture

5.13 Ornamental Fish Hatchery