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volume 52 issue 12 (december 2018) : 1782-1789,   Doi: 10.18805/ijar.B-3423

Studies on physico-chemical environment and management of crab (Scylla serrata) farming in 24 Parganas (West Bengal)

A
Amit Mandal
D
Dr. S.K. Das
A
Amit Majumder
1Deparment of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur-733 125, West Bengal, India.
Cite article:- Mandal Amit, Das S.K. Dr., Majumder Amit (2017). Studies on physico-chemical environment and management of crab (Scylla serrata) farming in 24 Parganas (West Bengal). Indian Journal of Animal Research. 52(12): 1782-1789. doi: 10.18805/ijar.B-3423.

ABSTRACT

Management practices and environmental quality of the crab (Scylla serrata) farming ponds in Gosaba and Basanti blocks, 24 Parganas (South), West Bengal has been investigated. Split bamboo fenced rectangular culture units are preferred by over 70% of the farmers with highly variable stocking density. Total inorganic nitrogen and BOD increased with the increasing biomass of the crabs in both the sites. Salinity, total alkalinity and hardness played direct roles in body weight gain and survival rate. Water salinity of 17.50 to 20.0 ppt and hardness upto 1000 mg l-1 were found to be optimal for body weight gain of the cultured crabs.

REFERENCES

  1. Anderson D. M., Glibert P. M. and Burkholder J. M. (2002). Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication: Nutrient sources, composition, and consequences. Estuaries. 25:(4b):704-726.
  2. APHA (1995). Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water. 19th Edition, American Public Health Association, Washington, New York. pp. 43.
  3. CMFRI (2010). Annual Report 2010 - 2011. Technical Report. CMFRI, Kochi. Coast: A case study. Journal of Marine Biological Association of India, 45: 99-107.
  4. Devaraj, M. and Appukuttan, K. K. (2000). Perspective on coastal aquaculture in India. In: Marine Fisheries Research and Management. Pillai, V.N. and Menon, N.G. (Eds.), CMFRI, Cochin: p. 677-687.
  5. FAO (2016). The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture-contribution to food security and nutrition for all. Rome: FAO Fisheries Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. ISBN 978-92-5-109185-2: p. 200.
  6. Ganapathi, R. and Viswakumar, M. (2001). Present status and future prospects of coastal aquaculture in India. In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Aquaculture and Environment. July 2001. The Centre for Integrated Management of Coastal Zones, Cochin, India. p. 1-15.
  7. Haseeb, M. and Bright Singh, I. S. (2012). Development of zero water exchange shrimp culture system integrated with bioremediation of detritus and ammonia-nitrogen (doctoral dissertation, Cochin University of Science and Technology) pp 1-280.
  8. John Samuel, N., Thirunavukkarasu, N., Soundarapandian, P., Shanmugam, A., Kannupandi, T. (2004). Fishery potential of commercially important portunid crabs along Parangipettai coast. In: Proceedings of International conference and exposition on marine living resources of India for food and medicine. Aquaculture Foundation of India, Chennai. pp 165-173.
  9. Liong, P. C. (1992). The fattening and culture of mud crab (Scylla serrata) in Malaysia. In: The Mud Crab, Angell C. A. (Ed.), Report of the Seminar on Mud Crab Culture and Trade. Bay of Bengal Programme. Madras, India: p.185-190.
  10. Mansarah, R., Raheed, M. and Badran, M. I. (2006). Relationships between water temperature, nutrients and dissolved oxygen in the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Oceanologia, 48(2): pp237-253.
  11. Mohapatra, A., Mohanty, R. K., Mohanty, S. K., Bhatta, K. S. and Das N. R. 2007. Fisheries enhancement and biodiversity assessment of fish, prawn and mud crab in Chilika lagoon through hydrobiological intervention. Wetlands Ecol. Manage., 15: 229-251.
  12. Paital, B. and Chainy, G. B. N. (2012). Biology and conservation of the genus Scylla in India subcontinent. Journal of Environmental Biology. ISSN: 0254-8704 33(5):871-879.
  13. Panigrahi, S., Panigrahy, R. C., Banarjee, K. and Sarkar, S. K. 2007. Anthropologic impact on water quality of Chilika lagoon RAMSAR site: A statistical approach. Wetlands Ecol. Manage. 15: 113-26.
  14. Pedapoli, S. and Ramudu, K. R. (2014). Effect of water quality parameters on growth and survivability of mud crab (Scylla tranquebarica) in grow out culture at Kakinada coast, Andhra Pradesh. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies. ISSN: 2347-    5129; 2 (2): 163-166.
  15. Sanil, K. S. (2000). New horizons in sea crab meat processing. Sea exp. J., 31: 41-43.
  16. Shelley, C and Lovatelli, A. (2011). Mud crab aquaculture A practical manual. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper, 567. ISSN 2070-7010, ISBN 978-92-5-106990-5, Rome: p. 1-76.
  17. Varadharajan, D. and Soundarapandian, P. (2012). Commercially Important Crab Fishery Resources from Arukkattuthurai to Pasipattinam, South East Coast of India. Journal of Marine Science: Research & Development, 2:110. doi:10.4172/2155-9910.1000110.
  18. Varadharajan, D., Soundarapandian, P., Dinakaran, G. K., Vijakumar, G. (2009). Crab Fishery Resources from Arukkattuthurai to Aiyammpattinam, South East Coast of India. Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 1: 118-122.
  19. Wilfredo, G., Funge-Smith, S., Rimmer, M., Phillips, M. J., Sim, S. J., Kongkeo, H. and Bueno, P. B. (2006). An overview of aquaculture in Asia-Pacific and the outlook for mariculture in Southeast Asia. Bangkok: NACA. In:. Globalisation and Fisheries Proceedings of an OECD-FAO Workshop: Greg, S., Chouicha, E. A., Davidssson, Y., Emerson, W., Ababouch, L., Kelling, I. and Schmidt, C. C. (Eds) Proceedings of an OECD-FAO Workshop. 04-Jan-2008. OECD Publishing. p. 338
  20. Yusufzai, S. I., Desai, A. Y., Lende S. R. and Mahida, P. J. (2014). Global GAP – Aquaculture issues. Indian Farmer. ISSN 2394-    12271, (6): 401-416. 
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    volume 52 issue 12 (december 2018) : 1782-1789,   Doi: 10.18805/ijar.B-3423

    Studies on physico-chemical environment and management of crab (Scylla serrata) farming in 24 Parganas (West Bengal)

    A
    Amit Mandal
    D
    Dr. S.K. Das
    A
    Amit Majumder
    1Deparment of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur-733 125, West Bengal, India.
    Cite article:- Mandal Amit, Das S.K. Dr., Majumder Amit (2017). Studies on physico-chemical environment and management of crab (Scylla serrata) farming in 24 Parganas (West Bengal). Indian Journal of Animal Research. 52(12): 1782-1789. doi: 10.18805/ijar.B-3423.

    ABSTRACT

    Management practices and environmental quality of the crab (Scylla serrata) farming ponds in Gosaba and Basanti blocks, 24 Parganas (South), West Bengal has been investigated. Split bamboo fenced rectangular culture units are preferred by over 70% of the farmers with highly variable stocking density. Total inorganic nitrogen and BOD increased with the increasing biomass of the crabs in both the sites. Salinity, total alkalinity and hardness played direct roles in body weight gain and survival rate. Water salinity of 17.50 to 20.0 ppt and hardness upto 1000 mg l-1 were found to be optimal for body weight gain of the cultured crabs.

    REFERENCES

    1. Anderson D. M., Glibert P. M. and Burkholder J. M. (2002). Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication: Nutrient sources, composition, and consequences. Estuaries. 25:(4b):704-726.
    2. APHA (1995). Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water. 19th Edition, American Public Health Association, Washington, New York. pp. 43.
    3. CMFRI (2010). Annual Report 2010 - 2011. Technical Report. CMFRI, Kochi. Coast: A case study. Journal of Marine Biological Association of India, 45: 99-107.
    4. Devaraj, M. and Appukuttan, K. K. (2000). Perspective on coastal aquaculture in India. In: Marine Fisheries Research and Management. Pillai, V.N. and Menon, N.G. (Eds.), CMFRI, Cochin: p. 677-687.
    5. FAO (2016). The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture-contribution to food security and nutrition for all. Rome: FAO Fisheries Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. ISBN 978-92-5-109185-2: p. 200.
    6. Ganapathi, R. and Viswakumar, M. (2001). Present status and future prospects of coastal aquaculture in India. In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Aquaculture and Environment. July 2001. The Centre for Integrated Management of Coastal Zones, Cochin, India. p. 1-15.
    7. Haseeb, M. and Bright Singh, I. S. (2012). Development of zero water exchange shrimp culture system integrated with bioremediation of detritus and ammonia-nitrogen (doctoral dissertation, Cochin University of Science and Technology) pp 1-280.
    8. John Samuel, N., Thirunavukkarasu, N., Soundarapandian, P., Shanmugam, A., Kannupandi, T. (2004). Fishery potential of commercially important portunid crabs along Parangipettai coast. In: Proceedings of International conference and exposition on marine living resources of India for food and medicine. Aquaculture Foundation of India, Chennai. pp 165-173.
    9. Liong, P. C. (1992). The fattening and culture of mud crab (Scylla serrata) in Malaysia. In: The Mud Crab, Angell C. A. (Ed.), Report of the Seminar on Mud Crab Culture and Trade. Bay of Bengal Programme. Madras, India: p.185-190.
    10. Mansarah, R., Raheed, M. and Badran, M. I. (2006). Relationships between water temperature, nutrients and dissolved oxygen in the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Oceanologia, 48(2): pp237-253.
    11. Mohapatra, A., Mohanty, R. K., Mohanty, S. K., Bhatta, K. S. and Das N. R. 2007. Fisheries enhancement and biodiversity assessment of fish, prawn and mud crab in Chilika lagoon through hydrobiological intervention. Wetlands Ecol. Manage., 15: 229-251.
    12. Paital, B. and Chainy, G. B. N. (2012). Biology and conservation of the genus Scylla in India subcontinent. Journal of Environmental Biology. ISSN: 0254-8704 33(5):871-879.
    13. Panigrahi, S., Panigrahy, R. C., Banarjee, K. and Sarkar, S. K. 2007. Anthropologic impact on water quality of Chilika lagoon RAMSAR site: A statistical approach. Wetlands Ecol. Manage. 15: 113-26.
    14. Pedapoli, S. and Ramudu, K. R. (2014). Effect of water quality parameters on growth and survivability of mud crab (Scylla tranquebarica) in grow out culture at Kakinada coast, Andhra Pradesh. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies. ISSN: 2347-    5129; 2 (2): 163-166.
    15. Sanil, K. S. (2000). New horizons in sea crab meat processing. Sea exp. J., 31: 41-43.
    16. Shelley, C and Lovatelli, A. (2011). Mud crab aquaculture A practical manual. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper, 567. ISSN 2070-7010, ISBN 978-92-5-106990-5, Rome: p. 1-76.
    17. Varadharajan, D. and Soundarapandian, P. (2012). Commercially Important Crab Fishery Resources from Arukkattuthurai to Pasipattinam, South East Coast of India. Journal of Marine Science: Research & Development, 2:110. doi:10.4172/2155-9910.1000110.
    18. Varadharajan, D., Soundarapandian, P., Dinakaran, G. K., Vijakumar, G. (2009). Crab Fishery Resources from Arukkattuthurai to Aiyammpattinam, South East Coast of India. Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 1: 118-122.
    19. Wilfredo, G., Funge-Smith, S., Rimmer, M., Phillips, M. J., Sim, S. J., Kongkeo, H. and Bueno, P. B. (2006). An overview of aquaculture in Asia-Pacific and the outlook for mariculture in Southeast Asia. Bangkok: NACA. In:. Globalisation and Fisheries Proceedings of an OECD-FAO Workshop: Greg, S., Chouicha, E. A., Davidssson, Y., Emerson, W., Ababouch, L., Kelling, I. and Schmidt, C. C. (Eds) Proceedings of an OECD-FAO Workshop. 04-Jan-2008. OECD Publishing. p. 338
    20. Yusufzai, S. I., Desai, A. Y., Lende S. R. and Mahida, P. J. (2014). Global GAP – Aquaculture issues. Indian Farmer. ISSN 2394-    12271, (6): 401-416. 
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