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Fisheries form an important sector of the country's economy in terms of food supply, employment, income and foreign exchange earnings. Fishes are one of the important sources of cheap protein food for the people and millions of fishermen and several industries depend on this source.  The present book is based on recent views, ideas and progress in the field of fisheries. The book contains some important aspects of applied fisheries. It covers topics such as live feed organisms in prawns, hatcheries culture and breeding of magur and murrels, impact of exotic fishes on indigenous fish fauna, fisheries cooperatives, marketing etc.  The book will be of invaluable help to teachers, students, researchers and all those who are interestd in the fisheries.  Table of Contents Chapter 1: Ecology of Sahastradhara Hill-Stream at Dehradun, Uttaranchal by D S Malik and P K Bharti  Chapter 2: Effects of Habitats on the Occurrence and Distribution of Blue Green Algae in North Maharashtra, India by S R Mahajan and S N Nandan  Chapter 3: Zooplankton Composition in Vellar Estuary in Relation to Shrimp Farming by M Rajasegar, M Srinivasan and S Ajmal Khan  Chapter 4: Kinetic of Planktons in Integrated Fish-Livestock Ponds Situated at Mid-Hill Altitude of Meghalaya, North Eastern India by Sullip K Majhi  Chapter 5: Studies on the Ecology and Fish Fauna of Makroda Reservoir of Guna District (Madhya Pradesh) by Dushyant Kumar Sharma  Chapter 6: Marine Finfish Resources of Nagapattinam Coast, Tamil Nadu, South India by M Rajasegar, J Gopal Samy and B Bama Devi