Fishery Biology is primarily intended to serve as both a textbook for the graduate/ postgraduate courses and a reference book for researchers, teachers and fishery biologists. Teachers imparting advanced teaching will get contemporary view of the topics they teach in this area. It is also a much sought-after subject of specialization at PG level at Indian universities. Comprehensive treatment of fishery aspect of fish biology by Indian authors is hardly available in book form. It is one of the factors impeding the updating of syllabus.
The book is intended to fill this void by bringing such topics as fish health, stress, growth, reproduction as well as management aspects of production, the economics of yield and marketing under its fold alongside fish biology topics concerning daily life of fish. Revision of earlier book, Fish Biology takes care of application value of fishery biology also, enhancing further its utility to candidates appearing in competitive as well as professional examinations/interviews for selection to teaching, research or management career in fish/fishery
Dr. C.B.L. Srivastava, D.Phil., D.Sc., FNASc., is a veteran Indian ichthyologist internationally well known. Formerly Professor and Head of the Department of Zoology and Dean, College Development Council at the University of Allahabad, he is at present Emeritus Professor. He has nearly 40 years of teaching and research experience in the field of fishery biology. He also worked in research laboratories in France, Germany and Switzerland. His work has earned him international recognition by way of extensive citation and quotation.
Dr. Srivastava was elected Fellow of National Academy of Science, India, and was also awarded the Uttar Pradesh Government Education Minister’s Gold Medal for research. He has been associated with several scientific bodies in the capacity of member, editor, referee, board member or editorial board member. His earlier books—A Textbook of Fishery Science and Indian Fisheries, Fish Biology, Aquarium Fish Keeping, and Catfish Soft Anatomy—have received admiration and popularity among students and teachers in India and abroad.
Dr. Sushma Srivastava, Asstt. Professor, Department of Zoology, MM (PG) College, Modinagar (UP), is a gold medallist from University of Allahabad from where she obtained her D.Phil. She joined Delhi University for her postdoctoral research work as a CSIR Research Associate. She had undertaken UGC Research project and has 25 years of research experience and ten years of UG and PG level of teaching experience. She has a number of research papers published in reputed national and international journals. She is actively engaged in teaching and research work in the area of fish and fisheries.
