About the Book Applied fisheries is now becoming an increasingly popular branch of science because of the growing demand of fish as proteinous food. Applied fisheries has been introduced in almost all the Indian Universities at under graduate and post graduate level. The present book covers all these syllabi. Wide range of research papers and books have been referred and  the descriptions are very well supported by diagrams and the quantitative information in tabular form. This book includes the chapters like: Introduction to Fish, Origin and Evolution of Fishes, Algal Blooms, Aquatic Weeds and their Control, Larvivorous Fishes, Hill Stream Fishes, Age and Growth of Fishes, Fish Preservation and Processing, Transgenic Fishes, Predatory and Weed Fishes, Transportation, Sewage Fed Fisheries, Fecundity, Composite Fish Culture, Fish Marketing, Setting and Management of Fresh Water Aquarium, Deep Sea Fishes, Fish Diseases and their Control, Fish Culture, Chemical Constituents of Fish, Exotic and Transplanted Fishes, and Cultivable Fishes.