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Abstract:
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Aquaculture is the dynamic pursuit of production of organisms
from water a process analogous to agriculture on land. The field of
aquaculture is an emerging bioindustry, based upon the culture and husbandry
of economically utilizable aquatic organisms. Of late, there has been a
global upsurge for aquaculture, the main reasons for which include the
requirement of protein source for the increasing world population, the decision
by various world nations to increase the fish yield by developing unutilized
or partially utilized water bodies and depletion of natural stock which is
evident in recent years due to excessive exploitation .The present study has been taken up on the reproductive physiology of the female grey mullet, M. cephalus. The thesis is presented in seven chapters. In the present study, variations in the
major biochemical parameters namely, moisture, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates
cholesterol, carotenoid, ash, calcium and iron in four tissues E. muscle,
liver, ovary and bloodserum of cephalus have been analysed at different maturity stages. |