EXPLORATORY FISHING EXPERIMENTS IN HIRAKUD RESERVOIR -ORISSA STATE (1967-70)

Abstract

Suitable areas for fishing have been lccated in the middle and
upper regions of the Mahanadi course of Hirakud reservoir. In
the former the suitable period is during summer and beginning of
monsoons, and in the latter in summer and winter months. The
fishery of the reservoir is contributed by four species namely S. silo_
ndia, L. fimbriatus, C. mirgala and C. catla.