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Q. Rohu and mackerel are variety of

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

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A large section of the Indian population uses fish as food. Fish is an easily available source of protein. It is highly nutritious and easily digestible. In India, edible fish are abundantly available from sea, rivers, lakes, ponds and marshes. The marine fishery is divided into coastal fisheries (about 3 miles from the coast line), and deep sea fisheries, which have different fauna of fish, in India, about 75% of the marine fish catch is from the western coast. The main marine fisheries are Sardines (26%), Mackerel (9.7%) and the Bombay duck (11%). Fresh water fishes are Rohu (Labeo rohita), Calbasu (Labeo calbasu), Catla (Catla catla), Singhara (Mystus singhala), Magur (Clarius batrachus), Singhi (Heteropneustes).