Inland Fisheries

3.3.3 The West coast river system

The combined length of this system is 3,380 km. Its total catchment area is 69.6 million ha. It drains the west of Western Ghats. It includes the basins of the Narmada, Tapti and the drainage of Gujarat. The Narmada and the Tapti are the longest rivers of this system and have rich fish fauna. The fish fauna of this system mainly consists of carps, catfishes, mahseers, murrels, perches, prawns etc.