Inland Fisheries

4.2.9.5 Nagarjunasagar (Andhra Pradesh)

The prominent species are Labeo fimbriatus L. calbasu,  L. bata,Cirrhinus reba, Puntius sarana, Wallago attu, Mystus seenghala, M. aor, M. cavassius, Bagarius bagarius and Ompok bimaculatus. Stocking of this reservoir (28,475 ha) was regular with a low rate of stocking due to which major carp fishery could not come up and it has become a catfish dominated water body.