Inland Fisheries

5.2.4 Rushikulya Estuary

This estuary is located in Orissa. This estuary is largely being used for the collection of prawn seeds and fries of milkfish for aquaculture. The milkfish, Chanos chanos is one of the fin fishery resources of this area. Three peak occurrence of the Chanos sp. fry is recorded during the month of August, September and April (17.52%, 14.96% and 10.1% respectively). The lowest catch of the fry is observed during December (5.66%). The variation in the distribution is related with the physical parameters. In addition to these species, there is a regular fishery of other species and many estuarine fishes are caught throughout the year.