Inland Fisheries

9.3.4.1 In situ conservation

Stock enhancement through ranching is feasible only

1. If there is incomplete, colonization of available habitat by juveniles 
2. If the tropic capacity of the habitat is under-utilized by a stock and/or its competitors.

Conservation aquaculture is gaining importance in rehabilitation programmes of endangered/threatened fishes. It implies aquaculture for conservation and recovery of endangered fish populations by increasing the effective population size of the threatened species.