Finfish Breeding and Hatchery Management (2+1)

Unit 1 - Fish seed resources and natural breeding of finfishes

1.1.4. The East Coast system

The east coast river system in Peninsular constitutes the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Cauvery.

• The Mahanadi has similar resources as in Ganges system including all the Indian major carps.
• The other rivers, besides their own indigenous fish fauna of several carp species, catfishes, murrels, prawns, etc. have had their water enriched by repeated transplantation of the Gangetic carps from the North.
• The transplants have established themselves and contributed significantly to the fish fauna of these rivers.
• The tributaries of the Cauvery from the Nilgris have coldwater fishes like trout and tench .

The Principal freshwater fishery resources of the East Coast Rivers