Fish and Fisheries of Ana Sagar Lake, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

Abstract

The present study on fish and fisheries was conducted during January, 2019 to December, 2019. The Ana Sagar lake has a rich fish fauna which is exploited for commercial fishing thus fetching annual revenue of Rs1.46 crores to the state govt. The fish production is achieved through culture-cum-capture fisheries in the Ana Sagar lake. These fishes occurring in commercial landings which belongs to 5 orders, 5 families and 16 species. Out of these cyprinidae family predominantly contributed to the catch composition. The fish species composition in the commercial catch of Ana Sagar comprises of carps, cat fishes and other miscellaneous varieties. The total fish catch composition showed variations in the present study when compared to the past trends. The total fish production recorded recently was 5,50,943 kg in the year 2021 from Ana Sagar lake which is higher than the preceding years. At present the catch mainly consists of Indian major carps, cat fishes and exotic carps namely Oreochromis mossambicus, Cyprinus carpio and Hypophthlmichthyes molitrix etc. Beside these species hybrid of rohu x catla is recorded for the first time from Ana Sagar.