Faculty of Fisheries, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Rangil, Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir-190 006 (India)
*e-mail: tasaduqshah@skuastkashmir.ac.in
Online published on 29 December, 2018.
In the present study, seven commercially important fish species namely, Schizothorax esocinus, S. curvifrons, S. niger, S. plagiostomus, Tryplophysa sp., Cyprinus carpio (C.c. var. Communis & C.c. var. specularis) and Ctenopharyngodon idella were recorded from Manasbal lake. Schizothorax species were found to dominate the catches during the winter season (January and February) and contributed 71% to the total catch, while the exotic carps viz., C. carpio and C. idella dominated the catches during the spring season (March and April), and contributed together about 69% to the total catch.
Catch composition, cast net, Kashmir, longline, Manasbal lake
