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- Title
Conserving the endangered Mahseers (Tor spp.) of India: the positive role of recreational fisheries.
- Authors
Pinder, Adrian C.; Raghavan, Rajeev
- Abstract
The author comment on ways of saving the endangered Mahseers, which belong to genus Tor, for recreational fisheries in India. The author said that Mahseer is the third kind of freshwater fishes worldwide which are at risk of extinction and which need immediate conservation attributed to over exploitation, biological invasion, and loss of habitat. Moreover, they suggest that conservation efforts necessitate political will and participation of the local communities to become successful.
- Subjects
INDIA; MAHSEERS; FISH conservation; FRESHWATER fishes; WILDLIFE conservation
- Publication
Current Science (00113891), 2013, Vol 104, Issue 11, p1472
- ISSN
0011-3891
- Publication type
Opinion