Nambali Valsalan Sujathkumar

• B.F.Sc., M.Sc (Ag)., Ph.D.
• Head of Faculty at Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi

Marine ecosystem is threatened by a suite of climatic, anthropogenic, agricultural and aquacultural, and fishing stressors. Agriculture and anthropogenic activities are the major drivers of biodiversity loss by extensive use of pesticides and fertilizers, and encounter depleted soils and erosion due to unsustainable farming practices. This study pr...

The present study was undertaken to examine the role of community-based fishers in blue economy taking ecosystem and livelihood development and sustainability of Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India. A questionnaire was designed to capture context-specific community-based blue economy practices. The virtual factors and environmental determinants which...

New species of freshwater fishes recorded for first time during last three decades form India is reviewed. In total 150 new species of freshwater fishes belonging to 5 order, 22 family and 44 genera have been emerged from different locality of India. Cypriniformes was the most dominant order represented by 69 species belonging to 5 family and 17 ge...

India is endowed with coastline of 8,129 Kms with 3,638 fishing villages. Of this coastline length, Tamil Nadu is about 1,076 Km (13 per cent of India's coastline). It has 0.19 million sq. km of EEZ. (9.4 per cent of the India's EEZ) and the extent of the continental shelf adjoining the state is about 41,412 sq. Km. The state is also gifted with ri...