Santosh Metar

• Ph.D (FRM)
• Professor (Assistant) at Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth

Stock discrimination of bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus along the south Konkan coasts of Maharashtra using truss morphometry was attempted based on the study of 120 individuals collected from Harnai, Ratnagiri and Malvan coasts of the region.A nine point truss network with eighteen truss variables was studied. Truss morphometry showed significa...

Vermiculated spinefoot, Siganus vermiculatus is one of the fastest growing and commercially important siganid species occurring in Indian waters. Stock discrimination of vermiculated spinefoot was carried out along the south Konkan coast of Maharashtra by using truss morphometry. The present investigation was based on a study of 66 individuals coll...

Ethnoecology is the cross-cultural study of how people perceive and manipulate their environments. Investigations were carried out to collect and document the local ecological knowledge on Sillago sihama and compare the local knowledge on biology with biological studies and published literature. A total of 100 fishers from Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg...

Growth and mortality parameters of Jinga shrimp, Metapenaeus affinis were estimated based on length frequency data collected from March 2018 to February 2019 from the Arabian Sea coast of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India. The asymptotic length (L ∞) and growth coefficient (K) were estimated to be 180 mm and 1.8 per year, respectively by ELEFAN and t 0...

In the present study, we investigated some biological aspects of the spineless cuttlefish, Sepiella inermis (Orbigny, 1848) along the Ratnagiri coast of Maharashtra, India. A study on diet composition and reproductive biology of the species was carried out. Dorsal mantle length (DML) ranged from 35.9 to 93.3 mm for males and 29.3 to 98 mm for femal...

The obtuse barracuda Sphyraena obtusata (Cuvier, 1829) is a commercially important food fish belonging to the family Sphyraenidae and landed mostly as trawl bycatch along Ratnagiri. Investigations were carried out on the species with respect to the length-weight relationship, condition factor, morphometrics, feeding and reproductive biology. The le...

The cleftbelly trevally Atropus atropos (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) is one of the important carangid species landed mostly as trawl bycatch along Ratnagiri coast. Investigations were carried out on A. atropos with respect to length-weight relationship, condition factor, morphometrics, feeding and reproductive biology. The length-weight relationship...

The cleftbelly trevally Atropus atropos (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) is one of the important carangid species landed mostly as trawl bycatch along Ratnagiri coast. Investigations were carried out on A. atropos with respect to length-weight relationship, condition factor, morphometrics, feeding and reproductive biology. The length-weight relationship...

Rabbitfishes are commercially important, and the aquaculture sector is interested in them because of their fast growth, herbivorous habits, and good market price. An attempt was made to understand the feeding and reproductive biology of vermiculate rabbitfish, Siganus vermiculatus, along the Ratnagiri coast, which lies central to the west coast of...

The study determined the growth and mortality parameters of Spineless Cuttlefish, Sepiella inermis from the Ratnagiri coast. The asymptotic length and growth coefficient were estimated to be 107 m m DML and 1.6 per yr by ELEFAN I of FiSAT. The instantaneous rates of total mortality (Z), natural mortality (M) and fishing mortality (F) were estimated...

The mangrove red snapper is a favorite food fish in many Asian countries. Most table-sized snappers are from wild catch while a limited amount is cultured in floating net cages offshore or in ponds. Snapper is important to coastal fisheries and can be an ideal candidate for culture in cages. The popularity of farming food fishes is growing around c...

Traditional knowledge of the size selectivity of cast net is crucial to fisheries management in order to maximize a sustainable yield and from the ecological point of view. The fish species and size selectivity of cast net design with monofilament nylon polyethylene netting materials were studied along coastal area of Sindhudurg. Cast nets are oper...

Growth and mortality parameters of spineless cuttlefish, Sepiella inermis were estimated based on length-frequency data collected from seawater at Ratnagiri from March 2015 to February 2017. Asymptotic length (L∞) and growth coefficient (K) were estimated to be 107 mm and 1.6 yr-1 for Ratnagiri by ELEFAN I (Electronic Length-Frequency Analysis). Th...

The shrimp scad Alepes djedaba (Forsskal, 1775) belonging to family Carangidae is one of the important components of trawl bycatch landed at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. Length-weight relationship, condition factor, morphometrics, feeding and reproductive biology of the species was investigated in the present study. Length-weight relationship indicated...

Fish and fish products are valuable sources of animal protein and is now considered a healthy food. But, its spoil very fast as compared to other animal meat. Croaker, locally known as "Dhoma" are sold at low prices, though they are rich in proteins. The croaker fish landings of India was 1,35,750 tons in 2018. Efforts are being made to utilize the...

The shore or beach seine operated along the Malabar and Konkan coasts of India is locally known as rampani. The rampani fishery is a seasonal one, lasting for about six months from August to January. The main fish species caught are Indian mackerel, Indian oil sardine and ribbonfish.In the Konkan coast, the gear is concentrated in Sindhudurg distri...

The study on the growth and mortality of Kiddy Shrimp, Parapenaeopsis stylifera (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) was carried out based on the length frequency data collected weekly from trawl catches during November 2014 to March 2016 along the coasts of Ratnagiri, Alibag and Mumbai. The population of P. stylifera from the coastal waters of the state range...

The species Bursatella leachii was collected from the intertidal waters of Pulicat Lake. The study was carried out at controlled room temp. in glass aquaria's; the mating occurred in the form of unilateral copulating with chain formation. Only the first animal acted as receptor, the second and succeeding animals acted as donors. It releases the fer...

an atlas of marine of Marine aquarium fishes of Ratnagiri.2019

The fishes belonging to the family Siganidae popularly known as rabbit ishes are distributed throughout Indo-Paci ic region. Rabbit fishes are considered as candidate species for mariculture due to its fast growth. Rabbit ish, Siganus canaliculatus is a marine ish inhabits coastal areas and brackish water bodies. Knowledge on reproductive biology i...

Our book entitled "an atlas of marine aquarium fishes of Ratnagiri coast' is recently published.This Atlas gives insight into the colourful marine aquarium fishes of international demand and covers biological aspects of the different species. This will helpful to the hobbyists, farmers, exporters, academicians, researchers as well as to the student...

This study was to investigate the Genetic characteristic of ragged sea hare Bursatella leachii found in Indian water is similar to the species found in Mar Menor (SE Spain) water since pathways/ vector of species introduced into the world wide by the way of transportation activity (shipping activity such as ballast water, sedimentation, anchoring &...

The fishes belongs to the family Siganidae are popularly known as rabbit fishes and distributed throughout Indo- Pacific region. Rabbit fishes are considered as candidate species for mariculture due to its fast growth. Rabbit fish, Siganus canaliculatus is a marine fish inhabits coastal areas and brackishwater bodies. Knowledge on gut content is es...

An aquarium system has the ability to connect people to environments. A total of 50 aquariums have been displayed of the public Aquarium of Marine Biological Research Station since 2014 at Zadgaon Ratnagiri. Every year, one-two lakh people were visited to watch aquarium and museum. Fresh-water, brackish-water and marine fish and shell fishes are di...

The Indian squid Uroteuthis duvauceli is the one of the important commercial ishery resources of India and form signiiicant component of cephalopod landings along the Ratnagiri coast. The present study investigated the feeding and reproductive biology of U. duvauceli landed along the Ratnagiri coast. The study found U. duvauceli to be an carnivore...

Population parameters of Shrimp scad, Alepes djedaba were estimated on the basis of length frequency data collected during March 2018 to February 2019. The asymptotic length (L ) and growth coeficient (K) were ∞estimat ed to be 289 mm and 1.0 per year respectively by ELEFAN. Age at length zero, t0 was estimated to be -0.00357 year by von Bertalanffy...

Book is in Marathi Language Shobhivant Mashanchi Olakh: Bijotpadan ani Sanvardhan

The antimicrobial resistance is the one among the ten listed human global health threats by the WHO in the year 2019. It is well known that antibiotics are commonly used in shrimp farming to prevent or treat disease outbreaks. The use of antibiotics in aquaculture may cause development of antibiotic resistance among pathogens infecting cultured ani...

Book of Abstract on Challenges and opportunities for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, (COSFAD) is published by Director of Extension Education, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Agricultural University, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, India. The book is on the outcome of international conference on Challenges and opportunities for Sustainable Fisher...

Molecular characterisation, ontogeny and tissue level expression analysis of a downstream signaling molecule of the Toll-pathway, dorsal (an NF-ΚB homologue) in black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) Deepika A., Sreedharan, and K. V. Rajendran Comparative evaluation of amino acid composition of selected freshwater and marine teleosts Hitesh U. Shinga...

Photopectoralis bindus is one of the major species of pony fishes landed as bycatch from Ratnagiri coast. Given the fact that intrinsic relationship exists between major species and as each species has got its own stock size, it becomes imperative to study the fishing pressure exerted on each such species. In the present study, age and growth of po...

The growing popularity of marine aquarium has made the marine ornamental fish very popular in all parts of the world and its trade in the international market is a multimillion dollar industry. The successful transportation of marine ornamental fish is the major issue in the trade. The critical factors in the transportation viz., design of the cont...

The length–weight relationship showed isometric growth in Cynoglossus macrostomus. Except standard length other morphometric characters indicated low degree of correlation with total length. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of food revealed C. macrostomus to be a bottom feeder, feeding mainly on diatoms, algae and mysids. Analysis on sex ratio...

The ornamental fish trade in recent years has turned out to be a commercial business in the country with a steady increase globally. The global ornamental fish industry is worth US$ 15 billion and more than 2 billion live ornamental fishes are traded. The majority of aquarium fish traded are fresh water species, but the proportion of marine species...

Growth and mortality parameters of Moustached Thryssa, Thryssa mystax were estimated on the basis of length frequency data collected during March 2015 to February 2016. The asymptotic length (L∞) and growth coefficient (K) were estimated to be 224 mm and 1.0 per year respectively by ELEFAN and 243 mm and 1.0 per year respectively by scattergram. t0...

Aquatic plants planted in aquaria acts as a oxygen generators, absorbers of carbon dioxide and other harmful gases like ammonia, provide shelter for the fish and serve as beautifiers in aquaria. Aquarium plants have a very good market with their need to supply with unprecedented quantities of plants for the aquariums; this industry have begun exert...

Indigenous knowledge (IK) can be broadly defined as the knowledge that an indigenous community accumulates over generations of living in a particular environment whose scientific validity is not proven. Oysters are highly esteemed sea food and considered a delicacy throughout the world. Fishers from Ratnagiri district traditionally practice oyster...

The present investigations were carried out on Dussumier's thryssa, Thryssa dussumieri with respect to growth and mortality parameters. The growth and mortality parameters were estimated by using length frequency data collected from Mirkarwada landing centre during March, 2016 to February 2017. The growth parameters such as asymptotic length (L∞),...

Study on the growth and mortality parameters of Indian mackerel, Rastrelliger kanagurta has been carried out based on the length frequency data. Asymptotic length ((L ∞)) and growth coeffient (K) were estimated as 320 mm and 1.87 yr-1 respectively. Total, natural and fishing mortalities were 8.28, 2.64 and 5.64 yr-1 respectively. The exploitation r...

The study found S. sihama to be an omnivore and having bottom feeding habit. Crustaceans formed the main food of the species and included juvenile of crabs, mysids and crustacean appendages. Preference for crustaceans gradually increased with size. The fish has got a prolonged breeding season from June to February, with peak spawning activity durin...

The present was studies carried out on capture fisheries of Krishna river of Sangli district Maharashtra with referred to fishery status and fish yield and species composition for suggesting management recommendation for conservation and restoration of Krishna river of Sangli district of Maharashtra during a period of March 2015 to Feb 2016. Catch...

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Among the Siganids, Siganus canaliculatus, S.vermiculatus, S.javus , S.lineatus and Siganus guttatus are common species found along the Ratnagiri coast with dominance of Siganus canaliculatus. In the present investigation, length-weight relationship and condition factor of Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797) from Ratnagiri waters were studied by exa...

In recent years, culture of Indian major carps in reservoir, lake, tanks and ponds is gaining lot of momentum in India, but the availability of good quality fish fingerling is the major constraints. The present study therefore was undertaken with an objective to determine the effect of different stocking densities on growth and survival of rearing...

Among the Siganids, Siganus canaliculatus, S.vermiculatus, S.javus , S.lineatus and Siganus guttatus are common species found along the Ratnagiri coast with dominance of Siganus canaliculatus. In the present investigation, length-weight relationship and condition factor of Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797) from Ratnagiri waters were studied by exa...

1st Annual convention of ‘Interdisciplinary Society for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences & Technology’ held at Dapoli during 16-18 March 2017.

The present study attempts to explore and describe the local knowledge of the farmers engaged in Jitada farming in Raigad district of Maharashtra. Asian Sea Bass, Lates calcarifer locally known as Jitada is a very famous food fish of Raigad district. Jitada farming is managed by the traditional paddy cum fish farmers to sustain and secure their liv...

Marine Ornamental Fishes are becoming the most popular attraction with colourful due to their adaptability to live in their aquatic environment. The total trade of marine ornamental fishes has shown a steady increase over a past few years and varied between 120 to 420 crores.The marine ornamental fishes are abundant in the region which are rich in...

Sole fish (Cynoglossus macrostomus, Norman, 1928) is a major by-catch of shrimp trawl and is a potential source of gelatin. Therefore a study on the extraction and determination of functional characteristics of gelatin obtained from the skin of sole fish was undertaken. Maximum yield obtained from skin of sole fish was 8.32% at 45ºC. The proximate...

Gelatin, derived from thermal denaturation of collagen from skin, skeleton and muscles of mammals, birds and fish, has myriads of industrial applications. Fish is preferred over mammals due to universal acceptability. There have been many studies on gelatin yield and properties in many species of fish, but none in Malabar sole fish (Cynoglossus mac...

The present study was conducted to study different types of craft and gears used by local fisher folk within the five selected stations in 105 km stretch of River Krishna in the Sangli District of Maharashtra. Five types of fishing crafts and four gears were identified from the region and their dimensions vary from place to place. The crafts were C...

The present study was aimed at to understand socio-personal profile of dol net operators along Navabandar coast. .Tunagadh, Gujarat. There was not rnuch more study was reported along the Indian coast regarding the socio-personal study of Dol net operators. Age group of 40-50 years was more as Dol net owners, whereas the highest number of dol net ow...

Growth and mortality parameters of Malabar Tongue sole, Cynoglossus macrostomus were estimated on the basis of length frequency data collected during April 2014 to March 2015 by using ELEFAN software employing FiSAT-I. The asymptotic length L∞ and growth coefficient K were estimated at 192mm and 0.9 year-1 respectively. The t o was estimated by VBG...

Food and feeding habits, reproduction and size at first maturity of Photopectoralis bindus from Ratnagiri coast are described, based on commercial catches landed by trawls during 2013-2014. Copepods, diatoms and cladocera form important food of the species. The estimated length at first maturity is 93.5 mm. P. bindus is a fractional spawner and app...

Indigenous knowledge can be judiciously blended with modern scientific knowledge and its benefit to the fishers can be greatly improved. Bivalve fishery is traditionally practiced along the estuarine ecosystems in coastal district of Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. Fishermen, by virtue of their intricate association with coastal environment and daily obs...

Indigenous knowledge can be judiciously blended with modern scientific knowledge and its benefit to the fishers can be greatly improved. Bivalve fishery is traditionally practiced along the estuarine ecosystems in coastal district of Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. Fishermen, by virtue of their intricate association with coastal environment and daily obs...

The study was conducted to study the biological diversity of phytoplankton and the impact of biological factors on them along the coastal waters at two locations viz., Location -1 (Jalaleshwar) and Location -2 (Sagareshwar Mandir), Veraval fromMay 2012 to April 2013. Six classes of marine phytoplankton were identified from these locations. Out of t...

The study on the age, growth and mortality of white fish, Lactarius lactarius was carried out based on the length frequency data collected during August 2009 to August 2011. The asymptotic length ((L ∞)) and growth coefficient (K) were estimated as 366 mm and 0.685 yr-1 respectively. The total, natural and fishing mortalities were 3.31, 1.30 and 2....

The study on the growth and mortality of Indian squid Uroteuthis duvauceli was carried out based on the length frequency data collected during February 2012 to January 2013. Using ELEFAN, the asymptotic length ((L∞)) and growth coefficient (K) were estimated as 376 mm and 0.95 yr-1 respectively. Using the von Bertalanffy’s Growth Formula (VBGF), it...

The tropical marine ornamental fishes play an important role in the ornamental fish trade and they are now a popular subject of research. Conservation of ornamental fish biodiversity is most important issue for improving livelihood of low income coastal communities. The survey of ornamental fishes was performed at Mirya creek of Ratnagiri for study...

Processing of fish leads to enormous amounts of waste. It is estimated that fish and processing waste after filleting accounts for approximately 75% of total fish weight. About 30% of the total fish weight remains as waste in the from skins and bones during preparation of fish fillets. This fish and shellfish waste is an excellent raw material for...

Fishermen rely on their knowledge for their livelihood, so it has always been 'put to work' in the most practical sense. Study of the indigenous knowledge held by the fishermen will help in its recognition and preservation, besides generating important information base and pinpointing essential future research needs. The present study was conducted...

Lizard fishes belonging to the family Synodontidae are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical seas of the world. Saurida tumbil is the dominant among other lizard fishes and occupy significant position in marine landings of India. This book deals detailed information of morphometrics, food and feeding, reproductive biology, fishery and popu...

The present study deals with gastropod community structure along Veraval coast, Gujarat. Total five gastropod species were selected viz., Turbo intercostalis, Turbo coronatus, Cerithium morus, Cellana radiata and Chiton peregrines for present study from October 2012 to April 2013. The physio-chemical parameters viz., water temperature ranged betwee...

Present study was conducted to evaluate the combined effect of proteolytic enzyme, papain and vitamin-C on freshwater giant prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Post-larvae of Macrobrachium rosenbergii of average weight 9.5-16.3 mg initial weight were fed with eight different diets supplemented with papain 0.0%, 0.108%, 0.3%, 0.5%, 0.0%, 0.108%, 0.3%,...

Fishermen rely on their knowledge for their livelihood, so it has always been 'put to work' in the most practical sense. Study of the indigenous knowledge held by the fishermen will help in its recognition and preservation, besides generating important information base and pinpointing essential future research needs. The present study was conducted...

The aim of this study was to prepare nutritionally rich fish soup powder from tilapia fish. Some of the ingredients used in the fish soup powder were standardized step by step. At each stage, the organoleptic evaluationwas conducted by the expert group of panelists. The report of organoleptic evaluation was supported with the statistical analysis w...

The aim of this study was to find out suitable packaging material for the fish soup powder prepared from tilapia fish. For this purpose the storage study of fish soup powder in four different packages namely metalized film, trend pouch, HDPE and LDPE pouch was conducted. It revealed that the metalized film pouch was the best packaging material for...

Fish mince from low priced fish can be utilized for preparation of fish cutlet. The production of fish cutlet is a viable technology to utilize low priced fish. This paper deals with various aspects of preparation of fish cutlet from fish and its acceptability on organoleptically basis. In the present study four species Viz. Dhoma (Otolithes ruber)...

Fish mince from low priced fish can be utilized for preparation of fish cutlet. The production of fish cutlet is a viable technology to utilize low priced fish. This paper deals with various aspects of preparation of fish cutlet from fish and its acceptability on organoleptically basis. In the present study four species Viz. Dhoma (Otolithes ruber)...

12; revised 22.10.12 Fishermen rely on their knowledge for their livelihood, so it has always been 'put to work' in the most practical sense. Study of the indigenous knowledge held by the fishermen will help in its recognition and preservation, besides generating important information base and pinpointing essential future research needs. The presen...

The utilization of waste skin from fish for the production of value added by-products has attracted substantial attention. Black Kingfish (Ranchycentron canadus) was used for a culinary purpose but their skin was waste part. And convert in a value added product like gelatin was a good practice of post harvest management. In order to evaluate the wa...