Contents: Foreword. Preface. Keynote address: 1. Coastal aquaculture development: the challenges ahead/Marc Verdegem. 2. High productivity and efficient utilization of natural resources as a central factor of sustainability/Yoram Avnimelech. 3. Seafood safety and eco labeling/K. Gopakumar. 4. Development of sustainable aquaculture systems/M.N. Kutty. 5. Value addition of seafoods/K. Devadasan. 6. Sustaining aquaculture development: the feeds and feeding connection/Roshada Hashim. 7. Substrate-based aquaculture in India/P. Keshavanath. 8. Sustainable trade of marine ornamental fishes/G. Gopakumar. 9. Socio-economic scenario of marine fisheries in India - an overview/R. Sathiadhas. 10. Low cost fish processing technologies/D.D. Nambudiri. 11. Improving sustainability in coastal pond aquaculture through periphyton based technology/Marc Verdegem. 12. Characterisation of male morphotypes of the giant freshwater prawn macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man)/B. Madhusoodana Kurup.

Contributed papers: 1. Status of shrimp aquaculture in India with reference to sustainability issues and solutions/J. Bojan, B. Vishnu Bhat and M. Viswakumar. 2. Effect of new aeration technology on the bacteriology of shrimp ponds growing penaeus monodon/Sheetal V. Karekar, R.A. Sreepada, Resha R. Shirodkar, Shantanu Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, P.A. Loka Bharathi, Asbjorn Bergheim and Christian Vegelsang. 3. A modified closed flow through siphon system for the cultivation of marine or estuarine organisms under simulated conditions/K.K.C. Nair, T.C. Gopalakrishnan, V.N. Sankaranarayanan and B.N. Desai. 4. Water quality management in shrimp aquaculture ponds using remote water quality logging system/R.A. Sreepada, Shantanu Kulkarni, Udhav Suryavanshi, B.S. Ingole, Asbjorn Drensgstig and Bjoern Braaten. 5. Community based fish culture and management in seasonally floodplains of Comilla in Bangladesh/K.A. Huq, M.B. Hossain, K.S. Ferdous and M.Y. Ali. 6. Effect of carbohydrate addition in the culture of penaeus monodon (Fabricius) having varying stocking density/Johny T. Varghese and B. Madhusoodana Kurup. 7. Nutritional challenges in finfishes/P. Keshavanath. 8. Genetic characterization of Indian major carp Labeo rohita using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)/Aarati Ghosalkar, B.L. Jadhav and W.S. Lakra. 9. Lipid profile of male morphotypes and their transitional stages of macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man)/Aneykutty Joseph and B. Madhusoodana Kurup. 10. Live feed production for marine aquaculture - status, problems and prospects/G. Gopakumar and Boby Ignatius. 11. Sterile seaweed solution -  a natural streptomycetes growth media and single cell protein source for juveniles of aquatic organisms/K. Dhevendaran and P.K. Praseetha. 12. Seed resource of green mussel perna viridis (Linnaeus) along the coast of Kannur and Kasargod districts of Kerala (South India)/P. Sahadevan and B. Madhusoodana Kurup. 13. Culture potential of the sand lobster thenus orientalis (Lund)/Joe K. Kizhakudan. 14. Comparative studies on the rice production and its economics by traditional rice farming and integrated rice-fish farming practices/G.D. Khedkar and G. Gyananath. 15. Replacement of artemia by brachionus plicatilis in the larval rearing of freshwater prawn (macrobrachium rosenbergii)/H. Shivanda Murthy and M.C. Yogeshbabu. 16. Efficacy of slaughterhouse waste as a feed ingredient for fingerlings of Rohu. Labeo rohita (Ham.)/P.K. Singh, S.R. Gaur and M.S. Chari. 17. Impact of nutrient rich feed in the initial stages of Rohu (Labeoital rohita) spawn rearing on survival under phased manuring/S. Sasmal, M.S. Chari and H.K. Vardia. 18. Design and analysis of experiments for the optimization of freshwater fish production system/Santosh K. Prusty, Pratap K.J. Mohapatra and C.K. Mukherjee. 19. Culture of green mussel at Korapuzha estuary, Kerala, India/T.D. Velayudhan, S. Sulaiman and P.L. Sunny. 20. Growth, survival and muscle lipid composition of the post larvae of macrobrachium rosenbergii fed diets containing varying levels of rapeseed oil/Rajeev Raghavan and M. Anbarasu. 21. Occurrence and management of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) in rain-fed fishponds/M. Muruganandam, R.K. Pande and V.N. Sharda. 22. Remote sensing applications for sustainability and management of capture fishery: Indian perspective/Beena Kumari and Shailesh Nayak. 23. Status, prospects and management of pelagic fisheries in India/N.G.K. Pillai. 24. Assessing the impacts of climate change on marine fisheries of Karnataka and identifying regime shifts/P.K. Krishnakumar, Prathibha Rohith, Harish Nayak and M. Rajagopalan. 25. Status of marine fisheries of Kerala (S. India) with special reference to sustainability issues and conservation efforts/B. Madhusoodana Kurup. 26. Mangroves and capture fisheries sustainability in Andaman and Nicobar Islands/S. Dam Roy. 27. Tuna resources of India - their potential and exploitation/U. Ganga and N.G.K. Pillai. 28. Tuna fish resources of North Andhra Pradesh - sustainable development/Kandala Sujatha and A. Iswarya Deepti. 29. Assessment of bycatch and discards associated with bottom trawling along Karnataka coast, India/P.U. Zacharia, P.K. Krishnakumar, Ravindra N. Durgekar, Anoop, A. Krishnan and C. Muthiah. 30. Effect of bottom trawling on ecological parameters along the inshore waters of Kerala, South India/Joice V. Thomas and B. Madhusoodana Kurup.

31. Trawling systems operated off Quilon, Kerala, India/T. R. Gibinkumar, S. Sabu, P. Pravin and M.R. Boopendranath. 32. Use of fishing sinkers along Kerala and Tamil Nadu coasts/Gipson Edappazham, Saly N. Thomas, B. Meenakumari and P.M. Ashraf. 33. Trawl for whelk (Babylinia spp.) fishing off Quilon, Kerala, India/S. Sabu, T.R. Gibinkumar, P. Pravin and M.R. Boopendranath. 34. On the sustainability issues of fishery of the giant freshwater prawn macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) in the Vembanad Lake, South India/M. Harikrishnan and B. Madhusoodana Kurup. 35. Ecosystem degradation in the major river systems of Kerala, India/T.G. Manojkumar and B. Madhusoodana Kurup. 36. Degradation of riverine and wetland habitats in Upper Assam and their restoration/J.N. Das, S.P. Biswas and T. Saikia. 37. Status of freshwater fish germplasm resources of Kerala, India/B. Madhusoodana Kurup and K.V. Radhakrishnan. 38. Sustainability issues of inland fish biodiversity and fisheries in Barak drainage (Assam), in Mizoram and in Tripura/Devashish Kar. 39. An account of inland fishing methods of North Kerala, India/M.P. Remesan, A. Ramachandran and P. Pravin. 40. The threatened freshwater fishes of Kerala, India/C.J. Euphrasia, K.V. Radhakrishnan and B. Madhusoodana Kurup. 41. Distribution and stock size of fresh water ornamental fishes of Kerala (S. India) with special reference to sustainability issues/K.V. Radhakrishnan and B. Madhusoodana Kurup. 42. A critique towards the development of a marine ornamental industry in India/G. Gopakumar and Boby Ignatius. 43. Positioning the indigenous ornamental fishes of Kerala in the target market/N. Mini Sekharan and A. Ramachandran. 44. Reproductive biology of the half-beak fish hyporhamphus (hyporhamphus) xanthopterus (Valenciennes 1846) of Cochin coast/Aleyamma Saji Varghese and Kuruvilla Mathew. 45. Reproduction and embryology of Danio malabaricus (Jerdon), an endemic ornamental fish of the western ghats of India/T.V. Anna Mercy, Eapen Jacob and Raju K. Thomas. 46. Reproduction, captive breeding and embryonic stages of Puntius melanostigma Day/T.V. Anna Mercy, Eapen Jacob and Raju K. Thomas. 47. Length-weight relationship, condition factor and feeding spectrum of wild and cultured etroplus suratensis (bloch)/S.D. Ritakumari and G. Krishnakumari. 48. Composition and natural food material of shallow water finfishes off Visakhapatnam coast/C.H.S.S.K. Maruthi and B. Kondalarao. 49. Markets and conservation: the marine stewardship council programme as an environmental tool/Oluyemisi Oloruntuyi. 50. The sustainability of quality and safety of seafood/G.P. Nair. 51. Consumer response study - battered and breaded white sardine (Kowala kowal)/S. Girija, K. Kamalraj and S. Shylaja. 52. Technological feasibility of incorporating collagen specialized fish products/Femeena Hassan and Saleena Mathew. 53. Distribution and functional quality of collagen in squid tissues/Maya Raman and Saleena Mathew. 54. Growth characteristics of halotolerant fungi on salted potato dextrose agar/R. Chakrabarti and P.R.G. Varma. 55. Histidine decarboxylase activity of enteric bacteria in fish/shellfish from retail markets of Cochin, India/A. Surendraraj and Nirmala Thampuran. 56. Incidence of Vibrio cholerae non-01 in seafood from the retail outlets and processing plants of Cochin area/O.K. Sindhu and P.K. Surendran. 57. Quality assessment of pearl spot (Etroplus suratensis) in ice and at ambient temperature/George Ninan, A.A Zynudheen, Jose Joseph and P.T. Mathew. 58. Abundance of pathogenic and heterotrophic bacteria associated with the marine fishes from Parangipettai coast/Surajith Das, S. Ramesh, P.S. Lyla and S. Ajmal Khan. 59. Biochemical changes during bacteriological ensilation of Tilapia/A.A. Zynudheen, K.G. Ramachandran Nair and Jose Joseph. 60. Effect of treatments on frozen storage quality of squid mantles (Loligo duvaucelli)/P. Mohanan and Saleena Mathew. 61. Proteoglycan components of some selected tissues of squid/Maya Raman and Saleena Mathew. 62. Biochemical composition of trash fishes from Mudasalodai landing centre, Tamil Nadu, India/S. Ramesh, Surajit Das, P.S. Lyla and S. Ajmal Khan. 63. A validation study of traditional method of fish preservation by smoking/Shagufta Jamal and H.P.S. Arya. 64. Socio-economic status of the fisherfolks in Pazhayar fishing village, India/P.J. Antony, B. Ravikumar, P.S. Lyla and S. Ajmal Khan. 65. Socio-economic impact assessment of monsoon trawl ban on marine fisheries sector of Kerala, India/N. Aswathy and R. Sathiadhas. 66. An economic analysis of small-scale semi-intensive shrimp farming of penaeus monodon in Kerala, India/G. Prasad. 67. Economics of selected coastal aquaculture practices in Kerala/Juliet Joseph and R. Sathiadhas. 68. Learning not to finish: participatory media development for responsible fisheries extension/C. Ramachandran, S. Ashaletha, V.P. Vipinkumar, R. Narayanakumar, Bindu and R. Sathiadhas. 69. Impact of environmental threats on marine fishery resources of coastal Kerala: an economic assessment/R. Sathiadhas, R. Narayanakumar, T.M. Najmudeen, K.N. Jayan, M. Antony Joseph, A. Alagarsamy and Jeny Rajan.

"Sustain fish incorporates 69 selected and reviewed papers presented at the International Symposium on improved sustainability of fish production and appropriate technologies for utilization held during 16-18 March, 2005 at Cochin, India and 12 keynote lectures delivered by the experts. The papers relate to broad spectrum of topics such as sustainable aquaculture system, enhancement of production and research-extension linkage.

This comprehensive volume will inspire and catalyse fishery scientists to undertake in depth research and extension activities and would prove to be an essential compendium for researchers, research institutions and planners." (jacket)