Marine fishery resources of Orissa-An overview

Orissa has a coastline of 480 Km which constitutes about 6% of the coast of India. According to an estimate by CMFRI (2007), Orissa has a total of 57 marinefish landing centres, 641 fishing villages and about 1.21 lakh active fisherfolk who operate mechanised (3577 numbers), motorized (4719 numbers) and non-motorized (15444 numbers) fishing crafts. Exploratory surveys carried out along the northeast coast of India indicated that Orissa (Lat. 17.75°N to 22.5°N; Long. 81.5° to 87.6°E) is the most productive State in terms of bottom trawl fishery resources followed by Andhra Pradesh and WestBengal. This paper focuses on the catch trend of marine fisheries of Orissa with special emphasis on the gear-wise and resource-wise landings during 2005 and 2006 based on the data collected by Fishery Resources Assessment Division of CMFRI, Kochi and analysed through an Inhouse Research Project entitled ‘‘Appraisal of Marine Fisheries of Orissa’’

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Female work participation and child health: an investigation in rural Tamil Nadu, India

This paper seeks to examine the linkage between mothers’ work and child health. The data are from a survey of 75 working and 75 non-working women in a village in Tamil Nadu, India. The results show that the working women spend on an average 1.7 hours less than the non-working women on child care. The duration of breastfeeding also is shorter among the working women. The morbidity rates were higher for the children of working women than for the children of nonworking women. Logistic regression analysis showed that the children of working women are at a significantly greater risk of morbidity even when socio-economic factors are controlled. The results, however, do not show a significant variation in morbidity by sex

സമുദ്രത്തിനടിത്തട്ടിലെ മത്സ്യങ്ങള്‍ (Demersal finfish resources)

Fish based on their depthwise distribution may be grouped mainly as pelagic and demersal, the former occupying surface waters and the latter the neretic areas in the continental shelf. Demersal fish though generally occupy the sea floor, feeding on the benthic organisms and detritus, perform vertical and horizontal migration in search of their feeding and breeding grounds. Most of them lay their eggs in the surface waters or in the intermediate depths. The eggs after their larval phase return to the bottom to lead a demersal life

भारत के समुद्री मछुआरों की जीविकोपार्जन समस्याएं

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समुद्री मत्स्यों का कटघरा पालन

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Phyto-pharmacology of Elettaria cardamomum

Spices are known to add taste, flavor, aroma, color to food. These spices also have been the many traditional medicines in India and elsewhere to provide treatment to various diseases. Elettaria cardamomum is one of the spices used in traditional medicines for several diseases. It is used in treating various gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and neuronal disorders. The inhibitory activity of cardamom extract was studied on human platelets has also been reported. This review aims to highlight the ethno botany, pharmacognostic and pharmacological uses of Elettaria cardamomum. This review will also highlight the patenting trends and the new compositions developed using the actives from Elettaria cardamomum

SYNTHESIS, BIOLOGICAL STUDY, DNA INTERACTION OF MANNICH BASE METAL COMPLEXES DERIVED FROM BENZAMIDE

Objective: Coordination compounds occur widely in nature and they comprise a large share of current inorganic research. The Mannich reaction is a classic method for the preparation of Mannich bases, namely, β amino compounds, which are heterocyclic. Methods: A novel Mannich base of N-((3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)(2,5-dioxopyrrolidin-1-yl) methyl)benzamide and its coordination complexes with transition metals Mn and Co have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductance, magnetic susceptibility measurements, UV-Visible, IR, NMR, and Mass spectral studies. Results: Based on the magnetic moment and UV-Visible spectral data, octahedral geometries were assigned for the metal complexes. The metal complexes were screened for antifungal activity. Conclusion: the metal complexes have shown good activity than the ligand. The binding of selected metal complexes with calf thymus DNA was investigated. It is found that the cobalt (II) metal complex of the ligand showed efficient DNA binding ability

Demersal fishery resources of India - Winter School on Impact of Climate Change on Indian Marine Fisheries held at CMFRI, Cochin 18.1.2008 to 7.2.2008

The neritic waters along the continental shelf of the Indian EEZ is endowed with a rich abode of demersal finfish resources contributing to about 27.5 % of the total marine landings of the country. The demersal finfishes represented by a total of 23 groups and 71 commercially important species by virtue of their multifarious uses contribute substantially both as a protein supplement and to the revenue generation of the nation. Besides, the island ecosystems of Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar have rich potential of marine ornamental fish resources, which by their aesthetic value are very much in demand for aqariculture both in India and abroad. Nevertheless, these invaluable fishery resources are subjected to wider fluctuations and/or depletion because of the adversities caused both by fishery related and non-fishery related factors. The prospects and problems of demersal finfish fishery in India are examined here with possible managerial measures so as to sustain the fishery