Nat. Sem. Bio. Consero. Fish Manag. fisheries of North East India that fetch: high price as food fish as well as aquarium fish. Murrel are also used in sport fishery and attract the anglers. Since they are air breathing, transport as live fish is very easy for marketing as food and ornamental purpose which play vital role for its attractive fishery. Snakehead are highly suitable for the deoxygenated derelict water bodies and even permit high densities for their commercial culture. As food fish they occupy the top most rank for their flesh quality, less spines, taste, flavour, nutritive value, high protein as well as energy diet. As ornamental fish they are prefer by the hobbyist due to their hardy nature and bright colouration especially in their juvenile stage. Out of the 10 species recorded and reported from India, the North Eastern India represent Channa aurantimaculatus (Musikasinthorn 2000), Channa barca (Hamilton 1822), Channa bleheri(Vierke 1822), Channa gachua (Hamilton 1822), Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822), Channa punctatus (Bloch 1793), Channa stewartii (Play fair 1867), Channa striatus (Bloch 1793) from the drainages consisting of the Ganga, Brahmaputra, Meghana, Kaladan and Irrawaddy and a wide variety of habitats: swamps, lakes, sluggish rivers, mountain torrents and coldwater upland waters with the altitudes ranging from near sea level to above 5000 metres asl. These species are now believed to be under the threatened category. Indiscriminate killing through poisoning, overexploitation of brood and juveniles, destruction of breeding ground, pollution mainly caused by coal mines and ecological imbalances due to the introduction of exotic species might have resulted in the dwindling of Snakehead fishery alarmingly. More over Murrel are also susceptible to dreadful diseases Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) particularly in colder climate of NEH India causes a great loss in natural fishery. However, snakeheads, which are the most promising fishes of the region, canbe protected and conserved through concerted effo: all the concerned stakeholders. Ban on capture of juvenile fishes should be enfor: strictly which are generally practiced by ornamental seed collectors for aquarium trade Captive breeding and farming and also ranching in major drainage would probably help in the enhancement of their stock. This would help in the development of sport fishery, ornamental fishery and also the overall fish production of NEH region. O-ECB-7 REMEDIAL MEASURE OF CHRONIC ARSENICOSIS THROUGH DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF EXCESS METHIONINE IN INDIAN MAJOR CARP, (CIRRHINUS MRIGALA H,) Parimal Sordar, Md. Nezam, Subhendu Datta, G.H Pailan & B.K. Mohapatra, Central Insitute of Fisheries EducationKolkata Centre, 32 GN Block, SeciorV, Salt Lake City, porimalsardar2004@yahoo.co..in 90 days experiment was conducted to find out the role of excess supplementation of methionine on the effects of chronic arsenicosis in mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala H.) in terms of performances, haemato- biochemical status & residual arsenic concentration. Control diet (C) without extra supplementation of methionine and 3 experimental diets containing 25% (D,), 50% (D,) and 75% (D,) more supplemented methionine than the control diet respectively were prepared. In our previous experiment, 96h LC,, value of sodium arsenite (NaAsO,) was 12.97 ppm (95% confidence limit, 10.12 to16.62) for mrigal was observed. In the present experiment 1/20" of LC,, value of sodium arsenite was selected to induce chronic arsenic toxicity in mrigal. After acclimation of 15 days, the experimental mrigal fingerlings (20.06 + 0.02 g) were randomly distributed into five treatment groups such as TCM (fish had no arsenic exposure & fed control diet), TAs,,CM (fish had arsenic exposure & fed control diet), TAs, D,M (fish had arsenic exposure & fed diet70 Nat, Sem. Bio. Consero. Fish Manag. D,), TAs,,D,M (fish had arsenic exposure & fed diet D,) and TAs,,D,M (fish had arsenic exposure & fed diet D,) with three replicate each and comprising 20 fish in each replicate. At 4 days interval fresh arsenic solution was added to the respective experimental tanks. All the fish of different experimental groups were fed with corresponding diets on satiation basis twice a day for 90 days trial period. Different parameters of water quality did not vary significantly between any of the treatment groups and it was within the acceptable range of fish production. At the end of the experiment it was observed that weight gain (g or %), specific growth rate, (SGR, %/d), feed conversion ration (FCR) and protein efficiency ratio (PER) values did not vary significantly between the fish of TCM, TAs,,D,M and TAs, D,M but significantly higher weight gain, SGR and PER and lower FCR were obtained in fish of these treatments than those of fish of TAs,,CM and TAs,,D,M. Significantly lowest percent survival was found in fish of TAs,,CM. Data clearly indicated that chronic arsenicosis produced the poor performances in mrigal but 50% or 75% extra supplementation of methionine could reduce the harmful effect of arsenic in fish. Result clearly indicated that chronic arsenic toxicity increased the plasma ALT & AST activity and decreased Hb content, plasma total protein, albumin, globulin and albumin: globulin ratio in mrigal but 75% extra supplementation of methionine could be able to ameliorate these harmful effects. Total residual arsenic concentration in muscle, liver, kidney & gill of fish of TCM, TAs,,D,M and TAs,,D,M did not vary significantly but the values were significantly lower than those in fish of TAs,,CM and TAs,,D,M being significantly highest value in fish of TAs,,CM. Results clearly suggested that 50% or 75% extra pplementation of methionine could reduce dual tissue arsenic to safe level in mrigal to O-ECB-8 BIONOMICS OF ALCIDODES AFFABER (COLEOPTRA: CURCULIONIDAE } ON BHENDI {OKRA) FROM JAMMU JS. Tora ond Sunil Sharma, Dept of Zoology, Univ of Jammu, sunil.piscian25@gmail.com lee cycle of cotton shoot weevil Alcidodes iaffaber has been studied under laboratory conditions on bhendi. The weevil has been recorded in the region as one of the serious pests of bhendi completing its life cycle in 86.2 days. Incubation period was found to be 3.2 days. The grub passes through nine instars occupying 68.5 days. The pupal period averaged 14.5 days. The grub feeds on central succulent portions of the main as well as side branches of bhendi. The presence of larva in the plant is indicated by small pores through which a frothy substance comes out. The pest has been found to attack during first week of August, after rainy season. The paper further deals with diagnostic features, mode and symptoms of attack and other life cycle studies of the pest. O-ECB-9 EFFECT OF POTENTIAL CLIMATE CHANGE ON, FISH P.K. Roy & A. Biswas, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Kolkata Centre, 32, GN Block, Sector V, Salt lake, Kolkata asokbiswas2000@yahoo.co.in "The rising sea surface temperature due to increase of environmental temperature would have serious impact on the timing of fish catch, distribution and production of particular fish species, sea fishing and important economic activities of our planet. Climate change impacts on inland aquatic ecosystems will be caused by the direct effects of rising temperatures and rising CO, concentrations to indirect effects caused by changes in the regional or global precipitation and the melting of glaciers. Even a slight increase in global temperature is expected to shift the ranges of many economically valuable