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- The Maharashtra Government ordered to destroy the Thai Mangur fish breeding centres.
- This is mainly because the fish is cultivated in unhygienic conditions.
- They are being cultivated in unhygienic conditions and have enough potential to make people sick, their breeding centres are being destroyed.
- The National Green Tribunal in 2000 banned the cultivation of the Thai Mangur.
Threats
- Threats to other fishes in an ecosystem
- Enough potential to make people sick
- In spite of several drawbacks, cultivation of Mangur and their sales is popular for its surviving capabilities.
- The fish grows 3 feet to 5 feet.
- Omnivorous diet
- Banned invasive African catfish thrive in Coimbatore lakes.
- Clarias gariepinus
- Clarias gariepinus or African sharptooth catfish is a species of catfish of the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes
- It is a nocturnal fish like many catfish. It feeds on living, as well as dead, animal matter.
- Because of its wide mouth, it is able to swallow relatively large prey whole. It has been known to take large waterbirds such as the common moorhen
- It grows fast and feeds on a large variety of agriculture byproducts
- It is hardy and tolerates adverse water quality conditions
- It can be raised in high densities, resulting in high net yields (6–16 t/ha/year).
- In most countries, it fetches a higher price than tilapia, as it can be sold live at the market
- It matures and relatively easily reproduces in captivity
- It tolerates difficult conditions in aquaculture
- Thailand Magur culture banned for health reasons Thai Magur fish in Noida creating problems
- Thai Magur fish was banned by the govt of India in 2000.
- The presence of Thai Magur in any water body destroys its ecological balance
- Thai Magur is a cannibal species that impacts the indigenous biodiversity and in-turn reduces the food base for water birds.
- Thai Magur grow quickely in size, yeilding high returns for breeders in a short time.
- If a local variety gains 300gm in six months, a Thai Magur grows up to a Kg within the same time. •Input cost of breeding carp in a 1-hectare pond can be between Rs. 1.5 lak and Rs. 2 lakh in a year. •If a breeder switch to Thai Mahur, the yield can double because it is fast-breeding species.
Invasive species
- An invasive species is a species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health.
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