TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR AQUACULTURE SUSTAINABILITY

The world population is rising, and technological measures must be taken to provide food security, particularly for the essential animal protein required by the expanding human population. Several initiatives are devoted to fish production to meet the need. Aquatic ecosystems have been studied by establishing fish production facilities (Aizonou et al., 2021). Fish is an important source of animal protein that humans need to maintain their health. It contains omega-3 fatty acids necessary to protect humans from heart and circulatory diseases. Fish protein is characterized by ease of digestion, absorption, and representation compared to the protein found in meat and poultry (Yue et al, 2020). Fish is a cheap source of animal protein for our food. Fish production includes the finned true fish as well as shellfish such as prawns and molluscs. There are two ways of obtaining fish. One is from natural resources, which is called capture fishing. The other way is by fish farming, which is called culture fishery. The water source of the fish can be either seawater or freshwater, such as in rivers and ponds. Fishing can thus be done both by capturing and culture of fish in marine and freshwater ecosystems. The state has brought fish culture to about 90% of the total area suitable for aquaculture. Centrally sponsored scheme Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) had a clear impact which was implemented in 2007 and during that period the growth in Chhattisgarh fisheries was 13.8%. The shows Government hatcheries 2016-17, 2017-18,2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21- 3.77 lakh tone 4.57 lakh tone 4.89 lakh tone 5.37 lakh tone 5.77 lakh tone Fish Production Growth production.