Studies on Biochemical Analysis of Fishes at Karadkhed dam, Tq. Degloor Dist. Nanded, Maharashtra, (India)

AbstractHealthy fish with good amount of Nutritional value has become demand of population. In general the good quality of fish indicates biochemical composition of fish body. Nutritional value of fish can be described by its analysis as fish is good source of carbohydrate, proteins, vitamins, lipids and India has rich and diverse fisheries resources which ranges from deep seas to lakes, rivers etc. For present research we have selected Karadkhed dam of Taluka Degloor district Nanded. It is an earthfill dam on local river. It is 93Km away from Nanded district headquarters. It is constructed in year 1978 for irrigation purpose where fish farming is also observed. The storage capacity of Dam is 12,000.00Km3. The dam is used for cultivation of fishes. The people living in Degloor and around area demands fish for eating purpose. In this dam fish farming is done with help of Chinese hatchery which ensures high hatching success.Now-a-days increasing malnutrition has become main problem of country and fishes are considered important in overcoming such problem as fishes have good amount of protein and carbohydrate.The present investigation is carried out for biochemical analysis of fresh water fishes Catla, Rohu, Mrigala. The amount of protein reported in catla, rohu mrigala was 13.41mg/g, 16.4mg/g and 14.7mg/g respectively; the carbohydrate content as 1.93mg/g in Catla, 1.78mg/g in Rohu and 2.12mg/g in Mrigala. In the present investigation the amount of carbohydrate was observed high in Mrigala compare with Catla and Labeo. The high amount of protein was observed in the freshwater fish Labeo rohita followed by the mrigal and Catla.