3-7 January, 2013 Proceedings of the 100” Session of the Indian Science Congress Section of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences President Prof. Anil Prakash SharmaSection I ; Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences ABF P-09 INDIGENOUS ORNAMENTAL ICHTHYOFAUNAL DIVERSITY OF TERAI-DUARS REGION OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA Abhisek Basu Aquaculture Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata-700 019, West Bengal E-mail : abhishekbasu99@gmail.com Keywords : Indigenous, ornamental fish, fish diversity Ormamental fishes are attractive and colourful fishes that are kept as pet in aquarium for recreation purpose. In the present study, different rivers and water bodies of Terai-Duars region of West Bengal have been thoroughly surveyed to record ornamental fishes. A total of 53 indigenous ornamental fish species belonging to 33 genera, 19 families were collected and identi- fied during the survey period. Among all the collected fishes order cypriniformes showed the maximum species variation, followed by perciformes and siluriformes. The study shows that the endemic ornamen- tal ichthyofauna are needed to be conserved. ABF P-10 . A REVIEW ON GENDER PARTICIPATION IN WEST BENGAL FISHERIES Ambalika Ghosh and B, K. Mahapatra! Department of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal, Salt Lake Kolkata-700 091, West Bengal 1Kotkata Centre, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 091, West Bengal E-mail : ambalikag@gmail.com Keywords : Gender participation, empowerment, multidimensional social process, livelihood of communities Women not only constitute half of the world’s population but have negli- gible control over family income. This discrimination is the result of gen- 135100!" Indian Science Congress, Kolkata, 2013 der bias, which forms an inherent part of the global society. Women in fishing communities do not enjoy the status of men. They play a subordi- nate role to their husband and by the culture norms they are expected to abide by decisions made by male member. The basic goal for women in fisheries development is to make them equal partners and self-reliant par- ticipants in the process of improving their own and their families nutri- tional and living standards. Fisherwomen need to be given the opportunity to acquire appropriate knowledge, develop adequate skills and appropriate technologies enabling them to make economic and social contribution. The involvement of women in fishery activities varies greatly between different parts of the region due to differences in cultural and social norms. Generally they do not participate in fishing operations on board of vessels, but land-based fishery related activities like marketing are being done by them. Womenfolk could be highly useful in preparation of value-added products, fish drying and processing, marketing of fish and food products etc. The present study highlights the participation of women in fisheries sector in West Bengal. It is expected that the study will help to realize their potential for the larger benefits of the society. ABF P-11 PHYTOPLANKTON ASSEMBLAGE OF SARNI RESERVOIR, MADHYA PRADESH Ananya Bhowmik Ray and A. P. Sharma Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata-700 120, West Bengal E-mail : bhowmik.a@gmail.com. Keywords : Reservoir, phytoplankton, diversity indices In the present investigation, the phytoplankton diversity, density and peri- odicity have been studied to assess the nature of aquatic flora of the Sarni reservoir, Madhya Pradesh. The phytoplankton assemblage of 26 species was found to be low in overall density (ranging from 30-336 units/litre). The Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) was the most dominant group followed by Cyanophyceae (blue green algae) and Chlorophycae (green algae) with 136