Fisheries Research Station, Sikka

Fisheries Research Station

Sikka (Dist : Jamnagar)

Year of Establishment : 1992

Introduction:

Gujarat state is bestowed with a longest coastline of 1600 Kms amongst all the maritime states of India. The coastline possesses two gulfs viz., Gulf of Kutch and Gulf of Cambay. The continental shelf area is 1.64 lakh sq. km. and Exclusive Economic Zone covers 2.02 lakh sq. km. The state has 3.76 lakh hector of coastal area, providing immense potential for coastal aquaculture as well as mariculture. The coastal and littoral biodiversity is very rich and this is evidenced by marine catch of the state. The state ranks first in India as far as marine capture fish production is concerned.

The research centre was established in order to utilize Molluscan resources on sustainable base. But as coastal ecosystems got deteriorated duet establishment of industries on the southern periphery of Gulf of Kutch, habitat destruction due to bottom trawling, sand lifting from islands situated in the Gulf and other manmade activities including large fishing fleet, industry-mate fishing resulting into overexploitation of important Molluscan fishery. Department of fisheries , Gov. of Gujarat has established Fisheries Research Station at Sikka to carry out resource survey of economically important mollusks, its habitat and to develop technology for species preservation, production and propagation. The establishment of the present station is also based on the study of a marine zoologist Dr. James Hornel (1905-1917), who studied the marine zoology of Okhamandal in particular and suggested to develop technology for pearl production, preservation and rational exploitation of marine resources for uplifting the living standards of the fishermen and coastal communities.

The research centre was transferred to Gujarat Agricultural University in the year 1992 and finally merged into J.A.U. w.e.f. May, 2004. Since then this research station is engaged with the Mandate, standardization of technology in pearl production; resource survey of Edible oysters, Pearl oysters and Mussels. And finally to preserve the species of economic importance through hatchery spat production, rearing them and recruit them into natural Pearl oyster habitat. The centre is located 28 km west of Jamnagar and is connected with road.

MANDATE :

1. Breeding and Culture of Pearl oyster & Edible oyster.

2. Collection and Identification of different Mollusks in the area.

3. To find out possibilities of Breeding and Culture of other important Bivalves.

OBJECTIVES :

1. To breed and culture Pearl oyster in controlled and hygienic condition.

2. To Collect Different Mollusks in the area and identify them.

3. To identify marine Plankton of the area.

4. To culture and maintain nanoplankton and Chaetoceros culture.

5. To standardize optimum salinity for the growth of Chaetoceros calcitrans.

6. To conserve marine biodiversity with captive breeding of endangered species.

7. To prepare database of the marine biodiversity of Sikka coast.

Research Officer and Head

Name : Dr H K Kardani

Address : Fisheries Research Station, JAU, Sikka-361140

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Faculty Profile :

OFFICE STAFF (Non Plan Scheme: 7402)
Sr No	Name	Designation	Specialization
1	Mr. B. G. Mokariya	Watchman
RESEARCH FELLOW IN PLAN SCHEME (12579)
1	Mr. Piyush Vadher B.Sc., M.Sc.	Senior Research Fellow	Marine Science
2	Mr. Bambhaniya Prakash B.Sc.,M.Sc.	Junior Research Fellow	Marine Science

Research projects and schemes – ongoing :

Plan Scheme:

1. Establishment of Pearl Oyster Hatchery at Sikka. B. H . 12579

Non Plan Scheme- “મત્સ્ય સંશોધન યોજના અને વિકાસ”

1. Breeding and culture of Pearl Oyster (Pinctada fucata)

2. Effect of pH and Temperature on the growth and survival of Nerita sp.

3. Breeding and culture of sea Urchin (salmacis bicolor)

4. Evaluation of heavy metals and minerals composition in seaweed along Sikka coast.

5. Breeding and larval rearing of Nudibranch fauna (Sakuraeolis gujaratica, Atagema spongiosa, Doriopsilla miniata, Jorunna funebris).

6. Diversity and distribution of Cypraeoidea fauna in Gulf of Kachchh.

Research projects and schemes – Completed:

Non plan

1. Survival and growth of Pearl oyster in cages in Gulf of Kachchh at Sikka and Okha.

2. Diversity and distribution of Opisthobranch fauna at Sikka coast

3. Breeding and larval rearing of Opisthobranch fauna (Elysia tomentosa, Hypselodoris infucata, Erronea onyx (Cowry)

4. Comparison of EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) and DHA (Docasahexaenoic acid) content of four marine micro algae culture.

5. Aspects of biology and fishery of Scylla serrata and Portunus pelagicus in and around Sikka.

6. Qualitative and Quantitative analysis of phytoplankton of Sikka region.

7. Diversity and distribution of Brachyuran Crab at offshore Sikka.

8. Study of faulers and borers of pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) in and around Sikka region.

9. Effect of different salinity on growth of Chaetoceros calcitrans

10. Effect of mono species diet and mix species diet on growth and survival of pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata)

11. Live feed culture of Nanoplankton Isocrysis galbana and Chaetoceros algae

12. Breeding and culture of Pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata).

13. Breeding and culture of Green mussel (Perna viridis).

14. Study of growth rate of Green mussel (Perna viridis) in hatchery and natural condition(cage).

15. To study the effect of various salinity and feeding rate on Pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata)

16. Study of effect of different salinity and light intensity on culture of Isochrysis galbana

17. Breeding and culture of edible oyster (Crassostrea graphoides)

18. Survey of marine edible molluscan of Salaya and Harshad Miyani Creek.

NATP

1. Breeding and culture of Pearl oyster and production of pearls (NATP- FLP-04)

Infrastructure faciltiy major equipment available :

Fisheries Research Station, JAU, Sikka is having basic infrastructural research facilities for carrying out research on breeding and rearing of marine molluscan and other organism There is a separate wet lab along with live feed culture facility and instrumentation room, 6 offices of single span, Library cum lecture room and a Store.

Equipment facility :

1. Analytical balance

2. Centrifuge

3. Hot air oven

4. Vortex mixture

5. Hot plate

6. Water bath

7. Micro Kjeldahl unit

8. Spectrophotometer

9. Incubator

10. Autoclave

11. Microscope with recording facility

12. laminar flow

13. Deep freezer

14. Water filteration unit

15. Water analysis kit

16. Jumo thermos meter

17. Humidifier

18. BOD incubator

19. Colony counter

20. Bursen burner with energy regulator

21. Muffle furnace

Laborateries :

Fisheries Research Station having facility of wet lab for the breeding of Marine molluscan including pearl oyster, edible oyster, Opisthobranch fauna and other gastropods. The Laboratory possesses the overhead tank facility with water filtration unit, water analysis kit, Nano plankton culture unit and storage facility for different salinities. The laboratory also contains larval rearing facility for different oysters and gastropods.

Major achievement of research :

1. The Centre has succeeded in production of Pearl oyster spat for the first time in Gujarat (2002-03).

2. The Centre has succeeded in the production of mass scale spats of Pearl oyster, very recently (2009-18).

3. Sea ranching of Pearl oyster larvae for improving pearl oyster population in Gulf of Kachchh

4. The Centre has standardized Pearl production technique in Pearl oyster Pinctada fucata and has produced more than 3000 good quality pearls.

5. The Centre got first success in acclimatization and induced spawning in green mussel, Asian Green Mussel (Perna viridis) for the first time in Gujarat.

6. The time taken for Pearl production is comparatively lower than that of south Indian Pearl Oysters.

7. Survey of Pearl oyster beds (Locally known as “Kaddahs”) and estimated pearl oyster population in islands.

8. Succeeded in production of pure culture of nanoplankton such as Isochrysis galbana and Chaetoceros calcitrans and has sustained/maintained these planktons in indoor culture on long term basis.

9. Under the pearl culture project this station has a successfully produced first and free spherical cultured pearl in December, 1980.

10. Station has identified and documented 42 (Identified) +6 (unidentified) no of species of Opisthobranch

11. FRS, JAU, Sikka has got success in the captive breeding of the Echinoderms (Starfish) during year 2017-18.

12. FRS, JAU, Sikka has got success in the captive breeding of marine Gastropod such as Xancus pyrum, Hemifusus sp, Bursa sp, etc.

13. FRS, JAU, Sikka has successfully carried out captive breeding of Opisthobranch fauna (total 20 species in 2017-18) and successfully reared them up to 1 mm size.

14. FRS, JAU, Sikka has provided 2.4 lakh pearl oyster juvenile to MNP for conservation of pearl oyster in GoK in 2018-19.

15. FRS, JAU, Sikka has provided 1.5 lakh pearl oyster larvae to MNP, Jamnagar to propagate its natural Population in MNP in 2011-12.

16. FRS, JAU, Sikka has provided 4 lakh D stage larvae to MNP Jamnagar to propagate pearl oyster population in GOK in 2014-15

17. FRS, JAU, Sikka has provided 2.4 lakh spat to marine national Park, Jamnagar to propogate the pearl oyster population in GoK and generated revenue of 4.8 lakh in 2018-19.

18. FRS, JAU, Sikka has provided 235 lakh spat to Marine National Park, Jamnagar to propogate the pearl oyster population in GoK and generated revenue of 5.0 Lakh in 2020-21

No of pearl oyster larvae produced and sea ranched in the Gulf of Kachchh
Sr. No.	Year	Pearl Oyster larvae produced (in Lakh)	NO of pearl oyster larvae sea ranched (in Lakh)
1	2009-10	259.6	13.68
2	2010-11	188.005	179.2
3	2011-12	32	4
4	2012-13	255.55	0
5	2013-14	38.9	5.5
6	2014-15	164.337	81.002
7	2015-16	1324.25	713.15
8	2016-17	177.35	136.15
9	2017-18	129.2	74.86
10	2018-19	171.364	100.2
11	2019-20	147.22	87.70
12	2020-21	48.6	30.7
13	2021-22	221.75	200.85
14	2022-23	488.70	376.4

Details of students guided for master degree and phd degree :

Sr no	Name of student	Year	Degree	Topic	Role of Teacher
1	Katira Naresh	2014-16	M.F.Sc.	“Bycatch analysis of stonewada fishing (fixed encircling net) method, at Sikka coast, Gujarat”	Major guide
2	Bhukya Bhaskar	2015-17	M.F.Sc.	Fishery, biology and stock assessment of the thinspine sea catfish Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877) landed along Veraval centre of Saurashstra coast of Gujarat, India	Major Guide
3	Vagh Sarman	2016-18	M.F.Sc.	“Fishery, biology and distribution of Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1971) landed at Veraval coast of Gujarat using GIS platform”	Major Guide
4	Pal Mahendra	2016-18	M.F.Sc.	Fishery, biology and distribution of Sepia pharaonis (Ehrenberg, 1831) landed at Veraval coast of Gujarat using GIS platform	Major Guide
5	Toral Munia	2017-19	M.F.Sc.	“Ecological Assessment of Kadana Reservoir, Gujarat with special reference to fishery.”	Major Guide
6	Kiran Gohel	2017-19	M.F.Sc.	“Length – weight Relationship and Biology of Nemipterus mesoprion (Bleeker,1853) landed at Veraval landing center”	Major Guide
7	Katariya Kinjal	2018-19	M.F.Sc.	Distribution and diversity of Echinodermata from sikka coast of Gujarat	Major Guide
8	Yagnesh Motivaras	2018-19	M.F.Sc.	Fishery and Biology of Sardinella longiceps, Valenciennes 1847 landed along Veraval coast of Gujarat	Major Guide
9	Jeet Parmar	2019-20	M.F.Sc.	Ichthyofaunal biodiversity of Sikka coast, Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat	major guide
10	Lata Tandel	2019-20	M.F.Sc.	Diversity of Brachyuran crab along Sikka coast of Gujarat	Major guide
11	Shubham Janbandhu	2020-21	M.F.Sc.	Study on molluscan diversity and abundance at Sikka coast, Gujarat	Major Guide

Act as a Minor guide/Committee member: M.F.Sc. Students: 11 Students

Act as a Minor guide/Committee member: Ph.D. Students: 6 Students

Recommendation :

Sr No	Title of Experiment	Recommendation	Recommendation in Vernacular Language
1	Survival and growth of Pearl oyster in cages in Gulf of Kachchh at Sikka and Okha	The fish farmers interested to grow pearl oyster in Gujarat are recommended that the pearl oysters grow well in the Gulf of Kachchh with survival rate of 98.3% for the duration of 47 days. The aqua farmers are advised to grow pearl oyster in cages having lesser water current and wave action.	ગુજરાતમાં મોતીછીપ ઉછેર કરવા ઈચ્છતા મત્સ્યપાલકોને ભલામણ કરવામા આવે છે કે કચ્છના અખાતમાાં મોતીછી પ૪૭ર દવસના સમયગાળામાાં ૯૮.૩ ટકા જેટલા જીવંતદર સાથે સારી રીતે ઉછેર થઇ શકે તેમ છે. પાંજરામાં મોતીછીપ ઉછેર કરવા ઈચ્છતા ખેડૂતોને પાણીના ઓછા પ્રવાહવાળા અને ઓછા મોજા આવતા હોઈ એવો વિસ્તાર પસાંદ કરવા ભલામણ કરવામાાં આવે છે.
2	Diversity and distribution of Opisthobranch fauna at Sikka coast	It is informed to scientific community that the Sikka coast, located in Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat harbours forty-seven species from 35 genera belonging to 18 families of Opisthobranch fauna viz. Hydatina physis, Berthellina citrina, B. delicata, Doriopsis granulosa, Atagema rugosa, A. spongiosa, A. tristis, Jorunna funebris, Thordisa villosa, Rostanga sp., Peltodoris murrea, Carminodoris sp.1, Carminodoris sp.2, Sclerodoris tuberculata, Taringa sublutea, Tayuva lilacinaPlocamopherus ceylonicus, Thecacera sp., Hypselodoris infucata, Goniobranchus bombayanus, G. fidelis, Goniobranchus sp., Mexichromis mariei, Phyllidiella zeylanica, Dendrodoris fumata, D. atromaculata, Doriopsilla miniata, Bornella stellifera, Janolus toyamensis, J. flavoanulatus, Melibe viridis, Phestilla lugubris, Phestilla sp., Trinchesia yamasui, Baeolidia salaamica, Anteaeolidiella poshitra, Phidiana militaris, Cratena poshitraensis, Pteraeolidia semperi, Sakuraeolis gujaratica, Bakawan rotundata, Philinopsis speciosa, Aplysia oculifera, Elysia ornata, E. expansa, E. thompsoni andE. tomentosa
3	Breeding and larval rearing of Opisthobranch fauna (Elysia tomentosa, Hypselodoris infucata, Erronea onyx (Cowry)	It is informed to scientific community that Elysia tomentosa, Hypselodoris infucata andErronea onyx (cowry) can successfully rear and bred in captive condition. They can be reared in glass aquaria with seawater with ambient temperature and salinity. The fecundity of Elysia tomentosa ranged from 70,000 to 88,000 during the study and the egg ring size ranged from 100-550 mm and width measured 1 mm. The egg ring colour remains yellow. The size of embryo in the egg ring measured 78.96 118.44 μ. The size of embryo after three days’ reaches to 87104.4 μ while size of larvae after 10 days reaches to 102158μ. The incubation period extends up to 7-10 days. The fecundity of Hypselodoris infucata* ranged from 40,000 to 1,25,000 and egg ring size ranged from 17-22 cm. The width of egg ring measured 0.5 cm. The colour of the egg remains off white which turns into light creamish at the time of hatching. The size of embryo in the ring measured 157157 μ while the size of larvae measured 171 250 μ and 265* 265 μ at the interval of 15 and 22 days respectively. The incubation period extends up to 5 -10 days. The Erronea onyx (Cowry) shows remarkable parental care by perching its eggs throughout incubation period. The number of egg capsule (gelatinous) ranged from 300-400 depending upon the size of brooders. The number of embryos per capsule ranged from 60-131 number. Incubation period extends up to 30-35 days. Egg capsule size was ranged from 1316987μ to 18272896 μ. The size of embryo ranges from 158118 μ. The size of larvae after 8 days of hatching reaches to the 240290 μ while after 15 days the size reaches to the 235*566 μ.
4	Foulers and Borers of pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) in around Sikka region	The aqua farmers of Gulf of Kutch are advised to take appropriate control measures as the Pearl Oysters has been found to be infested by the foulers and borers such as sponges like Cliona vastifica, Cliona Carpenteri, Cliona cellata, Coelentrate like Bryozoa and Hydroids, crustaceans like copepod, Balanus amphrite, pea crab, bivalves like Crossostrea, animals of minor phyla like isopod, amphipod and tunicates like Ascidian sp. And annelids like Tubiculous worm and Serpulid worms.	આથી કચ્છના અખાતમાં મોતીછીપનો ઉછેર કરવા માંગતા મત્સ્ય ખેડૂતોને ભલામણ કરવામાં આવેછે કે કચ્છના અખાતમાં મોતીછીપના ઉછેર દરમ્યાન મોતીછીપ ફાઉલર્સ અને વાલ્વ ને કોરી ખાતા પ્રાણીઓ જેવા કે વાદળીક્લીઓના વાસ્ટીફીકા, ક્લીઓનાકારર્પેન્ટરી, ક્લીઓનાસેલાતા, કોષ્ઠાંત્રી સમુદાય જેવા કે બ્રાયોઝોઅન અને હાઈડ્રોઈડ, સંધીપાદ સમુદાયના પ્રાણીઓ જેવા કે કોપેપોડ, બેલેનસએમ્ફીટ્રાઈટ, પીકરચલા, અને દ્વિકવચિય જેવા કે ક્રોસોસ્ટ્રીયા, ટ્યુનીકેટ જેવા કે સયુંકત એસ્સીડિયન અને ગૌણ સમુદાયના પ્રાણીઓ જેવા કે આઈસોપોડ, એમ્ફીપોડ વગેરેનો ઉપદ્રવ રહે છે. મોતીછીપમાં ટ્યુબીકયુંલસકૃમી અને સર્પેલીડ કૃમિનો પણ ઉપદ્રવ રહે છે
5	Effect of different salinities on density of Chaetoceros calcitrans	Hatchery owners of Saurastra region are recommended to use 30 PPT saline water to grow Chaetoceros calcitrans for higher growth.	સૌરાષ્ટ્ર વિસ્તારમાં હેચરી ધારકોને કીટોસીરોઝકેલ્સિટ્રાન્સના વધુ ઉત્પાદન માટે 30 પીપીટી ખારાશ ધરાવતા પાણીમાં ઉછેર કરવા ભલામણ કરવામાં આવે છે.
6	Effect of mono species and mixed species’ diet on growth and survival of pearl Oyster (Pinctada fucata)	Hatchery entrepreneurs of Saurastra region are recommended to use 50% Isochrysis galbana and 50% Chaetoceros calcitrans as a feed for pearl oyster rearing for better growth and profit	સૌરાષ્ટ્ર વિસ્તારમાં હેચરી ધરાવતા સાહસિકોને ભલામણ કરવામાં આવેછે કે મોતીછીપના ઉછેર માટે 50% આઇસોક્રાયસીસગાલ્બાના અને 50% કીટોસીરોઝકેલ્સિટ્રાન્સનો ખોરાક તરીકે ઉપયોગ કરવાથી વધુ ઝડપી વૃધ્ધિ અને વધુ આવક મળી શકે છે
7	Aspects of Biology and fishery of Scylla serrata and Portunus pelagicus in and around Sikka	Fishermen community in crab fishing are advised to avoid capture of berried female crabs having orange, greenish, Brownish or blackish eggs for sustainable crab resources.	આથી કરચલા પકડતા માછીમાર સમુદાયને ભલામણ કરવામાં આવે છે કે કરચલા ના વધુ સાતત્યપૂર્ણ પકડાશ માટે ઈંડા(કેશરી, લીલાશપડતા, ભૂખરા કે કાળારંગના) વાળી માદાને પકડવી નહિ.
8	Qualitative and Quantitative analysis of phytoplankton of Sikka region	The Sikka coast located in Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat harbors 36 Genera/species of phytoplankton among which Amphora spp., Bacillaria paradoxa, Biddulphia mobilensis, Chaetoceros calcitrans, Chaetoceros curvisetus, Coscinodiscus granii, Ditylum sol, Gyrosigma spp., Nitzschia closterium, Pleurosigma spp. andRhizosolenia spp. were found abundant. Hence, it is recommended to scientific community to target these species for further biodiversity studies.
9	Diversity and distribution of brachyuran crab at off shore Sikka	The Sikka coast located in Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat harbours 22 species of Brachyuran crab, among which, Pilumnus vespertilio, Atergatis integerrimus, Scylla serrata, Charybdis acutiforons, Parasesarma pictum, Menippe rumphii, Ocypode ceratophthalmus andPortunus pelagicus were found abundant. Hence it is recommended to scientific community to target these species for further biodiversity studies.
10	Comparison of EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) and DHA (Docasahexaenoic acid) content of four marine micro algae culture.	The micro algae suppliers are advised to grow Isochrysis galbana for supply of Eicosapentaenoic acid and culture of Chaetoceros sp for the supply of docosahexaenoic acid. Isochrysis galbana are recorded to have Eicosapentaenoic acid – 14.27%. Chaetoceros sp recorded to have Docosahexaenoic acid - 11.06 % and Eicosapentaenoic acid – 3.65%.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS :

Sr. No.	Items	Number
1	No. of Research paper published	53
2	No of Publication in workshop/seminar	30
3	Books	9
4	Radio talk	01
5	Number of ongoing research schemes	02
6	Number of Project completed	18
7	Number of internal ongoing projects	6
8	Number of externally funded project	01
9	Number of Training attended by staff	7
10	Number of training programme as a resource person	09
11	Number of Seminar/workshop attended by staff	15
12	Number of Recommendations for farmers	05
13	Number of Recommendations for scientific community	05

Books published:

Sr. No	Title of book	Book Author	Publisher	ISBN No.
1	Fish processing, preservation and quality control.	Dr. A.D. Dholakiya	Shri D. P. Dholakiya	-
2	Delicious seafood recipes.	Dr. A.D. Dholakiya	Daya publication house	9788170356738
3	Identification of prawns /shrimps and their culture.	Dr. A.D. Dholakiya	Daya publication house	9788170356523
4	Ornamental fish culture and aquarium management.	Dr. A.D. Dholakiya	Daya publication house	9788170356240
5	Fisheries and aquatic resources of India.	Dr. A.D. Dholakiya	Daya publication house	8170353394
6	Ichthyofaunal diversity of Sikka Coast, Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat	Naresh Katira & Hitesh Kardani	Lambert Publication	9783330012738
7	Marine Phytoplankton	Arti Joshi, A.Y.Desai, A.J.Bhatt, H. K. Kardani, S. I. Yusufzai, R. A. Khileri	College of Fisheries Junagadh Agricultural University, Veraval	978-93-5300-352-4
8	નાના પાયે માછીમારી કરતા માછીમારો માટે સમુંદ્રમાં સલામતી	Translated in Gujarati By Hitesh Kardani	FAO, Rome	ISBN 978-92-5-134385-2
9	Freshwater fish Diversity- Ichthyofaunal diversity of the Kadana reservoir in Mahisagar district, Gujarat, India	Toral Muniya, Kardani Hitesh, Mori Mira	Lap Lambert academic publishing	ISBN: 978-620-4-20909-8

Research papers published :

Sr. No.	Title of Paper	Author	Journal
1	On the relation between age and linear measurements of the Pearl oyster, Pinctada vulgaris (Schumacher), of the Gulf of Kutch.	K. R. Narayanan and M. S. Michael	Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society,65, No 2:444-452 (1968)
2	Pearl Fisheries of the Gulf of Kutch.	C. R. Easwaran, K. R. Narayanan ,M. S. Michael,	Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society,66, No 2 :338-344 (1969)
3	Preliminary observations, on the breeding of pearl oysters, Pinctada fucata (Gould) of the Gulf of Kutch.	K. R. Narayanan	Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 71(1):32-40 (1974)
4	Larva of Callianassa tyrrhena (Petagna) ( Crustacea, Decapoda, Callianassidae), A New Record from the Gulf of Kutch	Patel, M. I. and I. N. Mahyavanshi,	J.mar. boil. Ass. India, 6(1): 1974. ,
5	Pelagic copepods from the inshore waters off Saurashtra Coast	Patel, M. I.	J.mar. boil. Ass. India, 17(3): 658-663. 1975.
6	New record of a rare Bonellid Ikedella misakiensis (ikeda).	Patel M. I.	Current science 45(4), 155-156(1976)
7	A New Record of Navicula terebra Iredale	Patel, M. I.	1976. Curr. Sci. , August 5 ,1976. Vol.45 (15): 565.
8	Corals around Poshetra Point, Gulf of Kutch	Patel, M. I.	1976. , Asso. CIFE Souvenir, 1 (6):11-16.
9	Seasonal Variation in zooplankton from the coastal waters oo Saurashtra,	Patel, M. I.	Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 5: 140-144. 1976.
10	New records of three rare Marine Diatoms from the West Coast of India.	Patel, M. I.	Indian J. Fish., 24 (1&2): 212-214. 1977
11	On a Record of short finned Worm-Eel, Muraenichthys vermiformis Peters from Indian Coast.	Patel, N. M. and M. I. Patel	Curr. Sci. August 20, Vol. 47 (16): 599. 1978.
12	Possibilities of Establishing coral-based Industries in Gujarat	Patel, M. I. & M. Bhaskaran	Seafood Export Journal, Vol. X(4): 23-27. 1978.
13	Generic diversity of Scleractinians around Poshitra Point, Gulf of Kutch.	Patel M. I.	Indian J. Mar. Sci., 7, 30-32. (1978)
14	Field key to Fishes of Gujarat.	Patel, M. I. & N. D. Chhaya,	Department of Fisheries, Govt. of Gujarat: 64. Price publication, Rs. 5. 1979.
15	Distribution pattern of some phytoplankton organisms off northwestern Arabian Sea.	Gopalakrishnan, P., I. N. Mahyavanshi and M. I. Patel	Taxonomy of Algae, Madras, 1980.
16	Record of a lamellibranch Ctenoides ferescraba iredale from the Gulf of Kutch.	Patel M. I.	J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. India, 20 (1-2): 167 (1978)
17	New Record of Balaenoptera borealis from Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat	Patel M. I , K. A. Pota and S. N. Nariya	Fishing Chimes, November, 1988. P.57.
18	Scleractinian corals from the Gulf of Kutch.	Pillai, C. S., Gopinadha and M. I. Patel	Journal of Marine biological association of India , 30 (1 & 2): 54-74 (1988)
19	Simulated Salt Pan System- A Test Case for Artemia and their Cysts production	Chhaya, N. D., M.I. Patel, C. R. Trivedi, S, A. Kadri.	Seafood Export Jr. Vol.21 (6): 41-42. 1990.
20	Culture of Brine Shrimp in controlled conditions	Kadri, S. A., C. R. Trivedi, M. I. Patel and N. D. Chhaya,	Fishing Chimes, Vol.10(9): 36-37. 1990.
21	Two methods for the acquisition of plankton free sea water for phytoplankton culture	Trvedi, C. R., K. N. Prashad, S. A. Kadri and M. I. Patel	Fishing Chimes: 31 1991.
22	Artemia (San Francisco Bay Strain) and its culture potential.	Kadri, S. A., C. R. Trivedi & M. I. Patel	Fishing Chimes, Nov. 1992: 11. 1992.
23	On first record of sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis (Less) from Gulf of Kutch.	Jani, M. M. and M. I. Patel.	Fish. Chimes, 15 (3): 52-53. (1995)
24	First Record of the Establishment of the Green Mussel (Perna viridis, Linnaeus) in the Gomati Estuary, along Saurashtra Coast of Gujarat.	Jetani, K. L., M. P. Patel, S. R. Ghodasara, M. I. Patel, H. B. Dave, D. B. Thakar and N. M. Shukla	Fishing chimes, Vol. 23 (12): 63-64.2004
25	Community Structure of bivalve in intertidal region of northern Gulf of Kachchh.	H. K. Kardani, Thivakaran, G. A. and Mankodi P. C.	Electronic journal of Environmental sciences vol 4 , 129-134 (2011)
26	Impact of Trawl Fish Ban on Artisanal Brachyuran Crab Fishery in and Around Sikka, Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat, India.	Gadhavi M. K., Kardani H. K., Pathak Rajal, Prajapati P. C. and Vachhrajani K. D.	Research journal of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery science : Vol 1(1), 22-27,February (2013)
27	An initiative to Conserve Pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) population in the Gulf of Kachchh through Sea ranching of Hatchery produced spat	Gadhavi M.K., Kardani H. K., Prajapati P.C., Dave C.S. and Kamboj R.D.	Research journal of marine science : Vol 1(1), 2-5, April (2013)
28	Observations on the marine carnivore gastropods feeding on moribund Puffer Fish Takifugu oblongus Bloch 1786.	Gadhavi M.K., Kardani H.K. and Rajal Pathak	Zoo’s print vol. XXVIII number 6, June 2013
29	Key findings on juvenile settlement of Sea Cucumber Holothuria pardalis at Sikka Coast, Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India.	Gadhavi M. K., Kardani H. K., Rajal Pathak and Pradip Prajapati	Ecology, Environment and Conservation 01/2014; 20(1):165-168.
30	Observation of juvenile Holothuria pardalis at Sikka Coast, Gulf of Kachchh, India.	H.K. Kardani and M. K. Gadhavi	SPC Beche De Mer information Bulletin #33 - May 2013
31	Seasonal variations of oceanographic conditions along marine national park and sanctuary, Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat	Arti Joshi, A.Y.Desai, A.J. Bhatt, H.K.Kardani, S.I.Yusufzai	J. Exp. Zool. India Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 879-884, 2017
32	First record of Dendrodoris atromaculata (Alder & Hancock, 1864) from West coast of India".	Piyush Vadher, Hitesh Kardani	Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, vol 6(2), pp. 2663-2666, 2018
33	Biological aspects of threadfin bream Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch 1791) along coast of Saurastra, Gujarat	Vagh Sarman, Kardani Hitesh, Vase Vinaykumar, Pal Mahendra, Vadher Piyush	Journal of Fisheries and Life Sciences 2018, Vol. 3 Issue 1, Part 34-38.JUNE
34	Checklist of diatoms species available along the Narara and Poshitra Island, Marine National Park, Jamnagar, Gujarat	Arti M Joshi, AY Desai, AJ Bhatt, SI Yusufzai and HK Kardani	International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies 2019; 6(2): 17-20
35	First record of rare marine gastropod Margovula tinctilis (C. N. Cate, 1973) (Gastropoda: Ovulidae) from West coast of India	Piyush Vadher, Hitesh Kardani and Imtiyaz Beleem	Journal of entomology and zoology studies 7(3):1150-1152
36	Ichthyofaunal diversity of the Kadana reservoir in Mahisagar district, Gujarat, India	Toral Muniya, Hitesh Kardani, Kiran Gohel, Aarti Joshi and Piyush Vadher	Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2019; 7(6): 20-2
37	An annotated checklist of sea slug fauna of Gujarat coast, India	Piyush Vadher, Hitesh Kardani & Imtiyaz Beleem	Journal of Threatened Taxa 2020 \| Vol. 12 \| No. 8 \| Pages: 15835–15851
38	Food and feeding habits of pharaoh cuttlefish, Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831 along the Gujarat coast of north-eastern Arabian sea	Mahendra Pal,Hitesh Kardani, Vinay Kumar Vase, Vagh Sarman and Neelmani	J. Exp. Zool. India Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 1685-1694, 2020
39	Diversity of marine brachyuran crabs from the Sikka coast, Gujarat, India	Jatin V. Raval, Sonali K. Chauhan, Hitesh K. Kardani and Piyush J. Vadher	J. Exp. Zool. India Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 1463-1471, 2020
40	Fishery and reproductive biology of Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, 1847 landed along Veraval coast of Gujarat	Motivarash Yagnesh B. , Kardani Hitesh K.*, Katariya Kinjal , Bhatt Ashish J and Abdul Azeez	Journal of Experimental zoology of India Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 617-627, 2021
41	Observations on the food and feeding habit of Nemipterus mesoprion (bleeker, 1853) landed at Veraval harbour	Gohel Kiran , Kardani Hitesh*, Toral Muniya , Katariya Kinjal and Hariprasad	Journal of Experimental zoology of India J. Exp. Zool. India Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 291-295, 2021
42	Echinodermata diversity along Sikka coast of Gujarat	Kinjal Katariya , Kardani Hitesh*, Sonal Gadhiya , Yagnesh Motivarsh and Gohel Kiran	Journal of Experimental zoology of India.Vol 24, No. 1, pp. 649-656, 2021
43	Food and feeding habits of Nemipterus japonicus (bloch, 1791) off Gujarat, north-west coast of India	S Vagha , H K Kardani,a , V K Vase, M Pala , Neelmani	Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences Vol. 50 (06), June 2021, pp. 473-479
44	First record of ghost shrimp Corallianassa coutierei (nobili, 1904) (decapoda axiidea callichiridae) from Indian waters	Piyush Vadher, Hitesh Kardani, Prakash Bambhaniya & Imtyaz Beleem	Journal of Threatened Taxa 2021 \| Vol. 13 \| No. 8 \| Pages: 19118-19124
45	Diversity and distribution of mantis shrimps (Arthropoda: Crustacea: Stomatopoda) in the Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India	Piyush Vadher, Hitesh Kardani, Imtyaz Beleem	Journal of Threatened Taxa 26 May 2022 \| 14(5): 21032–21042
46	Food and feeding habits of Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, 1847 caught along Veraval coast of Gujarat	MOTIVARASH YAGNESH AND KARDANI HITESH	Indian J. Fish., 69(2): 56-65, 2022
47	DIVERSITY OF MANGROVE ASSOCIATE MOLLUSCS : A CASE STUDY OF SIKKA COAST, GULF OF KACHCHH, GUJARAT	Siddharth Kumar Jatav1, Tushar Dave1, Hitesh Kardani* 2, Satyendra Katara 1 and Jeet Parmar	Journal of Experimental zoology of India Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 1371-1376, 2022
48	AVIFAUNAL DIVERSITY OF MANGROVE ALONG SIKKA COAST, GULF OF KACHCHH, GUJARAT	S. K. Jatav , H. K. Kardani , S. Katara 1and Chandan Singh	Journal of Experimental zoology of India Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 1397-1400, 2022

Publication in workshop/seminar :

Sr. No.	Title of Paper	Author	Seminar/Abstract
1	Larva of Callianassa tyrrhena (Petagna) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Callianassidae), a new record from the Gulf of Kutch	Patel, M.I. and I.N. Mahyavanshi,	J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. India, 16 (1): 308-309 (1974)
2	Calcareous sand mining from beaches and littoral areas in the Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat and their possible deleterious effect on marine life.	Patel M. I.	Proc. Symp. Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks (ed. E. G. Silas), 483-486, Marine 3Biological Association of In4dia. (1985)
3	Proc. Symp. Endangered Marine Animals Conservation of patchy corals of the Gulf of Kutch and Marine Parks (ed. E. G. Silas), 483-486, Marine Biological Association of India. (1985)	M. I. Patel	Proc Symp Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks, 1985, 1:411-413
4	Coral and Coral reefs, Gulf of Kutch	Chhaya, N. D. and M. I. Patel	National seminar on Quaternary environments with special reference to western India at Baroda (1987)
5	Exploitation and marketing of chanks from the Gulf of Kutch	K. A. Pota and M. I. Patel	CMFRI bulletin 42 part 2, 1988-National seminar on shellfish resources and farming
6	On some experiments on pearl production at Okha and Sikka in the Gulf of Kutch	I. R. Khan, M. I. Patel and S. N. Nariya	CMFRI bulletin 42 part 2, 1988-National seminar on shellfish resources and farming
7	Plankton	Hitesh Kardani	National Workshop on invertebrate taxonomy at MSU Baroda- November -2009 at MSU Baroda
8	Molluscan diversity of Northern Gulf of Kachchh: Status and Threat.	Hitesh Kardani	National Conference on Biodiversity Conservation : Challenges ahead December 2010 at MSU Baroda
9	Propagation of Pinctada fucata by sea ranching at Gulf of Kachchh-conservation aspect.	Gadhavi M. K., H. K. Kardani and P. C. Prajapati	Students conference of conservation science, Bangalore. August 2012 IIS Banglore
10	Study of foulers and Borers of pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) in and around Sikka area.	Kardani Hitesh K, Prajapati Pradip C, Mayurdan Gadhavi	Regional Science Congress, MSU, Baroda, 2012
11	Pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) conservation in gulf of Kachchh through sea ranching of hatchery produce spat	KARDANI H K, VADHER PIYUSH, PATEL KALPESH	National seminar on advances in Enviromental science and technology – a way forward to clean and green environment February-2015 at VVallabh Vidyanagar
12	Antioxidative responses and proline level in Cajanus cajan plants subjected to zinc stress.	Kalpesh Patel, Kailash Patel, HK Kardani	Conservation of natural resources and environment September-2015 At BKM Science college Valsad
13	Scope and techniques of brackish water pearl farming	Hitesh Kardani	One day workshop on Pearl Culture at Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar.- September 2016 at Kamdhenu university, Gandhinagar
14	Sea ranching as a conservation strategy to conserve the biodiversity: a case study of Gulf of Kachchh	Hitesh K Kardani, Vadher Piyush, Patel Kalpes	National Seminar onImpact of climate change on biodiversity-III November 2017 AT MSU Baroda
15	Business Opportunity in pearl production Economics and Marketing	Hitesh Kardani	State level workshop on Mariculture as a tool for livelihood option for the fisher folk of Gujarat January 2018 at Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar
16	Importance of feed in Shrimp farming	H K Kardani	On campus training at KVK Jamnagar-2018
17	Quality Control in shrimp farming	H K Kardani	On campus training at KVK Jamnagar-2018
18	गुजरात के सौराष्ट्र तट में थ्रैडवफन ब्रीम नेवमप्टेरस जाप वनकस (बलच, १७९१) के वितरणका जीआईएस आधाररत स्थावनक-लौवकक मानव चत्रणका तरीका	· Vagh Sarman · Mahendra Pal · Hitesh K Kardani · Abdul Azeez P.	राष्ट्रीय वैज्ञानिक निंदी सिंगोष्ठी गुजरात के नवशेष सिंदर्भ में मान्ययकी क्षेत्र में प्रौद्योनगकीय प्रगनतयािं Jun-2019
19	Captive breeding of Erronea onyx cowry – a step forward to conserve the nature	Hitesh Kardani, Vadher Piyush, Ritesh Tandel, Thakar Jayesh	· National seminar on Emerging trends in Science and Technology: Challanges and Opportunities · At: Tolani college of Arts and Science, Adipur. · Feb-2020
20	Seaweed diversity along the coast of gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India	Hitesh Kardani, Vadher Piyush and Patel Kalpesh	· National seminar on Emerging trends in Science and Technology: Challanges and Opportunities · At: Tolani College of Arts and Science, Adipur. · Feb-2020
21	Diversity and occurrence of Opisthobranch fauna in Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat-India	Vadher Piyush, Hitesh Kardani and Prakash Bambhaniya	International conference on Panorama of life sciences-2020 At: Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar Jan-2020
22	Coral Bleeching	Jeet N. Parmar, Kardani H.K. , Vagh S.N., Solanki H.K	· National level science symposium "Recent trends in Science and Technology · At Christ College, Rajkot Jan-2020
23	Pearl oyster stock rebuilding: a case study of Gulf of Kachchh	Kardani Hitesh , Vadher Piyush, Bambhaniya Prakash	International symposium "Marine ecosystems challanges and opportunities -3 Jan- 2020
24	Seaweed diversity along the coast of Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India	Hitesh Kardani1, Vadher Piyush1& Patel Kalpesh	National SeminarOnEmerging trends in Science and Technology:Challenges & OpportunitiesFeb-2020
25	Captive breeding of Erronea onyx cowry -a step forward to conserve the nature	Hitesh Kardani, Vadher Piyush, Ritesh Tandel &Thaker Jayesh	National SeminarOnEmerging trends in Science and Technology:Challenges & OpportunitiesFeb-2020
26	Reproductive and Feeding Biology of Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, 1847 Caught along Veraval Coast of Gujarat, India	Yagnesh Motivaras, Kardani Hitesh	12th Indian Fisheries & Aquaculture forum May-2022
27	Brachyuran Crab Diversity: a Case study of Sikka Coast, Gujarat	Kardani Hitesh, Tandel Lata, Vijay Kumar	International conference on Path and Prospects in Applied Biosciences
28	Actinopterygii fish diversity: A case study of Sikka coast, Gujarat	Kardani Hitesh, Parmar Jeet, Patel Kalpesh	International conference on Path and Prospects in Applied Biosciences August-2022
29	Microplastics presence in edible and inedible tissues of commercially important fishes landed on Veraval coast of Gujarat, India	Motivarash Yagnesh , Jora Kirankumar , Kardani Hitesh , Bhatt Ashishkumar	International conference on Path and Prospects in Applied Biosciences August-2022
30	Observations on the egg-laying habits and breeding of gastropods living in the intertidal zone at Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India	Kardani Hitesh, Piyush Vadher, Ritesh Tandel, Prakash Bambhaniya	International conference on Path and Prospects in Applied Biosciences August-2022