Angling in India: Exploring Sport Fisheries

About Ankur JamwalFarooz Ahmad BhatSyed Aalia MushtaqSyed Talia MushtaqTasaduq Hussain Shah

Dr. Syed Talia Mushtaq is presently working as an assistant professor in the Division of Fisheries Resource Management Faculty of Fisheries SKUAST-Kashmir India. She graduated in fisheries science from College of Fisheries G.B.P.U.A.T Pantnagar India and completed her masters in aquaculture from Central Institute of Fisheries Education Mumbai. She pursued her PhD in Fisheries Resource Management from Faculty of Fisheries SKUAST-K. She has an experience of working as a farm manager at National Fish Seed Farm Manasbal. She has a number of publications and projects to her credit. She is dedicated towards the conservation of endemic fish fauna of the state and the country.   Dr. Ankur Jamwal is an assistant professor at Azim Premji University Bengaluru India. Dr. Jamwal has over a decade of experience as an aquatic biologist and ecotoxicologist and has published over twenty research articles in international journals of repute.In addition to studying the effects of stress on the physiology of aquatic animals Dr. Jamwal is also interested in the risk assessment of consumption of food cultivated using water that may be contaminated with toxic elements and compounds. He applies the concepts of aquatic physiology to developing sustainable aquaculture practices.   Dr. Syed Aalia Mushtaq completed her B.F.Sc M.F.Sc and PhD from the Faculty of Fisheries SKUAST-Kashmir India. She has many research publications in national and international journals. She has worked on various aspects of ecology and biodiversity of an important wetland of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (Hokersar).   Dr. Tasaduq H. Shah is currently working as an associate professor at the Division of Fisheries Resource Management Faculty of Fisheries SKUAST-Kashmir and has M.F.Sc. and PhD degree from Central Institute of Fisheries Education (ICAR-CIFE) Mumbai India. He has overtwo decades of experience in fisheries science. He has guided dozens of masters and doctoral students and published more than 60 research publications in national and international journals. He has also worked in Jammu and Kashmir Fisheries Department in different capacities and has been especially involved in the propagation and marketing trout in Kashmir.   Dr. Farooz Ahmad Bhat is currently posted as Dean at the Faculty of Fisheries and Head Division of Fisheries Resource Management Faculty of Fisheries SKUAST-Kashmir. He has worked on the fish biodiversity aquatic ecology population dynamics distribution pattern of fishes in Jammu and Kashmir. He has published almost 115 research papers in both international and national journals with high impact factor.