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Rajeev Raghavan ¹, Neelesh Dahanukar ², J. D. Marcus Knight ³, A. Bijukumar ⁴, Unmesh Katwate ⁵, K. Krishnakumar ⁶, Anvar Ali ⁶, Siby Philip ⁶

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1 Conservation Research Group, St Albert’s College, Kochi 682 018, IN
2 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune 411 008, IN
3 Flat L, Sri Balaji Apartments, 7th Main Road, Dhandeeswaram, Velachery, Chennai 600 042, IN
4 Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, IN
5 Conservation Department, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai 400 001, IN
6 Conservation Research Group, St Albert’s College, Kochi 682 018, IN

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Nishikant Gupta ¹, Rajeev Raghavan ², K. Sivakumar ³, Vinod B. Mathur ³

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1 Department of Geography, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, GB
2 Conservation Research Group, St Albert’s College, Kochi 682 011, IN
3 Department of Endangered Species Management, Wildlife Institute of India, P.O. Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248 001, IN

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Rajeev Raghavan ¹

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1 Conservation Research Group, St. Albert’s College, Kochi 682 018, IN

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Priyanka Iyer ¹, Sanjay Molur ¹, Rajeev Raghavan ², Neelesh Dahanukar ³, Rajeev Raghavan ⁴, Neelesh Dahanukar ⁴, Sanjay Molur ⁴, Nikhil Sood ⁵

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1 Science and Policy Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), Coimbatore 641 035, IN
2 Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi 682 506, IN
3 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune 411 008, IN
4 Laboratory of Systematics, Ecology and Conservation, ZOO, Coimbatore 641 035, IN
5 India Gills, Dinnur Main Road, Ganganagar, Bengaluru 560 032, IN

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Aquarium or ornamental fish trade, although widely acknowledged as a large and diverse industry, is one of the most poorly known and documented activities within the global fisheries sector. For example, there is very little up-to-date statistics on the number and quantity of species involved, major exporting countries, number of export units and trade value at different points. The aquarium industry is viewed as both positively (socio-economic and livelihood benefits) and negatively (over-harvest, habitat destruction, alien species invasions) influential, and therefore is often considered a practice that divides opinion.

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Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan ¹, Rajeev Raghavan ²

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1 Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur Post, Bengaluru 560 064, IN
2 Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi 682 506, IN

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Regulating fluvial systems by dams, barrages and construction of inter-basin link canals, has severe impacts on fish populations across the world's rivers. In India, all major fluvial systems are interrupted by a series of barriers. This includes small weirs to large dams and salt-water barriers preventing saline incursion to the estuarine lakes. One major reason for decline in the populations of commercially important and ecologically unique fish species has been the blocking of migratory routes of spawners to upstreams or to the estuarine areas.

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A. Biju Kumar ¹, Smrithy Raj ¹, C. P. Arjun ², Unmesh Katwate ³, Rajeev Raghavan ⁴

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1 Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, IN
2 C.V. Raman Laboratory of Ecological Informatics, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, IN
3 School of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi 682 506, India and the Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai 400 001, IN
4 Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi 682 506, IN

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Climate change and invasive species are two of the greatest threats to global biodiversity, and their impacts are compounded when they interact with each other¹. For example, altered flow regime as a result of climate change is one of the major pathways by which alien species are introduced into new aquatic ecosystems², while storms and associated flooding increase their dispersal through escapes from aquaculture facilities³.

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