ALAPPUZHA The annual fish count to evaluate fish varieties in Vembanad Lake has recorded 48 species.
The Vembanad fish count, 15th in a series of surveys, has been conducted in the southern (riverine), eastern and western parts of the lake under the aegis of the Community Environment Resource Centre (CERC), a field academic unit of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE).
A team consisting of members of ATREE, academics researchers and fishermen from across the country recorded 43 finfish species and five shellfish species in the survey conducted on May 27. Last year, the survey recorded 100 species.
