Recent Advances in Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries

Author Biography

Shabir Ahmad Dar, PhD, is working as Assistant Professor (Gear & Craft) in the Division of Fishery Engineering, Faculty of Fisheries, Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir (SKUAST-K), India. He has more than 10 years of experience in teaching, research, and extension in the field of fishing technology. He has a total of 45 publications to his credit in reputed national and international journals, which includes 25 research articles, 13 popular articles, and seven book chapters. He has organized and coordinated several training programs in fisheries for the benefit of fish farmers, rural folks/fishers, and entrepreneurs. He did his PhD in Fisheries Resource Management (FRM) with specialization in Fishing Technology from Central Institute Fisheries Education (CIFE) Mumbai, India. Imtiyaz Qayoom, PhD, works as Assistant Professor/Junior Scientist Head in the Division of Aquatic Environmental Management, Faculty of Fisheries, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir, SKUAST-K, India. He is working in the field of aquatic toxicology, fish toxicity testing, environmental monitoring, residue analysis ,and in-vitro toxicity assessment in fish models. He is involved in various teaching, research, extension, and administrative activities of the university, where he has more than five years of experience. Dr. Imtiyaz has been instrumental in conducting various workshops and trainings to researchers, fisher communities, and stakeholders as well as awareness campaigns on lake de-contamination, restoration, and management. In addition to having several externally and university-funded projects, Dr. Imtiyaz has had the privilege to publish research papers and review articles in high-impact factor journals of repute and to guide master and PhD scholars for their degrees related to aquatic/fish toxicology. Gohar Bilal Wani, PhD, is working as Professor/Chief Scientist (Aquaculture Engineering) and Head of the Division of Fishery Engineering, Faculty of Fisheries, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), India. He is a fellow of various societies and academies, including Fisheries and Life Science of India, Zoological Society of India (ZSI), Coldwater Fisheries Society of India, and The Academy of Environmental Biology (AEB). He has standardized the RAS-based trout hatchery technology for the cold arid region of Ladakh, India, and has worked on seed production of snow trout fish. In addition this, he has been involved in teaching, research, and extension for more than 16 years in the field of fisheries sciences. He has been instrumental in instituting a master degree program in Fisheries Engineering and Aquaculture. He has also instituted a certificate course in Aqua-farming, Re-circulatory Aquaculture System, and Aquaponic System in Faculty of Fisheries, SKUAST-K., India. He has been involved in several national and international funded projected worth over $3 million USD. He has also organized international and national training programs. Adnan Abubakr, PhD, is working as Professor of Limnology and Head of the Division of Aquatic Environmental Management, Faculty of Fisheries, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir, SKUAST-K, India. He is specialized in designing artificial wetland systems for treatment of wastewaters. He has been involved in teaching, research, and extension for more than 15 years in the field of aquatic ecology. He has been instrumental in instituting a master program in Fisheries Sciences (MFSc) and PhD degree program in Aquatic Environment Management (AEM) in the Division of AEM. He has more than 60 research publications in peer-reviewed journals and has guided more than 20 students for their master and PhD degrees in Fisheries Sciences. He has also completed two externally funded and three university-funded research projects. He earned MSc and PhD degrees in Limnology from the Department of Limnology, Barkatullah University Bhopal, India, and has specialized in water and wastewater examination, analytical and bacteriological techniques related to water, freshwater, and brackish water. Seemab Zehra, PhD, is a Senior Aquaculture Specialist at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, who is an internationally acclaimed fish nutritionist with more than 15 years of research experience. She has been awarded the prestigious national UGC postdoctoral fellowship as a woman scientist. She was an Assistant Professor on ad-hoc basis from 2015 to 2020. She has attended an advanced training programs on Nutritional Strategies and Feeding Management in Finfish and Shellfish at the Central Institute of Fisheries education [CIFE], Mumbai, India, held in 2007. She has participated in several national and international conferences. She has made remarkable contributions in the field of fish nutrition. Her pioneering research contribution is the nutritional efficacy and digestibility of alternative fed ingredients to fish meal, the feasibility of replacing fishmeal, and quantitative amino acid, protein, mineral, and vitamin requirements of the different cultivable fishes. She has published more than 30 research papers in journals of international repute such as Aquaculture, Aquaculture Research, Aquaculture Nutrition, Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Journal of Applied Aquaculture, Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, and Aquaculture International, etc.