Fish Breeding Seasons – A Handy Chart of Local Indian Fish Breeding & Spawning Seasons- Fish To Avoid According to Month of the Year

Sustainability, especially in activities like fishing, hinges on understanding and respecting fish breeding seasons, ensuring a bountiful future for both nature and anglers alike

Enhancing Fishing Sustainability: Modifying Catch and Release

Fishing is our favorite activity and it always gives us immense joy to go to our favorite spots and catch the fish we love. But how do we make our favorite sport more sustainable? There are various ways and means in which we can do a little bit so that we maintain a balance between nature and our love for the sport. Catch and release is one of the best ways to inculcate a sustainable habit in fishing. Though in a lot of European, American and Australian regions this is enforced strictly, In Asia, parts of Africa and other parts of the world like parts of South America the awareness of this practice is much lower. Also the economic status of such countries do not lend to the adoption of such practices among all anglers. However, a few of the aware anglers have started adopting the practice in certain ways, adapting it to their prevailing circumstances. Here are a few ways we can modify and practice catch and release to maintain a balance

1. Release all of juvenile fish – Fish below a particular size.
2. Release adult fish which have grown beyond a particular size (If the particular species takes a long time to mature).
3. Take no more than a specific number of fish a day (a number that will be enough to sustain your family’s appetite for a few days) and release the rest.
4. Always release fish during their breeding season no matter the size.

Taking this into consideration, we have put up a fish chart just so you know which fish you need to avoid during particular months for reasons like breeding and spawning time. It is best to leave the fish to themselves at these times and we can have plenty other fish species during these months. Wouldn’t that be good as it will leave us with plenty of the fish species when it is not their breeding season.

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We've compiled this data from various sources and local knowledge, focusing on fish breeding seasons to help you make informed decisions. Websites like knowyourfish.org.in and inseasonfish.com/season-calendar offer additional resources and monthly recommendations for sustainable fishing practices

However, our chart is more tuned to the west coast of India and we would love to compile a calendar that can chart the breeding season for all different parts of the world. If any of our readers would help us with these contributions, we would be more than happy. Do leave us your details on our contact page and we will get in touch with you. You can also help us improve on the above data by contributing to increase the list of fish and by suggesting any alterations and we would be happy to oblige.

So let us do our bit to help our environment, our beloved sport and in turn to ourselves. Let’s adopt these practices and avoid fishing in the above seasons and release the fish caught as per this chart. This will help us be sustainable and strike a balance between our passion and nature.