Comparative Assessment of Limnochemistry of Dal Lake in Kashmir

Assessment of Fisheries and Management- Insights from Dal Lake, Kashmir

“…The major changes were reported around 2006-07 leading to the sharp decline in Schizothorax fish production. The dissolved oxygen levels had significantly declined since the 1990s due to excessive growth of weeds and macrophytes, a direct impact of lake pollution (Mushtaq et al, 2018).…”

“…The water quality of Dal lake was polluted due to of the direct drainage of sewage influx from nearby residential areas, defunct sewage plants, and from inside human habitation, particularly houseboats and lake dwellers. The chloride content of the water had drastically increased since the last two decades from 2 to 2.7 mg/l in 2007, to 10.3 mg/l in 2017 (Mushtaq et al, 2018) which may be due to drainage coming from catchment areas, raw sewage coming from houseboats and nearby settlements and organic runoff from floating gardens of both allochthonous and autochthonous origin (Ahangar et al, 2012;Kumar at al., 2022).…”

“…The published literature between 1975 and 2019 (Trisal, 1987;Wani et al, 2015;Bhat & Dar, 2015;Lone et al, 2017;Amin et al, 2018;Mushtaq et al, 2018) were reviewed to understand the status of water quality, including pollution status and certain ecological aspects of Dal lake. The main aim of this assessment was to quantify the changes in selected water quality parameters that have affected fish diversity and catch composition over the last three decades.…”

“…Sir Walter Lawrence described the lake as Lake Par-Excellence and is considered as the "liquid heart" of Srinagar (Masoodi & Kundangar, 2018). The total area of the lake has reduced from ~32 km 2 in 1859 to 18 km 2 in 2018 (Mushtaq et al, 2018), mostly due to the expansion of settlement areas (Rashid et al, 2017). The lake is an essential source of livelihood for the people involved in fisheries, tourism and vegetable production and marketing.…”

Water Quality Assessment for Sustainable Environmental Management

“…Lekshmiprasad and Mophin (16) analysed the water quality data of Ashtamudi Lake Kollam district, Kerala, India, using NSF-WQI method and found that the result of WQI 27.5 indicates that the lake water is of bad quality. Mushtaq (17) analysed the water quality data of Dal Lake, Kashmir in 2005 and 2015 using NSF-WQI method and found that high pollution level and bad quality of water. Sukmawati and Rusni (18) analysed the water quality data of Beratan Lake, Indonesia and found that the water quality of the lake is good and also suggested that NFS-WQI method, is best method to provide overall information.…”