Estuarine Fish Fauna Affected due to Industrialization near D. H

Rapid industrialization in the west bank of river Hooghly near Diamond Harbour( D. H ) causes health hazard for heavy metal contamination in fish muscle tissue. Human consumption of fish as protein source in daily diet of major Bengali people lives near coastal belt as well as in 3 cities in Maritime state West Bengal affects in many ways. Digestion problem is now-a-days common in people of Kolkata, Howrah and Haldia. Heavy metals like Zn.Cu and Pb affects fish health of estuarine belt near Bay-of-Bengal. Hilsa, a migratory fish is most tasteful to consume with highest market price. Other brackish water fishes like L.calcarifer, N. chitala, P. pangasius also popular to eat. AAS detect heavy metal accumulation (non bio degradable) in fish muscle tissue collected from the site i.e D.H near Bay-of Bengal.