| @ | At the rate of |
| Alivi, Mahajal | A giant shore seine |
| Catla | Catla catla |
| Chocolate mahseer | Acrossocheilus hexagonolepis |
| CICFRI | Central Inland Capture Fisheries Research Institute |
| CIFRI | Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute |
| Coracle | A saucer shaped fishing craft |
| Common carp | Cyprinus carpio |
| CIFT | Central Institute of Fisheries Technology |
| FRL | Full reservoir level |
| DSL | Dead storage level |
| MSL | Mean sea level |
| Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella |
| Mrigal | Cirrhinus mrigala |
| Mahseer | Tor tor, T. putitora, Tor spp. |
| Murrels | Channa spp. |
| NABARD | National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development |
| NCDC | National Cooperative Development Corporation |
| Rohu | Labeo rohita |
| Scheduled castes | Socially backward castes, whose rights are protected constitutionally |
| Scheduled tribes | Socially backward tribes, whose rights are protected constitutionally |
| Tilapia | Oreochromis mossambicus |
| Silver carp | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix |
