distortion in the cell organelles and inhibit the activity of various enzymes (Valarmathi & Azariah, 2003; Yadav et al., 2007), which may greatly disturb the physiological state of the exposed living organism. The heavy metals present in the fertilizer industry discharge are usually in dissolved state which could easily be uptaken by fish and enter human food chain. There have been studies showed that metals will cause damage to the human kidney and liver even at low concentration. The early studies suggested that higher concentration in metals can be carcinogenic and teratogenic (O’Brien et al., 2003; Yadav et al., 2007). Generally, carbohydrate metabolism is a major source. | I Diagnosis and the Management Constituency of Small-scale Fisheries WorldFish CENTER Reducing poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture Diagnosis and the Management Constituency of Small-scale Fisheries Louisa Evans and Neil Andrew CGIAR Challenge Program on WATER FOOD PROFISH WprldFish CENTER This work was funded by PROFISH the World Bank s global program on fisheries management the Challenge Programme for Water and Food and the WorldFish Center. WorldFish gratefully acknowledges the highly valued unrestricted funding support from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CGIAR specifically the following members Australia Canada Egypt Germany India Israel Japan New Zealand Norway the Philippines Republic of South Africa Sweden Switzerland the United Kingdom the United States of America and the World .
