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GUWAHATI: The ICAR – Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CIFRI), Guwahati Regional Centre organized an online awareness programme on Ecosystem-based management for beel fishers of Assam on Saturday.
The programme was organized in collaboration with the Assam Fisheries Development Corporation (AFDC) Ltd. to observe the National Fish Farmers Day, 2021.
Over 558 beel lessees, fishers, fishers co-operative society members and AFDC s field officials participated in the online programme. Dr D. Debnath, Sr. Scientist, ICAR-CIFRI, Guwahati Regional Centre welcomed the participants and dignitaries.
Dr B. K. Das, Director, ICAR – CIFRI, Barrackpore spoke about the significance of the National Fish Farmers Day and the efforts made by ICAR–CIFRI, Barrackpore for providing R&D support to the development of beel fisheries of Assam through its Guwahati Regional Centre.
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GUWAHATI: Assam has set a target to increase fish production to five lakh metric tonnes by creating a gene bank worth Rs 10 crore, said fisheries minister Parimal Shuklabaidya on National Fish Farmers’ Day on Saturday.
Recognising unmatched hardships and perseverance of the farming community, Suklabaidya thanked the farmers for adopting latest technologies like Biofloc and Cage Culture to increase production.
“Assam is making steady progress in the fish farming sector since 2016 with production attaining 3.93 lakh metric tonnes. The fish production would increase up to five lakh metric tonnes with the creation of the gene bank, for which the government has spent Rs 10 crore,” the minister said at Jungal Balahu Fish Farm at Raha in Nagaon district on Saturday.