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Shimla, December 20
Golden Mahseer, an endangered fish species, has been saved from extinction, courtesy a conservation plan launched by the Himachal Government to improve its population in reservoirs and rivers in the state.
The nearly extinct ‘tigers of the water’ were declared endangered by the Washington-based International Union of Conservation of Natural Resources due to pollution, habitat loss and overfishing. The fish, however, was now thriving at Machhial in Mandi district through artificial breeding in captivity, a state government spokesperson said. It is currently found in 500 km of the total 3,000-km area of the rivers in the state.
The government is setting up another Golden Mahseer hatchery-cum-carp breeding unit at Sunni in Shimla with an outlay of Rs 2.96 crore.
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Shimla, December 20
Golden Mahseer, an endangered fish species, has been saved from extinction, courtesy a conservation plan launched by the Himachal Government to improve its population in reservoirs and rivers in the state.
The nearly extinct ‘tigers of the water’ were declared endangered by the Washington-based International Union of Conservation of Natural Resources due to pollution, habitat loss and overfishing. The fish, however, was now thriving at Machhial in Mandi district through artificial breeding in captivity, a state government spokesperson said. It is currently found in 500 km of the total 3,000-km area of the rivers in the state.
The government is setting up another Golden Mahseer hatchery-cum-carp breeding unit at Sunni in Shimla with an outlay of Rs 2.96 crore.