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Assam is the first northeastern state to attain self-sufficiency in fish seed production with 951.9 crore fish seed fry in 2019-20 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.

Nagaon deputyNarendra modiKavitha padmanabhanCollege of fisheriesAssam agricultural universityGene bankParimal shuklabaidyaNational fish farmer dayCage cultureJungal balahu fish farmIndigenous fishPrime minister narendra modiDeputy commissioner kavitha padmanabhanநாகான் துணைநரேந்திர மோடிகல்லூரி ஆஃப் மீன்வளம்