|
Mandate:
-
Reservoir Fisheries
Ø Raise fish production from state’s reservoirs
to 2000 t from existing level of 1500 t valued
over Rs. 841.90 lakh through
intensive stocking, conservation and fishing
efforts;
Ø Ensure 200 additional employment under
reservoir fisheries;
-
Raising seed production from
carp fish farms
Ø Renovate and augment water supply in carp farms;
Ø Depute farm officials for short terms training in
breeding and seed rearing at national
institutes;
Ø Appoint trained Sr. Fisheries officers in fish farms and
fixing accountability for achieving the set
farm’s targets;
Ø Ensure fish seed production of 10 million advanced fry of
mirror carp, Indian major carps, mahseer and
aquarium fishes
in the ratio of 40%, 30%, 20% and 10%. Seed
produced would be stocked proportionately in
rivers/ and reservoirs besides meeting the
demand of private fish farmers.
-
Aquaculture
Ø Intensification of Aquaculture programme in the state
jointly by department & FFDA.
Ø
Cover 100 ha. of water area under pond fish
culture;
Ø Create additional employment of 200 number under
aquaculture programme;
Ø Ensure supply of inputs viz. fish seed and feed to all the
state fish farmers through FFDA.
4.
Trout
Farming
Ø Up gradation of trout farms and completion of on-going
works of under-construction fish farms;
Ø Raise trout production level upto 100 tonnes (85 t in
private sector and 15 t from six departmental
trout farms);
Ø Ensure setting up of 100 trout farming units in private
sector under centrally sponsored schemes;
Ø
Ensure supply of inputs viz. seed and feed to
private farmers;
Ø
Operationalize Trout diagnostic laboratory
and deploy staff at this Pathological Center;
5.
Sport
fisheries
Ø Initiation & completion of work on National Mahseer Seed
propagation farm;
Ø
Holding of Angling competitions on
Mahseer as well as Trout Fish in collaboration
with state tourism department.
H.P. Aquaculture, Fishing and Marketing Society
(Government of Himachal Pradesh Undertaking)
(Regd. Office: Directorate of Fisheries, H.P.
“Matsya Bhawan”, Bilaspur-174 001)
|
