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  • Mandate

Mandate Last Updated: Friday, 12 July, 2024

  • Reservoir Fisheries
    • Raise fish production from state’s reservoirs to 2000 t from existing level of 660 mt valued over Rs. 841.90 lakh through intensive stocking, conservation and fishing efforts;
    • Ensure 200 additional employment under reservoir fisheries;
  • Raising seed production from carp fish farms
    • Renovate and augment water supply in carp farms;
    • Depute farm officials for short terms training in breeding and seed rearing at national institutes;
    • Appoint trained Sr. Fisheries officers in fish farms and fixing accountability for achieving the set farm’s targets;
    • 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
    • Intensification of Aquaculture programme in the state jointly by department;
    • Cover 100 ha. of water area under pond fish culture;
    • Create additional employment of 200 number under aquaculture programme;
    • Ensure supply of inputs viz. fish seed and feed to all the state fish farmers.
  • Trout Farming
    • Up gradation of trout farms and completion of on-going works of under-construction fish farms;
    • Raise trout production level upto 900 tonnes (980 t in private sector and 20 t from departmental trout farms);
    • Ensure setting up of 1300 trout farming units in private sector under centrally sponsored schemes;
    • Ensure supply of inputs viz. seed and feed to private farmers;
    • Operationalize Trout diagnostic laboratory and deploy staff at this Pathological Center;
  • Sport fisheries
    • Initiation & completion of work on National Mahseer Seed propagation farm;
    • Holding of Angling competitions on Mahseer as well as Trout Fish in collaboration with state tourism department.
  • Construction of Departmental infrastructure through engineering wing.