Mandate:
1. Reservoir Fisheries
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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;
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Ensure 200 additional employment under reservoir fisheries;
2. Raising seed production
from carp fish farms
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Renovate and augment water supply in carp farms;
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Depute farm officials for short terms training in breeding and
seed rearing at national institutes;
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Appoint trained Sr. Fisheries officers in fish farms and fixing accountability
for achieving the set farm’s targets;
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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.
3. Aquaculture
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Intensification of Aquaculture programme in the state jointly by department.
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Cover 100 ha. of water area under pond fish culture;
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Create additional employment of 200 number under aquaculture programme;
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Ensure supply of inputs viz. fish seed and feed to all the state fish farmers.
4.
Trout Farming
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Up gradation of trout farms and completion of on-going works of
under-construction fish farms;
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Raise trout production level upto 900 tonnes (980 t in private sector and 20 t
from departmental trout farms);
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Ensure setting up of 1300 trout farming units in private sector under centrally
sponsored schemes;
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Ensure supply of inputs viz. seed and feed to private farmers;
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Operationalize Trout diagnostic laboratory and deploy staff at
this Pathological Center;
5.
Sport fisheries
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Initiation & completion of work on National Mahseer Seed propagation farm;
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Holding of Angling competitions on Mahseer as well as Trout Fish in
collaboration with state tourism department.
6. Construction of Departmental
infrastructure through engineering wing.
