ASSAM
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND AGRICULTURAL SERVICES (ARIAS) SOCIETY |
ARIAS Society: Project Coordination Unit
Fishery Department
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1. Short Introduction of Fishery Component
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2. Area of operation of Fishery Department under AACP
Quality fish seed production activities has already been carried out in four departmental farms viz. Boalia Fish Seed Farm, Dhubri; Hazara Fish Seed Farm, Sonitpur; Dighirpar Fish Seed Farm, Darrang; Islamabad Fish Seed Farm, Cachar. In each farm, one Improved Mini Hatchery has already been established. These are known as State Brood Bank Farm ( SBB) .Government of Assam has also notified 5 (five) natural fish breeding ground at Dhubri district as protected areas to collect natural seeds from the river Brahmaputra . 18 Improved Mini Hatchery has already commissioned under private
sector in the districts of Dhemaji,Lakhimpur,Sonitpur,Darrang,
Nagaon, Marigaon, Kamrup(2), Nalbari,Goalpara, Dhubri, Kokrajhar
,Jorhat, Golaghat, Sibsagar, Tinsukia, Cachar and Karimganj .
In addition to commissioning of these mini hatcheries, a total
of 10.57 ha Nursery tank and 39.33 ha of Rearing Tank have already
been developed through Common Interest Group approach for raising
of spawn to fry and fry to fingerlings in the vicinity of the
hatcheries so that these quality fish seed could be supplied to
the other near by farmers including AACP assisted farmers. Basically,
Small and seasonal pond, quite suitable for raising of fish seed
are taken up under the scheme. Thus total target area of development for fish production is
4250 ha covering farmers pond , community tank and Beel Fisheries.
Implementation : After joint selection of the project sites for the Farmers’ ponds’
and Community tank by the District Fishery Development office
and the district nodal NGOs, development activities are carried
out. Farmers’ individual ponds and Tanks are developed through
the Common Interest Group (CIG) and Community
Tank Group ( CTG)) approach respectively , which
is a people centered, people led i.e. a complete bottom up participatory
approach for aquaculture development and management. Departmental
Field Officers are directly responsible for implementation of
the schemes as per the approved Fishery Operational Manual &
Community Hand Book of AACP. Details of Fishery Operational Manual
& Community Hand Book is also uploaded in the ARIAS website
web site: http:/www.arias.in/download_Documents.htm Nodal NGOs
are also equally responsible for social screening , capacity building
including community record keeping against each of the community
groups formed under the project. Implementation : Justification of the project i) Indigenous Ornamental and Endangered Fish Breeding and Propagation. The State harbours a good number of indigenous fishes having
ornamental value in local as well as international market. Most
of these fishes naturally inhabit in flowing water and hilly streams
and it is the common practice to collect the wild fishes for marketing.
There is some degree of uncertainty in the catch of a particular
variety of ornamental fish from natural water bodies. Further,
there is an inherent danger of certain species disappearing from
the region if the present mode of exploitation continues unabated.
Thus, the present practice of exporting native ornamental fishes
based on natural collections alone is not a sustainable practice
and may have serious implications in view of the fact that some
of the potential ornamental fish species of Assam have already
been assessed to be threatened. It is the need of the hour to
study the breeding behaviour and propagation for these fishes
in captivity for conservation. Once the breeding and culture technology
is standardized, it could be taken up by unemployed rural youth
for income to be self employed. Presently, some activities have
already taken in the Departmental existing set up at the Fishery
Marketing Office at Panbazar, near Nagputa Fish Farm at Guwahati.
Selection criteria of the different schemes/sub-component of
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3. Highlighted points of Achievements under AACP i. Farmers pond & community Tank : o Under this program, all together an water area of about 2504 ha (2264 ha farmers pond and 240 ha integrated fish farming) farmers individual pond covering 1832 no CIG with 26468 no farmers have been developed. o Similarly, under community tank program, an area of 461 ha community tank covering 456 no of tanks/ CTG with a total coverage of 16311 landless, small and marginal fish farmers has been brought under fish semi intensification program. o In both the cases, the level of fish production has been increased to @ 3000 kg per ha during the project period and even some of the groups have been maintaining the production trend almost at the same level even after three to four years of withdrawal of the project. ii. Beel Fisheries : o 675 ha covering 39 beels have been developed so far and fish productivity has have been increased more than@ 900 kg/Ha (in those beel where production cycle has already completed) as reported by the M &E consultant of AACP. iii. Capacity Building : o 840 departmental officers and staffs on different technical and managerial aspects within the state.. o 319 departmental officers and staffs on different Aquaculture development and managerial aspect at different ICAR institutes of out side Assam. o 185 Progressive Fish Farmers/ Matshya Mitras completed exposure visit out side the state and 998 imparted training on different aspects inside state. o 27640 AACP beneficiaries and farmers trained on pre-stocking and post-stocking management of ponds in advanced pisci-cultural practices. o 202 Mass awareness campaigns on matters such as- effective management of aquaculture pond, conservation of natural water resources, community management of Beel fisheries including awareness on Assam Fish Seed Act, 2005 and Assam Fishery Rule, 1953. o 5 Zonal Seminars on Modern aquaculture & community driven aspects through out the state. iv. Quality Fish Seed Production and Distribution : o Wild fish seed collected from Brahmaputra River were raised in the State Brood Banks and distributed to hatchery operators for raising future brood stock for quality seed production. o 12 hatchery owners of Dhurbi, Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Kamrup and Nagaon have been distributed with yearling/ brood fish of riverine origin from the State Brood Bank Farms. o 18 Improved Mini Hatcheries under private sector established under the project have been operated smoothly . o All the four Improved Mini Hatcheries constructed in State Brood Bank Farms have already been commissioned. v. Demonstration & Pilot Project : o Department has completed the demonstration program in the three farm as stated above . o Pilot project on Ornamental Fish at Nagpota Fish Farm, Guwahati, Panbazar, Kamrup is progressing. |
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4. Highlighted points of Achievements under ARIAS Sl. Name of Scheme Units Target as per SAR Progressive Total 1 Development of Farmers Pond Ha 200 601.83 No 4249 2 Dev. of community Tank Ha 300 822.37 No 730 3 Pig cum Fish Culture Ha Nil 67.31 No 125 319 4 Fish cum Horticulture Ha 113.14 No 250 545 5 Paddy cum Fish Culture Ha Nil 30.4 No 60 98 6 Dev. of Beel Fisheries including
Pilot & Co-op beels Ha 5000 2134.74 7 Dev. of Open water fisheries Ha 500 164 8 Officers Training No 200 359 9 Farmers Training No 1400 5904 10 Farmers & NGO Training (outside the state) No 0 74 11 NGO Training No 121 12 Civil works of Training centres
Unit 6 6 13 Renovation of Training centre Unit 2 2 14 Eco-hatchery Complex Unit 1 1 15 Wet laboratory Unit 2 2 16 Magur breeding
Unit 5 4 17 Mini Fish Feed Plant Unit 1 1 18 procurement of Scientific equipment Set 2 0 19 procurement of Audio visual equipment Set 13 12 20 procurement of vehicles No 28 31 21 Research projects AAU & COF, Raha
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5. Contact Information of Fishery Department.
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