February 14,2008

India state of Haryana to invest in pisciculture
 

Buoyed by its previous success in pisciculture, the Haryana government looks to invest more money into pisciculture.
 
The Haryana government is planning to use 20,000-hectares of water area for pisciculture and to produce 90,000 tonnes of fish.
 

The National Fisheries Development Board would also renovate an area of 200-hectares, for which it released Rs 2.45 million (US$61,777).

An area of 200 hectares would be renovated under the National Fisheries Development Board, for which the Board had released Rs 2.45 million. 

The board has also set up four centres and released Rs 918,000 (US$23,144) to train 200 beneficiaries for intensive fish farming in their renovated ponds. Three fish markets have been established in Haryana, with another two markets at Bahadurgarh and Gurgaon to be set up soon, for which the Central government had released Rs 8.46 million (US$213,286) as 100 percent grant.

According to an official, Haryana-bred fish will be marketed in the new market places to enhance national demand for Haryana's fish.

A work plan has been prepared to utilise Haryana's waterlogged land for fish farming, while the numbers of ponds in the state's villages are being increased.

Meanwhile, the Haryana government has also implemented a scheme to insure the state's fish farmers, and the annual premium of the insurance would be fully borne by the state and the Central government.