ICAR-CIFRI organized a training for the fish farmers of Jamui District, Bihar

22-28, June 2023, Barrackpore

A training program on “Inland Fisheries management” was organized by ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore  to upscale the knowledge with technology dissemination for fish farmers of Jamui District, Bihar.

In the inaugural session, Dr. B. K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI welcomed the participants and encouraged them to develop the knowledge and skills of inland fisheries management to generate employment and livelihood security and briefed them about the status of inland fisheries of India.

The one-week-long training program emphasized on various topics of fish rearing such as pond construction and preparation, water quality management, induced breeding techniques, composite fish culture, nursery and rearing pond management, fish disease management, feed preparation, enclosure culture, and ornamental fish culture techniques.

There were practical sessions on water and soil quality analysis, fish feed preparation etc. and the trainees were taken to a field exposure visit to the ornamental fish market and culture systems at East Kolkata wetlands, aquaculture fields of CIFA, Kalyani and private hatchery in Kalna.

In the training, a total of 28 fishermen participated and the training was conducted to appraise and improve the management strategies for enhancement of fish yield in a sustainable way in inland waters.

(Source: ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore)