The webinars were held at ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Guwahati and Kanjirapuzha Reservoir, Kerala
The ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata recently organised a webinar on ’Enclosure Culture for Fish Production enhancement in Inland Open Waters.’
In his inaugural address during the webinar, Dr BK Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore briefed about the institute’s works and achievements in system diversification by the adoption of enclosure culture through the culture based fisheries in reservoirs and wetlands. The scope for increasing the fish production through seed rearing and table fish production by reducing the pressure on land-based fish farms by the Enclosure Culture (Cage and Pen) of Fish in Reservoirs and Wetlands was emphasisoteed in the Director’s address.
The webinar registered participation by more than 200 participants including entrepreneurs and progressive farmers.
Apart from this, the ICAR-CIFRI, Regional Centre, Guwahati, Assam organised an awareness programme on “Enclosure Culture for Beels of Assam” at Ghorajan Beel, Kamrup Rural District, Assam. The centre also organised the fishers’ scientific interaction on the occasion. About 50 wetland fishers participated in the Awareness Programme.
The awareness programme organised at the ICAR-CIFRI, Regional Centre, Kochi at Kanjirapuzha Reservoir, Kerala registered participation by about 50 Tribal Fishers.
The programmes were organised as a part of the national campaign on ’System Diversification in Aquaculture’ under the “Bharat Ka Amrut Mahotsav” to commemorate 75 Years of India’s Independence.
