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National Fish Seed Farm records 30 percent increase in production | The National Fish Seed Farm (NFSF) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district has delivered more than 3.8 million fingerlings of various species, a 30 percent increase in production than last year. Initiated in 1984 as a Centrally
Sponsored Project, the NFSF is one of the largest fish seed farms in the country
and is the premier centre for development of pond fisheries in the state. The
various species of fingerlings that the farm produces include Rohu, Katla, Mirgale
species of Ganga River, silver carp, Grass carp of China and common carp of Thailand.
The NFSF also caters to the demands of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and 500
fishponds of the government reservoirs, and to meet the requirements, a team has
started working with the latest Chinese process of hatching the eggs. "We have
varieties from outside which we call exotic carp's varieties; these are Silver
carp, Grass carp and Common carp and three varieties are from Ganga, these are
Rahu, Katla, Mirgale and we have also produced seeds of these varieties here,"
said K.K. Kajuria, NFSF Project Officer. "All these species are the fast growing
species and the seeds of this fishes are pure and of good quality and we have
a good increase in production this time, "said K.K Kajuria, Project Officer of
National Fish Seed Farm," he added. Meanwhile, with an increase in production,
fish farmers across the region are delighted and expect it to provide them food
returns this year. "We have been working for seven-eight years, we are happy with
such increase in the production. All of us have benefited and we want more varieties
of fishes with good quality, right now we are getting Rahu, Katla and Mirgale,"
said Ram Prasad, a fisherman. |
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