Fisheries Department

The Scientific and intensive aquaculture of trout has to be initiated for development of low volume culture systems in raceways. Therefore to encourage trout farming in low volume culture systems like raceways to enhance production of trout in hill regions, West Bengal Govt. has come up with new scheme under ...

To support entrepreneurs/ farmers in setting up of hatcheries in states for the individual species with regional importance and for production of hatchery bred seed, West Bengal Government is providing subsidy for establishment of freshwater fish seed hatcheries. Eligibility: Clear title of the land in the name of the applicant ...

In intensive aquaculture, the inputs constitute almost 60 percent of the total expenditure. To enable the farmer to adopt scientific farming practices and optimize the per hectare yield, it is essential to provide partial support for input costs during the first-year of operation. In this view West Bengal Govt. is ...

The production levels of fish and prawn could be enhanced by certain interventions like rising of bunds, deepening internal canals, screened sluice gates and by water regulation at least during the culture period of six to eight months. Both prawns/fishes can be cultured with regulated inputs. For the purpose of ...

The West Bengal state has large potential for development of freshwater aquaculture in the form of land resources and availability of large number of other cultivable fish species. Due to various reasons, this potential has remained untapped. It is proposed to bring in an additional area of 50,000 ha under ...

Fisheries has been a key sector for employment in Uttarakhand. State Government has launched various schemes for the betterment of fishermen. Department of Fisheries is the concerned department for the Fisheries Scheme. The schemes and their features are enlisted below: S. No. Name of Scheme Benefits 1 Development of Reservoirs, ...

The State of West Bengal is enriched with beel fisheries, sewage fed fisheries having variable sizes which are mostly under the administrative control of State Government. Farmers having own water bodies or on lease basis are doing pisciculture in water pond fisheries. These water bodies offer immense scope for production ...

With a view to provide Matsyajan, Bi-cycle and Hygienic insulated box for convenient vending of fish, prawns etc, Scheme for Distribution of Fish Vending Accessories has been taken up under RKVY (Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana) by Fisheries Department, West Bengal Government. Objectives: To keep fish in fresh condition for long ...

With a view to sustainable brackish water farming and to protect the coastal environment, Scheme for Modified Extensive culture of Black Tiger Shrimp has been taken up under RKVY (Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana) by Fisheries Department, West Bengal Government. Objectives: To produce Black Tiger Shrimp in modified extensive culture in ...

To produce good quality seed (spawn) in hatchery and to bring the hatchery owners in the ongoing seed certification programme, the scheme for brooders management and production of quality spawn of Indian Major Carp has been taken up in RKVY (Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana) by Fisheries Department, West Bengal Government. ...