West Bengal

The wholesale fish markets are generally located at strategic points where the fish and fishery products arrive and distributed to different parts of the country. Most of the wholesale markets in the state at present are in an unorganized way, without adequate facilities for fish handling and storage. This scheme ...

Farming of edible oyster is being undertaken by small scale farmers in shallow estuaries, bays and backwaters in a big way. Spat collection of oysters is done either from the wild or produced in hatcheries, on suitable cultch materials. Harvesting is done manually with a production rate of 8-10 Tonnes/ha. ...

Fishing industry is facing a major crisis with fish stocks depleting all over the India as well as in West Bengal State. This decline in the fish supply is the result of over fishing, indiscriminate fishing methods and degradation of coastal and inland ecosystem due to various reasons. There is ...

Mussel Farming is the farming of saltwater and fresh water species groups which have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other edible clams, which are often more or less rounded or oval. It is during the marine phase i.e. December to May that the ...

In view of the need for diversification of the defunct shrimp hatcheries, the scheme has been demised production of fin fish seed for completing the demand. Under this scheme West Bengal Govt. will provide assistance for construction of new finfish hatcheries and for modification of the defunct shrimp hatcheries for ...

To provide need based financial assistance for increasing fish production/productivity and brood stock development, culture of new species, production of low cost feed with high nutritive value, promotion of New Farming Practices (cage/pen culture etc.) and Development of diagnostic 83 kits (including biotechnological kits), West Bengal Govt. is providing financial ...

To promote diversification in coastal aquaculture fin fishes like seabass, groupers, mullets and milk fish can be cultured in cages placed in ponds and brackish water areas for achieving higher production and for the purpose of establishing cage culture, West Bengal under NFDB is providing financial assistance. Eligibility: Entrepreneurs and ...

In aquaculture systems, the inputs constitute almost 60% of the total expenditure, which becomes a constraint while undertaking a new species for culture without having clear knowledge on the outcome. To enable the farmer to adopt scientific farming practices and optimize per hectare yield, West Bengal Govt. will provide partial ...

West Bengal Govt. is providing financial assistance to fish farmers for constructing new ponds for fin fish culture under National Fisheries Development Board because the infrastructure developed for shrimp culture may not be directly suitable for taking up finfish culture. Beneficiaries: Farmers and entrepreneurs developing brackish water fin fish culture ...

West Bengal Govt. under National Fisheries Development Board has come up with scheme to provide assistance for basic infrastructure to meet the biosecurity requirements of the shrimp farms in West Bengal. While stocking the SPF shrimp post larvae, shrimp farms need to have the facilities for biosecurity like bird fencing, ...