Potential, prospects and strategies to increase inland open water fish production in diffrerent regions of India

Abstract

The reservoirs and wetlands of different region of India can produce more fish than current production levels. The present average fish yields of small-, medium- and largereservoir is far behind the production potential. Large-scale adoption and diffusion of culture based fisheries, stock enhancement and enclosure culture technology through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode in
these reservoirs and wetlands can boost and bridge the gap between the current production and production potential, which can contribute to substantial increase in the overall fish production of the country. Apart from reservoirs and wetlands there are large
number of inland water resource in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha in form open coal mine pits, which can be utilized for culture of fish culture. Moreover, studies are required to improve the existing technologies of culture-based fisheries, stock enhancement, cage culture and pen culture, in collaboration with respective state fisheries department and other stakeholders for development of state specific technology packages.