Srinagar- Fish manufacturing in Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed a considerable surge within the final 4 years, knowledge from the Fisheries Division, J&Ok reveals. In accordance with the info, the manufacturing of fish in Kashmir has elevated by 5840 tons, producing 366.12 lakhs of income throughout this era. The manufacturing of trout has elevated from 598 tons in 2019 to 1990 tons in the course of the monetary yr 2022-23.
Director Fisheries, Mohammed Farooq Dar advised Kashmir Observer that the federal government has launched a number of initiatives to spice up the trade and assist the farmers within the manufacturing. He mentioned {that a} complete of 1144 Trout Rearing Items have been established underneath the Non-public sector, with 56% (611 items) being arrange within the final 4 years to create employment alternatives for the youth.
“The land and water environment friendly fish tradition applied sciences akin to Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) and Biofloc have been launched for the primary time in 2020-21. Over the past three years, 27 profitable biofloc and eight RAS items have been established within the non-public sector, ” he added.
An official from the fisheries division mentioned that the fisheries sector has emerged as a pivotal supply of meals and employment technology over the last 4 years, marking main achievements within the introduction of Trout tradition, Carp tradition, and fashionable aquaculture applied sciences (RAS, Biofloc, and many others) within the non-public sector.
“Though Fisheries and Aquaculture have grown in absolute phrases, the event when it comes to its potential and adoption of fisheries as an financial enterprise is being realized after 2019. Trout manufacturing elevated by 1392 tons in these years,,” he mentioned.
He additional mentioned because the fisheries sector is extraordinarily numerous and dynamic, the division launched new schemes, infused private and non-private investments, and took progressive steps for the good thing about farmers and fishers in the direction of optimum useful resource utilization and growth of the sector as an instrument of development.
“The division has launched a complete fisheries growth initiative underneath each the UT CAPEX and underneath Centrally Sponsored scheme Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) which is being applied within the UT from 2020.”
“Over the last 4 years the division modernized and strengthened the Govt infrastructure on one hand and in addition elevated the rearing area by institution of hatcheries and raceway/ponds,” he mentioned, including that the division is anticipating a rise within the development charge from present 3.28% to 40% over the following 05 years.
“The implementation of such a plan shall pave the best way to make the UT self-sufficient in fish manufacturing,” he mentioned.
Dar advised Kashmir Observer that the division, for the primary time in 2020, prolonged the KCC (Kisan Credit score Card) to fishers to extend capital and credit score circulate to the aquaculture sector. As of September 2023, 1171 instances have been sponsored, out of which 758 have been sanctioned. An quantity of 7819.23 lakhs has been disbursed to satisfy the working capital requirement of fish farmers.
He knowledgeable that Fish Feed Mills and Trout seed hatcheries have been established over the last 4 years as financial enterprises. The fund circulate to the fisheries underneath the UT CAPEX (Plan) Price range has been elevated by 34%, he added.
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