NAGAON: The Department of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries, AAU, Raha organized a day-long exposure visit and training programme on sustainable aquaculture for the Fishery Demonstrators of Karbi Anglong, Assam and fish farmers of Kiphire district, Nagaland at Kolong Kapili, on Saturday.
Jyotish Talukdar, director of Kolong Kapili welcomed the participants of the training programme and highlighted the activities of the NGO primarily engaged in training and skill development in the field of fisheries and sustainable aquaculture for entrepreneurship development. Dr Kamaleswar Kalita, Professor & HOD, Department of Aquaculture, COF, AAU, Raha in his speech mentioned about the scope and importance of fisheries sector and its role in entrepreneurship development in Assam. He encouraged the participants to develop an entrepreneurship mindset by adopting various scientific approaches in fish farming.
Dr Pabitra Kr Saharia, Associate Professor, COF, Raha talked about the importance of integrated farming systems and highlighted the various developmental activities of Kolong Kapili in empowering entrepreneurship and lively hood support through sustainable aquaculture in the state. Kaustubh Bhagawati, Assistant Professor, Department of Aquaculture, COF, Raha offered his scientific views on uplift of fisheries and aquaculture scenario in Assam by adopting sustainable and eco-friendly methods of fish farming and focused on the prospects of small indigenous fish culture in Assam which is having enormous medicinal value as human nutrition is concerned.
The Department of Aquaculture, COF, AAU, Raha also released 2,000 fish seed (fingerlings) of Cirrhinus reba, commonly known as Lashim Bhangon at the ICAR-CIFA recognized aquaculture field school of Kolong Kapili, Bagibari. The college of fisheries has successfully developed the breeding and seed production technology of a high value indigenous fish C. reba (Reba carp) with scientific support and guidance from the Department of Fisheries, Government of Assam under the Gene Bank Project.
Also Watch: