Fish Production
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- The fish production management in Belednaga wetland is carried out by the local fishermen cooperative “Beledang
a Barrackpore Fishermen Cooperative Society”.
- The fish production management in Belednaga wetland is carried out by the local fishermen cooperative “Beledang
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- Fish production in the wetland was highly fluctuating, the unscientific way of managing the fisheries could be one of the most probable reasons.
- Indian major carp (catla, rohu, mrigal) contributed the major fish catch in the wetland followed by grass carp, silver carp, common carp and small indigenous fishes (SIF).
- The average fish production during 2009-2021 was 43 tonnes per year.
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- Since 2019, there has been a significant increase in grass carp production due to the intervention of ICAR-CIFRI through seed raising in pen and culture-based fisheries (CBF) demonstration.
