Feeding-time worries
The mucky sediment below fish farms usually teems with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The presence of such bacteria is a cause of increasing concern because resistance can limit the ability to fight diseases,
Pisciculture
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Award to State fishery dept
The Indian Fisheries Association has decided to honour the Department of Fisheries Assam with Fisheries Development Award 2009-10 for excellence in promoting pisciculture. The award will be conferred on December 29 in Mumbai as part of the 20th All India Zoological Congress. The association has invited State Fisheries Minister Noor Zamal Sarkar to receive the honour, a press release stated.
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Fish farmers in Dibrugarh apprised of Govt schemes
DIBRUGARH, Dec 16
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Govt snubs fisheries minister
The government today issued a written statement saying the land allotted to an educational foundation off EM Bypass was not recorded as a fishery as claimed by the fisheries minister yesterday.
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Wetlands: worth and violations
The entrance to Sanjeeva Town off Rajarhat; (above) The Telegraph report highlighting the government
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Drought-hit farmers urged to seek Agri dept help
State Minister for Urban Development Dinesh Prasad Gowala recently urged the farmers of Cachar district to seek assistance from the Agriculture and Irrigation departments in view of the prevailing drought-like situation.
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Manchanabele villagers oppose pisciculture of poisonous fish
Villagers from Manchanabele and Harobande in Chikkaballapur taluk have alleged that the Fisheries Department officials permitted pisciculture of the cannibalistic and poisonous fish, African black cat, in the tanks near Harobande.
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Wake up, smell the coffee (Editorial)
Yoginder K. Alagh Posted: Mar 10, 2009 at 0058 hrs IST
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Fish culture plan for NRS pond
ONTHESPOT - NRS HOSPITAL The pond at NRS; (above) litter dumped on the bank. Pictures by Bishwarup Dutta To battle the mosquito menace on its premises, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRS) will use its 1.3-acre pond for pisciculture.
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Assams pisciculture (Editorial)
There is no reason why Assam needs to drive out scarce resources of the State to import a huge scale of fish worth around Rs 1000 crore a year in spite of its abundant scope of pisciculture with numerous rivers, ponds, beels and reservoirs.