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Present Status, Potentials and Future Prospects of Fisheries Development in Bihar
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The state of Bihar is blessed with potentially rich and varied aquatic resources. There is a vast avenue for the growth of aquaculture sector in Bihar. Fish constitutes one of the single largest and cheapest source of animal protein in the developingcountries like India. It has a great promise to provide source of livelihood to poor farmers. The per capita demand of Indian Major Carps like Catla (Catla catla) Rohu (Labeo rohita) and Mri-gal (Cirrhinus mrigala) is high, but production and supply is very limited. The total inland fish production of the state during the year 2002-03 was 2.2 to 2.5 lakh tones, in-spite of best efforts made by the state to increase its production. So, the development of aquaculture in the state of Bihar needs focal attention for its accelerated growth. In this context, the present study was undertaken to assess the water resources, aquaculture potentials, present status of fish production and their strategies for fish production in Bihar. Majority of fish farmers in Bihar possess small land holding (<1 ha). The current production rate analysisis an indicator for revealing that there is a wide gap between the existing production and its potentials. Dissemination of fish farming technology has already been instrumental in fetching the attention of many people from all income groups to take up fish farming either in newly excavated ponds or renovated leased ponds having an area ranging from 0.04 ha to several hectares. Therefore, there is an emergent need to pay attention towards aquaculture potentials, strategies development and creating sustainable livelihood opportunities for the increasing population of Bihar.
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