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Pisciculturists urged to follow selective breeding

By The Assam Tribune

GUWAHATI, Dec 26 � To adopt scientific fish culture it is most essential to collect good quality fish seed so that one can get actual benefit in fish production. It is observed that genetically degraded fish seed never achieves the actual growth rate. This due to induced breeding of different Indian major carp species together that inbreeding generally occurs. If such genetically degraded species are induced to breed naturally, the future progeny of quality fish species will be having a separate identity, a press release said.

Keeping in view of this fact, recently, the department of fisheries, Assam organised a seminar on, �Quality fish seed and carried over seed and carried over seed throughout the State� for selective fish seed producers to streamline a way to stop such activities and produce pure line fish seed to the fish farmers throughout the State. Inaugurating the seminar, Minister of Fisheries, Assam requested all the participants to follow the actual way of scientific and selective fish breeding maintaining proper brooders of all varieties of fish species, including indigenous ornamental fishes so that Assam can be termed as an �ideal State� in quality seed production.

Participating in the day-long seminar, PK Borthakur, commissioner and secretary, fisheries department, Assam took stock on various aspects of quality fish seed production from the participants and suggested them to follow the guidelines and accept expert views in this regard. He also assured to provide need based training to all the remaining 150 fish seed producers of the State (227 in total) in a phased manner and advised the director of fisheries to initiate appropriate steps.

The technical session was attended by Rupak Nath, lecturer of St Anthony College, Shillong, who elaborated on different ways to protect in breeding of fishes and to select matured brooders for induced breeding operation. Dr Susanta Borthakur, associate professor of College of Fisheries, Raha described vividly on this issue while S Pathak, retired deputy director of fisheries shared his experiences on the topic and requested all fish seed growers to abide by the Assam Fish Seed Act 2005.

Dr BK Bhattacharya, scientist, Central Institute of Fisheries Research Institute interacted with the participants and delivered various scientific ways and remedial measures to conserve the future progeny so that genetic degradation of fish species can be stopped. I Haque, director of fisheries opined that the fisheries department will be taking appropriate steps to provide training and other possible help to quality fish seed grower/hatchery owners within the purview of departmental plan.

Ajoy Chandra Dutta, joint director of fisheries, GC Nath, retired deputy director of fisheries, S Purkayastha, nodal officer, AACP were present in the seminar, including Rama Nanda Borah, district fishery development officer, Kamrup and Pranjal Sarma, subdivisional fisheries development officer, Gauhati. P Sarma statistical officer and Sanjay Sarma, marketing inspector also actively participated and helped to run the programme smoothly. The entire programme was anchored by DJ Sarmah, fishery officer and the vote of thanks was offered by Ranjan Kumar Sarmah, chief facilitator of Fishery Investment Centre.

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