Fisheries

Fisheries in the North East India

The North Eastern states of India have enormous potential for inland and freshwater pisiculture. The total freshwater resource of the region is estimated at 15,728 km of river and canal, almost 89 thousand hectares of reservoirs, about 150 thousand hectares of streams and lakes and almost 85 thousand hectares of tanks and ponds.

Assam has the largest surface water population among the NE states and produces the largest quantity of fishes (over 65 %) in the region

 

Arunachal Pradesh:

 

Area Under Pisciculture

 

Year

Govt. Fish Farms

People Fish Ponds / Farms

Govt. Beels / Lakes

Private Beels / Lakes

Hatcheries (in numbers)

Area under Paddy-cum-Fish Culture

Total area Developed for Pisciculture

Fingerlings Distributed (in '000 Nos.) during last financial Year

2001-2002

31.00

894.00

99.00

8.00

11

1071.00

2103

8500

2002-2003

31.00

956.00

99.00

8.00

11

1071.00

2165

8500

2003-2004

31.00

1011.00

99.00

8.00

11

1121.00

2270

2500

2004-2005

31.00

1011.00

99.00

8.00

11

1171.00

2388

9000

2005-2006

55.00

6105.0

99.00

8.00

11

1171.00

2400

9500

Source: Statistical Abstracts of Arunachal Pradesh 2006

 

 

Fish and Fish Seed Production

 

Fish Production (Tonnes)

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

a) Marine

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

b) Inland

26.00

26.52

2703.77

2730.00

Fish Seed

a) Fry

25.00

25.00

26.01

30.00

b) Fingerling

8.50

8.50

9.00

9.50

Source: Statistical Abstracts of Arunachal Pradesh 2006

 

 

Assam:

 

Number of Registered Beel Fisheries and River Fisheries, 2006-07

 

Registered Beel Fisheries

Registered River Fisheries

430

177

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2007

 

 

Production of Fish Seed and Fish in Assam

 

Production of Fish Seed (in Million Nos.)

Production of Fish (in Tonnes)

2005-2006

2006-2007

2005-2006

2006-2007

3207.99

2062.61

187378

181479

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2007

 

 

Manipur:

 

Fish Farm, Production, Revenue and Estimated Consumption requirements of Manipur

 

Year

No. of Fishery Division

No. of Fish Farm

Total Fish Production (tonnes)

Fishery Revenue (lakh rupees)

Estimated Consumption Requirement

2001-2002

9

19

16450

2.89

25.67

2002-2003

9

19

16600

6.89

27.36

2003-2004

9

19

17600

4.03

23.83

2004-2005

9

18

17800

5.07

23.00

2005-2006

9

18

18220

1.81

--

2006-2007

18

18

18534

5.20

27.50

Source: Statistical Abstract Manipur 2007

 

 

Fisheries Statistics, 2006-07

 

Inland Fish (including subsistence fish)

Fish sold in fresh from

Production (tonnes)

Value (Rs. in lakhs)

Production (tonnes)

Value (Rs. in lakhs)

18534

7232.50

30570

12190.70

Source: Statistical Abstract Manipur 2007

 

 

Meghalaya:

 

Fish Seed Distribution

 

2001-2002

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

1366.5

1069.3

1282.6

957.4

1061.5

Source: Statistical Handbook Meghalaya 2007

 

 

Fish Seed Farms, Production of Spawn & Fry Fingerlings

 

Particulars

Units

2001-2002

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

Fish Seed Farm

Nos.

14

14

14

14

14

Nursery area

Hect.

3.3

3.5

3.5

3.1

3.4

Beel & Lakes

Hect.

414.8

414.8

414.8

414.8

414.8

Total water area for composite fish farming

Hect.

326.1

375.1

369.4

115.9

130.5

Fry Fingerling

Millions

1.1

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.8

Inland fish production both captured & cultured fisheries

'000 tonnes

5.0

5.4

5.1

5.6

5.5

Source: Statistical Handbook Meghalaya 2007

 

 

Mizoram:

 

Fish Seed Production and Distribution during 2006-07.

 

Production of Fish Seed (in lakh Nos.)

Distribution of Fish Seed (in lakh Nos.)

37580

390

Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram 2008

 

 

Number of Nurseries and Fish Ponds in 2007-08

 

Nurseries/ Hatcheries

Fish Ponds

Govt.

Private

Total

5

11

7382

7393

Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram 2008

 

 

Area of Fish Ponds and Production of Fish

 

Area of Fish Ponds (in Ha.)

Production of fish (in Qntl.)

2006-07

2007-08

2006-07

2007-08

2597.35

2639.90

37580

24138.40

Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram 2008

 

 

Nagaland:

 

Achievement of Fishery Department

 

Particulars

Unit

2001-2002

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

No. of Fishery Pond

Nos

1560

1580

657

794

Fingerling Supplied

Lakh

500

461

400

440

Production of fish

M/T

5246

5500

4000

4900

No. of Beneficiary

Nos.

1125

1135

657

665

Source: Statistical Handbook Nagaland 2006

 

 

Tripura:

 

Fisheries in Tripura

 

Year

Production

Fish Sun drying

Inland Fish

Subsistence

Total

Value of Fish

Production

Value

2001-2002

12344

2351

14695

9110

244

229

2002-2003

12530

3625

16155

10189

240

293

2003-2004

13955

4025

17980

11687

429

644

2004-2005

16070

3768

19838

13886

503

755

2005-2006

19097

4774

23871

16709

644

966

2006-2007

21465

5035

26500

19081

859

1287

Source: Statistical Abstract of Tripura 2007

 

 

Sikkim:

 

Physical Achievement

 

Sl. No.

Particulars

Unit

2006-07

1.

Fish Production Inland

Tonnes

160.0

2.

Fish Production

 

(a) Fry

Million

2.50

(b) Fingerlings

Million

0.50

3.

Water Area

 

(a) Nursery

Ha.

7.00

(b) Rearing

Ha.

40.00

Source: Sikkim, A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

Detail of Inland Water Resources of Various Types. 2005-2006

State

Rivers & canals (Km)

Reservoirs (Lac Ha)

Tank & Ponds (Lac Ha)

Flood Plain Lakes & Derelict Water Bodies (Lac Ha)

Drackish Water (Lac Ha)

Total Water Bodies (Lac Ha)

Arunachal Pradesh

2000

0

2.76

0.42

0

3.18

Assam

4820

0.01

0.23

1.1

0

1.35

Manipur

3360

0.01

0.05

0.04

0

0.1

Meghalaya

5600

0.08

0.02

0

0

0.1

Mizoram

1395

0

0.02

0

0

0.02

Nagaland

1600

0.17

0.5

0

0

0.67

Sikkim

900

0

0

0.03

0

0.03

Tripura

1200

0.05

0.13

0

0

0.18

All India

195210

29.07

24.14

7.98

12.4

73.59

 

Fund Released by the Central Govt. under various Schemes during 2006-2007 in fishery sector and Unspent balance as on 31.12.2006

(Rs in Lakh)

Sl. No.

Name of States

Fund Released during 2006-07 (till 20.01.07)

Unspent Balance as on 31.12.2006

1

Arunachal Pradesh

38.45

136.74

2

Assam

0

122.06

3

Manipur

85

72.5

4

Meghalaya

0

9.32

5

Mizoram

10.89

70.1

6

Nagaland

70

76.53

7

Sikkim

2

2

8

Tripura

68.87

145.52

Total

275.21

634.77

All India

6181.09

10640.78

Source: Agenda items for discussion during the Conference of the State Ministers of Fisheries on 24th february 2007 at ICAR Conference Facilities,NASC Complex, DPS Marg,New Delhi