Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Aug 9:The Department of Fisheries started stocking of Fingerlings in Ranjit Sagar Dam reservoir to increase the fish production .
The Joint Director of Fisheries Department Jammu , Shanti Saroop Sharma along with a team of Fisheries Department inaugurated the stocking fish seed in the Dam. Nearly one lakh finger lings of five species like Rahu, Katla, Mrigal, Gross Corp and silver corp was put into the reservoir of Dam at Satwain near Basholi.
While talking to media person Shanti Saroop Sharma said that under the mission Fingerlings , the department has target to stock nearly 18 lakh of fingerlings in the RS Dam reservoir and nearly two lakh in community ponds of Kathua district .
He said that we are producing nearly 91 tonnes of fish in Ranjit Sagar Dam yearly and getting the revenue of Rs 39 Lakh. He added that nearly 300 people are getting the employment directly and indirectly in Kathua district through profession of fishing and depa-rtment is putting all efforts to increase the production of fish to fullfill the requirement of Jammu province.
Even the consumers of Kashmir also would like the fish of Ranjit Sagar Dam. He said the National Fish Seed Farm a Kathua is one of the biggest farm in North India producing more than 23 lakhs of Fingerings of six species in which three are Indian and three are Chinese. The Department is putting all efforts to full fill 60% demand of the State in which Jammu and Kashmir divisions are working on various Fish Projects .
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