Carp Seed ranching and Hilsa tagging in River Ganga for conservation and restoration of Fish

Carp Seed ranching and Hilsa tagging in River Ganga for conservation and restoration of Fish

23 - 24 September, 2020, Barrackpore

The ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata under the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) Programme carried out the ranching of more than 3,20,000 advanced fingerlings of Rohu (Labeo rohita), Catla (Catla catla), Mrigala (Cirrhinus mrigala), and Calbasu (L. calbasu) in river Ganga at Farakka, West Bengal on 23rd September, 2020 and Sahebganj, Jharkhand on 24th September, 2020, respectively. The Live Hilsa average size of 350 gm were tagged and ranched for understanding the migratory path in the middle stretch of the river Ganga from Prayagraj to Farakka, West Bengal.

During 2019-20, more than 3,000 adult Hilsa were ranched at the upstream of Farakka barrage and two tagged live Hilsa were caught at Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The activities were carried out by following the measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 Pandemics for re-establishing the indigenous fish population and enhancing the livelihood of the fishermen of River Ganga.

Shri D.S.G.S.S. Babji, Executive Director, NTPC, Farakka, West Bengal; Dr. B.K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore, Kolkata; Shri R.K. Singh, Superintending Engineer, Farakka Barrage Authority and Shri Sanjeev Kumar, Assistant Director, IWAI were present as the Special Guests on the occasion.

(Source: ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata)