Ranching of native bred major carps in the river Ganga

2nd October 2018, Barrackpore

To commemorate the 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and as a part of Namami Gange program, ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CIFRI) organized a fish ranching programme today at three consecutive Ganga ghats (Dopaisa ghat, Mangal Pandey ghat, and Gandhi ghat) at Barrackpore, Kolkata. Lucrative and important Indian Major Carp (like Rohu, Catla, and Mrigal) of the river Ganga have declined severely over the period due to several anthropogenic stresses.  To re-establish these highly demanding fishes of Ganga through ranching in identified depleted stretches of Ganga.

Shri Nabin Naik, Director, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan graced the event as a guest of honour. He briefed about the ongoing degrading situation of the holy river and urged the local people to initiate active coordination to make the Ganga clean.

Dr. B. K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI and Principal Investigator, CIFRI-NMCG project highlighted the present project activities and need of ranching in the river Ganga.

 A total of 2.8 Lakhs of native bred fingerling of Rohu, Catla, Mrigal has been released in river Ganga in different ghats.

Trilingual pamphlets distributed were among the fishermen and public present.

About 11 fish ranching --cum-awareness programme has been organized in different states like Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal  so far.

More than 13 lakhs of juveniles of Rohu, Catla, Mrigal and Mahaseer has been released with an aim to restore and conserve the depleting fish stock of the river Ganga.

(Source: , ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore)