24th January, 2019, Barrackpore
Shri Babul Supriyo, Union Minister of State (Ministry of Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises), inaugurated the Hilsa (Tenualosa Ilisha) Ranching Station at Farakka, established by ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore here today.
The Minister also emphasized to replicate such ranching facilities in large scale to make its impacts visible. He also suggested installing floating cages at suitable locations to rear the hilsa juveniles prior to ranching in the river Ganga.
The ceremony marked the presence of administrative and management personnel from different water stakeholders, including Farakka Barrage Authority (FBA), Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), Central Water Commission (CWC) and Fishermen societies under the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG).
Dr. B.K. Das, Director, ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute discussed about the ranching of a total number of 117 hilsa fish having an average length of 255 mm and average weight of 165 g from the station at the upstream of Farakka barrage in river Ganga. He also assured of achieving the target within the stipulated time frame.
Earlier, the station was conceived based on a short study carried out on hilsa population in the river Ganga funded by NMCG, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India. The study indicated that migration failure is the major cause for decline of hilsa population in the upper stretch of river Ganga.
(Source: ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore)
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