On the momentous milestone of the Platinum Jubilee Celebration of CIFRI, workshop on
‘Biodiversity of river Ganga and its Conservation for Sustainable Fisheries’ organized on 15th
March 2018 at ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore under the ‘Namami Gange’ programme, for holistic
fisheries development of river Ganga.
Dr. B. K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI in his welcome address formally welcome the dignitaries and guest. He gave a brief account of NMCG activities being carried out by CIFRI. He stresses on the conservation of fisheries of river Ganga.
Dr. Sandeep Behera, Consultant NMCG, emphasized on improving the flow of river to conserve the biodiversity of river Ganga. He stressed on the conservation of wetland all along the river Ganga to conserve the biodiversity.
Prof. Amalesh Chowdhury of University of Calcutta in his address said that Ganga and Bramhaputra is the youngest river of the world. He said that fish seed availability in river Ganga was very high during 1940-1960s. this has gone down over the years due to pollution.
Padam Shri awardee Prof. Ravindra Kumar Sinha, Vice-Chancellor of Nalanda Open University, and Chief Guest of the function, in his address said that CIFRI has been documenting the fisheries, plankton, and benthic fauna data since 1950s, and the time series data of Ganga river system was available due to CIFRI. He emphasised that basin approach is required to understand and conserve fishes of river Ganga. After independence, large number of barrages and the system of canals has been established on river Ganga. Now the river is not only facing pollution, but also the reduced flow.
Dr. J. K. Jena, Deputy Director General (Fishery Science) ICAR, in his presidential address thanked CIFRI staffs on the occasion of platinum jubilee celebration of CIFRI. He stressed that some lesson we have learned from the Ganga Action Plan and suggested that we must overcome the problem and make new strategies. He suggested that the institute should prepare a roadmap for conservation and sustainable fisheries of river Ganga.
Dr. S. Samanta, Principal Scientist proposed the vote of thanks.
Earlier in the day, 50000 fingerlings of Indian Major Carp was released in the Barrackpore Dakhhneswar stretch of River Ganga by the dignitaries under the ranching programme carried out under the banner of NMCG.
Dr. J. K. Jena, Deputy Director General (Fishery Science) ICAR today morning inaugurated two new facilities, the Freezer room and the knowledge point.
As a comprehensive approach to develop fisheries of river Ganga, the Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute is presently monitoring 18 sampling points distributed in 4 different states of the country as a pilot project to rejuvenate fish stocks in the river.
The prime objectives of NMCG sponsored project includes exploratory survey of the fish diversity, stock assessment of the prized Rohu, Catla, Mrigal, Calbasu and Mahaseer along with seed production of selected fish species and ranching in the depleted river stretch. Fishes like Calbasu, Mrigal & Rohu will not only increase the fish catch but also will add in maintaining the cleanliness of the river as they feed on organic remnants in the river. Till date, a total of 8 ranching cum awareness programme have been organized in several states like Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal with an aim to restore and conserve the depleting fish stock of the river.
Dr. B. K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI in his welcome address formally welcome the dignitaries and guest. He gave a brief account of NMCG activities being carried out by CIFRI. He stresses on the conservation of fisheries of river Ganga.
Dr. Sandeep Behera, Consultant NMCG, emphasized on improving the flow of river to conserve the biodiversity of river Ganga. He stressed on the conservation of wetland all along the river Ganga to conserve the biodiversity.
Prof. Amalesh Chowdhury of University of Calcutta in his address said that Ganga and Bramhaputra is the youngest river of the world. He said that fish seed availability in river Ganga was very high during 1940-1960s. this has gone down over the years due to pollution.
Padam Shri awardee Prof. Ravindra Kumar Sinha, Vice-Chancellor of Nalanda Open University, and Chief Guest of the function, in his address said that CIFRI has been documenting the fisheries, plankton, and benthic fauna data since 1950s, and the time series data of Ganga river system was available due to CIFRI. He emphasised that basin approach is required to understand and conserve fishes of river Ganga. After independence, large number of barrages and the system of canals has been established on river Ganga. Now the river is not only facing pollution, but also the reduced flow.
Dr. J. K. Jena, Deputy Director General (Fishery Science) ICAR, in his presidential address thanked CIFRI staffs on the occasion of platinum jubilee celebration of CIFRI. He stressed that some lesson we have learned from the Ganga Action Plan and suggested that we must overcome the problem and make new strategies. He suggested that the institute should prepare a roadmap for conservation and sustainable fisheries of river Ganga.
Dr. S. Samanta, Principal Scientist proposed the vote of thanks.
Earlier in the day, 50000 fingerlings of Indian Major Carp was released in the Barrackpore Dakhhneswar stretch of River Ganga by the dignitaries under the ranching programme carried out under the banner of NMCG.
Dr. J. K. Jena, Deputy Director General (Fishery Science) ICAR today morning inaugurated two new facilities, the Freezer room and the knowledge point.
As a comprehensive approach to develop fisheries of river Ganga, the Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute is presently monitoring 18 sampling points distributed in 4 different states of the country as a pilot project to rejuvenate fish stocks in the river.
The prime objectives of NMCG sponsored project includes exploratory survey of the fish diversity, stock assessment of the prized Rohu, Catla, Mrigal, Calbasu and Mahaseer along with seed production of selected fish species and ranching in the depleted river stretch. Fishes like Calbasu, Mrigal & Rohu will not only increase the fish catch but also will add in maintaining the cleanliness of the river as they feed on organic remnants in the river. Till date, a total of 8 ranching cum awareness programme have been organized in several states like Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal with an aim to restore and conserve the depleting fish stock of the river.
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