CIFRI Awards
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute conducted a 7-days training programme on ‘Inland Fisheries Management’ during 04-10 September 2024, for the trainees of Nawada district of Bihar. Thirty fish farmers and the fisheries extension officer from the Govt. of Bihar attended the training programme. The training program was sponsored by the Directorate of Fisheries, Govt of Bihar.
Dr. B.K. Das, Director of ICAR-CIFRI inaugurated the training programme and addressed the fish farmers. He stressed the need for fish farmers to learn about inland fisheries management for a sustainable livelihood and nutritional security. He urged fishers to make use of the knowledge and skills of resource persons and the available CIFRI technology to maximize the outputs and productivity from the farms/natural water bodies.The week-long training programme comprehensively covered a wide range of topics in inland fisheries and fish
farming practices, from pre-stocking to post-stocking management of carps, nursery and rearing pond management, composite fish farming, the importance of natural food fish organisms, fish feed management, zero budget natural farming, potential candidate fishes for aquaculture in Bihar, Induced breeding and hatchery management, ornamental fisheries, enclosure culture, fish disease management, and economic evaluation of fisheries enterprise. Participants also had the opportunity to visit the In-house facilities like Recirculatory Aquaculture System (RAS), ornamental fish hatchery units, and fish feed mill.Field visits were an integral part of the training, providing the trainees with practical exposure. They visited ICAR-CIFA Kalyani Fish Farms, Naihati Fish Market and Hatchery, sewage-fed aquaculture at East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW), and Ornamental fish market, gaining valuable insights and hands-on experience.
A feedback session has been conducted for further improvement of training. The participants received their training certificate from Dr B. K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI after completion of training on 10th September 2024. He congratulated all the participants on their successful completion of training.The training Programme was coordinated by Dr. Gunjan Karnatak and Dr. Santhana Kumar V., Scientist with assistance from Mr. Subrata Das, TO and Dr. Avishek Saha, TA. The moments of the training programme were captured by photographic team Shri. Sujit Chowdhury, ACTO and Mr. Manabendra Roy, TO.
