NERCOMP launches fish cage-culture in CCpur
Source: The Sangai Express
CCpur, April 23 2018:
The North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCOMP) today inaugurated a pilot project for boosting fish-cage culture in the State with the launching of a floating fish cage for aqua-culture proj ect at the man-made Khuga lake in Churachandpur.
The project titled "Stiner initiative" is financed by the Ministry of DoNER, Gol.
The cage culture, according to K Hrishikesh Singh, Director (admn) NERCOMP, is taken up with the sole intention to populate water bodies with fishes to increase production as the fish fry or fishlings have very little chances of survival without culturing.
The cage-culture will raise the survival chances from a mere 40 percent to 70 percent.
However, the real test of the project lies on the locals who will have to ensure that ethical methods of fishing are strictly adhered to and help sustain the plan; otherwise the very purpose of the project will be defeated, he said.
The visiting team headed by SN Pradhan, Jt Secretary Ministry of DoNER were accorded a warm reception on their way by NERCOMP and its NGO partners prior to the project launching event at Mata Mualtam, Churachandpur district.
Dr Sailendra Chaudhari, Managing Director NERCOMP who also addressed the event maintained that the cage-culture project launched today and another one to be launched tomorrow at Ukhrul are an experimental one whose success and failure will determine the future policies of the ministry.
They were the first such initiative DoNER has taken up in the entire North-Eastern region.
SN Pradhan, meanwhile, explained the concept behind the introduction of cage-culture saying some good things can happen in a short period of time with the right technology, and the cage culturing is one such experiment.
Dr Ketaki Babat, Scientist and Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India also spoke on the occasion.
The Deputy Commissioner Churachandpur Shyam Lai Poonia while hailing the project reiterated the massive role to be assumed by the locals.
The livelihood project will have enough for everybody's need, but not enough for everybody's greed.
A massive crowd graced the event that was hosted by NERCOMP Churachandpur and its partner NGOs.
The Project Directors of NERCOMP Ukhrul and Chandel also graced the event along with the SP Churachandpur and several other DLOs, reports our correspondent.