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Fishing
Chimes is a monthly fisheries journal
published from Vishakhapatnam city in the state of Andhra
Pradesh in India. It was established in 1981 by Mr.
J.V.H.Dixitulu. Since then, it has grown by leaps
and bounds and today it has subscribers from all the States
and UTs of India and also from several other countries.
The core idea behind the publication of Fishing Chimes is
to bring the latest in the technological developments in
capture and culture fisheries and in processing of aqua
products including value addition for the attention of the
readership. The website contains details on the current
issue, and the details of subscribing or advertising in
the print edition.
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Latest Issue :
February 2010
Volume 29 No. 11
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and book your copy now. Contents and editorial below
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month's contents: ( February 2010 ) |
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Environmental flows: How much of water
should flow down the rivers? |
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Development of Infrastructure in Fisheries Sector: NABARD’s Role |
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Shrimp Culture under Contract Farming |
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Tawa Reservoir (M.P): Its Co-operative Fisheries Development
involving Fishing Community
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This
month editorial: February - 2010 |
Pilot Project on Pond Cage Farming in a
Selected State Needed
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There has been a major revolution in the complexion of
fish production from Indian waters. A decade back the total
annual Indian aqua production was of the order 3.77 mill
mt consisting of (2.23 mill mt from marine capture and 1.54
mill mt from inland waters, mostly culture sources). In
contrast, while the annual Indian marine capture production
in the recent years touched 3.3 mill mt and is stagnant at
that level, in the inland sector there has been a remarkable
rise in the annual aqua production, mostly from tanks and
ponds. This has boosted the inland annual aqua production
from 1.54 million mt to over 3.7 mill mt as at present. This
achievement has led to the conclusion that the scope for
augmenting Indian aqua production now lies mostly in the
Inland aqua farming sector and this can be further widened
by popularising inland pond cage system among the
farmers. The results of the pioneering experiments on pond
cage farming system conducted at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for
Aquaculture at Karaikal in the UT of Puducherry, confirms
this. Cage farming experiments were also conducted by
CMFRI in selected coastal waters of the country with
encouraging results. However, the results showed that
between the two (Pond cage and sea cage systems), the
development of cage farming in ponds and tanks (or even
reservoirs) taken up on priority to start with, or
simultaneously with the development of cage farming in the
selected coastal waters stretches all along the coastline,
will provide a major fillip for augmenting quality aqua
production that would yield higher economic returns to the
farmers and other stakeholders in the line....................................................................................
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Last
month editorial:
January - 2010 |
Why is the giant sleeping still ?
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Reservoirs are often referred to as a ‘sleeping giant of Indian
fisheries’. Although a cliché, this figurative expression is worth
pondering over. Are the reservoirs, as a fishery resource, really
a sleeping giant? and if yes, why is it sleeping still? And how
can one kick this giant awake? Trying to answer these questions
will throw light on the opportunities the reservoirs offer and the
challenges we face to translate these opportunities into
production and thereby bridging the gap between the actual
and potential production from these water bodies. During 1995,
the country had more than 3 million ha of reservoirs and today
it could be well above 4 million ha. The fish production and
yield from Indian reservoirs have always been abysmally low.
During 1995, fish yield from small, medium and large reservoirs
were 50, 12 and 11 kg/ha/year respectively (average 20 kg/ha)
and the total fish production was around 94,000 tonnes.
Although this estimate may not be very accurate and it is
possible that the fish yield could have increased since 1995. It
is well accepted that the Indian reservoirs are producing fish
way below their potential. If the consistently high yield rates
achieved in the reservoirs of some other developing countries
and the performance of some well managed/stocked reservoirs
and beels are any guide, substantial hike in yield is possible
from Indian reservoirs.............................................................................................more
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