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1990: Initiation of prestigious Norwegian-
assisted ‘Trout farming project’ |
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1992: Country’s First ‘Running water fish
culture’ unit set up at Bilaspur |
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1993: Open sale of table - size trout started
from fish farms |
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: Norwegian strain of rainbow trout bred for
the first time at Patlikuhl trout 1997farm |
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: Record catch from Gobind Sagar GOI
sanctioned ‘saving cum relief’ scheme
&1998
New
office of Directorate Fisheries set up at
Bilaspur |
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: Fir1999st National Mahseer seed propagation
fish farm sanctioned by GoI |
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: Centrally - assisted project on promotion
of ‘Cold water Aquaculture’ s2001anctioned by
GoI Revenue receipts of fisheries department
crossed 10 million mark. |
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| 2002: 15 tonnes of trout
produced from Patlikuhl trout farm against the installed
capacity of 8 tones |
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2003: Checked trout disease effectively in the
state and initiated steps to set up Fish Pathological
Laboratory at Patlikuhl.
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2004: Commercial trout farming re-commissioned
in Public & Private Sector. Regular fish health
surveillance system introduced.
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2005: First time 10,000 seed of Golden mahseer
produced in State stocked in reservoirs. |
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| 2005: Fish Seed stocking in
reservoirs revolutionized by fixing size limit of over
40 mm |
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| 2006:A new site selected for
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a)
Mahseer fish farm in Jogindernagar tehsil of Mandi
District;
b)
Reconstruction of Trout Fish Farm in Banjar tehsil of
Kullu District;
c) Revenue
earned by the department crossed Rs. 108 lakhs
mark;
c) All trout fish
produced in Public & Private sector sold at
remunerative price of Rs. 200/- kg.
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d) 1000 seed of improved strain of mirror carp (Cyprinous
carpio) have been imported from out side the state and
placed for rearing at farm to raise it to brood stock stage. |
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e)
First time 15,000 Arctic Char 'eyed ova' air lifted form
Canada and successfully reared in departmental trout farms
viz. Patlikuhl, Sangla and Holi. |
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2007
a) Reservoirs
of the state produced 1147 metric tonnes of fish valued at Rs.
547 lac. The fish production registered an increase of 349 t.
over the year 2006-07.
b) Revenue
earned by the department crossed Rs. 173 lacs marks.
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| 2008 a) Reservoirs
produced 1315 metric tonnes of fish valued at Rs. 643 lakhs;
b) Revenue earned
by the department crossed Rs. 185 lakhs
c) Department
made online under e-Samadhan application. |
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