The state of Mizoram has as good as 24,000 hectare of potential fishery resource in its culture sector including Autonomous District Council areas falling in the southern district of Saiha and Lawngtlai. Out of the above resource so far only 4000 hectare have been developed till 2010-2011. Family engaged in fish culture in around 9700 nos.

 

With the existing available production under culture sector the state is in a position to offer 3.80kg of fish per capita against prescribed per capita scale of 11kg at the end of 2010-2011. The state has further an estimated landing of 400 M.T annually from capture sector. Therefore, the total production of the state from both culture and capture sector is estimated to be 5200 M.T at the end of 2010-2011 with 1.25 M.T per hectare production from culture sector. The states deficiency is therefore estimated around 7100 M.T of fish per annum.

 

To fill up the wide gap of demand as stated above the state requires to boost its fish production to 14,000 M.T by the end of 2016-2017 (against the present production level of 5200 M.T from culture and capture sector) by tapping in another 3100 hectare of additional new water bodies.

 

The Freshwater Aquaculture Scheme aims at augmenting table size fish production of the state in its culture sector to achieve the objective of meeting the requirement of fish viz:- 11kg per capita consumption and improve economic status of fish farmers mainly by giving subsidy to the deserving fish farmers under various Central Sponsored Schemes and development activities through the Plan Schemes as shown below:-