The highlights of achievements in respect of Fisheries Department till September 2014 are as follows:
- UNDER GOVERNMENT OF MIZORAM FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME NLUP, THE FOLLOWING ARE ACHIEVED TILL SEPTEMBER 2014:
- Under NLUP Programme, the Department implements, two components viz:
- Development component
- Infrastructure Development component
- Under Development component, the Department implements Semi-Intensive Aquaculture covering 3629 no. of beneficiaries under 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th phase NLUP programme.
- Under 1st phase NLUP programme, disbursement of fund @ Rs.1.00 lakh each (in cash and in kind) to 1447 beneficiaries has been completed.
- For 2nd phase NLUP Programme 1131 No. of beneficiaries have been selected for construction of new pond for implementation of Semi-Intensive Aquaculture.
- Disbursement of 1st installment @ Rs.50,000/- and 2nd Installment @ Rs.20,000/- each and 3rd installment @Rs. 30000/- to the beneficiaries has been completed for 2nd phase NLUP programme.
- Under 3rd to 4th phase NLUP programme Rs.10,000/- each has been released to the beneficiaries covering 1051 families.
- Distributed 161.00 lakhs nos. of fish seed to 1st, 2nd and additional for 1st phase beneficiaries under NLUP
- Under infrastructure Development components, the Department of Fisheries constructed 1 no. open well at Tamdil fish seed farm. The Department has also received funds for repairing of Nursery ponds at Tamdil and Ngengpui fish seed farm using WetComb materials, in which the repairing works of Tamdil Fish Seed Farm is completed and for Ngengpui Fish Seed Farm proposed to be work.
- CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES(CSS), FFDA, NSWF, DEVELOP-MENT OF RESERVOIR / RIVERINE FISHERIES AND NFDB
- CSS-FFDA, NSWF AND NFDB:
The Government of India has already released Rs.494.25 lakhs for various activities under CSS programmes like Fish Farmer Development Agency(FFDA), National Scheme for Welfare of Fishermen(NSWF) and National Fisheries Development Board(NFDB). However, due to imposement of Model code of conduct till middle of December 2013, implementation of the programme could not be undertaken upto the period as specified in the Model code of conduct. Therefore, the implementation of the programme has been started only in the last part of December 2013:
- Creation of 198 Ha. of new fish ponds in the State to achieve additional production of atleast 400 M.T. of table-size fish.
- Renovation of 540 Ha. of existing fish ponds to achieve additional production of 270 M.T of table-size fish.
- Supply of 1st inputs in kind worth Rs.12,500/- ha to 990 Ha. of new fish ponds, renovated ponds and existing ponds, totally covering about 1950 beneficiary families.
- Constructed 455 nos. of fishermen huts (thlam), 46 nos. of waterpoint/tubewell (Tuikhur) and 2 nos. of Community in various districts under National Scheme for Welfare of Fishermen.
- RKVY:
- Supplied 400MT of fish feed, 200 lakh fingerlings to beneficiaries under RKVY programme
- 4 units of Fish Feed Mill under Construction
- Construction of 40 ha of new ponds
- 4 nos. of warehousing facility/godown under construction
- Installation of 2 batteries of cages at Serlui ‘B’ Reservoir
- Construction of 1 unit of Mini Ice-Plant
- Constructed 1 unit of hatchery
- Training Centre-1 unit under construction at Serchhip
- Upgradation of Laboratory at Lengpui
- Training and demonstration of 1000 nos. of fish farmers on modern technology of fish farming.
- State Plan sector:
- Production of 6.4 lakhs of fingerling from government fish seed farm and distributed among the farmers and with the ongoing seed production programmes in the current season as common carp season the anticipated production is 35 lakhs nos. of fingerlings.
- Augmented fish production of the state from Culture Fisheries sector is estimated to be 5540 M.T during 2013-2014.
- Fish production from Capture Fisheries Sector is estimated to be 4 00 MT during 2013-2014
- Augment per capita consumption level of 4.81kg by the end of 2013-2014 from states own production against available per capita of 4.41 kg.
- Auctioned fish crop of Serlui ‘B’ to achieve additional production level of 300 M.T and so far 172 MT of table size fishes have been harvested from Serlui ‘B’ reservoir before clamping of closed season. Also an additional production of 35-50 MT of Pangasius sutchi is expected from Cage Culture units of Chawnpui & Builum community at Serlui’B’.