Fish decomposes very fast. The biochemical/enzymatic degradation and microbial decomposition of fish start from the moment fish is caught in the net. The good practice of fish handling at various stages, from harvesting to landing, marketing, up to cooking and consumption, it is very important to retain the quality of ...
Read More »West Bengal: Cold Chain Development Through Equity Participation By NFDB
The success of fish marketing will depend upon well organized fish supply chain. It is essential to establish network of fish collection, grading, cleaning, handling, transportation and storage system. Similarly, processed, frozen fish products have to be supplied to the state through a cold chain. To hasten up this process ...
Read More »West Bengal: Assistance For Cold Chain Development And Processing Of Value Added Products
The ongoing urbanization has changed the way of living and cooking style of people particularly in metropolitan cities. Consumers who want to eat fish are finding it difficult to get clean and hygienic fish in their apartments/house owing to lack of knowledge, cleaning space, waste disposal system and time. Hence, ...
Read More »West Bengal: Schemes For Fish Dressing Centers, Hygienic Fish Handling Facilities in Fishing Harbours And Solar Drying Of Fish
In order to prevent post-harvest losses, degradation of quality and food safety problems, the NFDB and West Bengal Govt. proposes to support setting up of fish dressing centers near the major fish production/landing centers, with facilities to handle process and pack fish hygienically for sale through retail outlets and imparting ...
Read More »West Bengal: Input Assistance For Cage Culture In Brackish Water Areas And Ponds
To promote diversification in coastal aquaculture fin fishes like seabass, groupers, mullets and milk fish cultured in cages placed in ponds and open backwaters for achieving higher production, West Bengal Govt. and NFDB is providing financial assistance for input cost in first year to farmers. Eligibility: The support towards first ...
Read More »West Bengal: Assistance To Fisherwomen For Retailing
In the fisheries sector, retail fish marketing has provided vast employment opportunities especially for fisherwomen. However, owing to lack of financial support and managerial skills, the retail fish marketing by fisherwomen is still in traditional fashion, without any modernization. West Bengal Govt. under NFDB will provide subsidy to augment the ...
Read More »West Bengal: Assistance For New Wholesale Fish Markets
In the coming years, it is anticipated that national fish production will increase. Similarly, the demand for fish will also increase considering the health value of eating fish. Hence, it is very essential to supply good quality fish to consumer in a hygienic environment. The private entrepreneurs have to play ...
Read More »West Bengal: Financial Assistance For Development/Construction Of New Retail Markets, Complexes And Retail Outlets
The retail outlets are important links in the entire domestic marketing system. It is only through retail markets, fish is traded to consumer. The main drawback of the retail market is that the fish reaches for distribution in poor quality due to handling, storage and transportation problems. To improve the ...
Read More »West Bengal: Assistance For Modernization Of Wholesale Fish Markets
The wholesale fish markets are generally located at strategic points where the fish and fishery products arrive and distributed to different parts of the country. Most of the wholesale markets in the state at present are in an unorganized way, without adequate facilities for fish handling and storage. This scheme ...
Read More »West Bengal: Financial Assistance For Edible Oyster Farming
Farming of edible oyster is being undertaken by small scale farmers in shallow estuaries, bays and backwaters in a big way. Spat collection of oysters is done either from the wild or produced in hatcheries, on suitable cultch materials. Harvesting is done manually with a production rate of 8-10 Tonnes/ha. ...
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