Fishing industry is facing a major crisis with fish stocks depleting all over the India as well as in West Bengal State. This decline in the fish supply is the result of over fishing, indiscriminate fishing methods and degradation of coastal and inland ecosystem due to various reasons. There is ...
Read More »West Bengal: Financial Assistance For Mussel Farming
Mussel Farming is the farming of saltwater and fresh water species groups which have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other edible clams, which are often more or less rounded or oval. It is during the marine phase i.e. December to May that the ...
Read More »West Bengal: Scheme For Production Of Fin Fish Seed
In view of the need for diversification of the defunct shrimp hatcheries, the scheme has been demised production of fin fish seed for completing the demand. Under this scheme West Bengal Govt. will provide assistance for construction of new finfish hatcheries and for modification of the defunct shrimp hatcheries for ...
Read More »West Bengal: Financial Assistance For Development Of Innovative Technology In Fish Farming
To provide need based financial assistance for increasing fish production/productivity and brood stock development, culture of new species, production of low cost feed with high nutritive value, promotion of New Farming Practices (cage/pen culture etc.) and Development of diagnostic 83 kits (including biotechnological kits), West Bengal Govt. is providing financial ...
Read More »West Bengal: Financial Assistance For Cage Culture In Ponds And Brackish Water Areas
To promote diversification in coastal aquaculture fin fishes like seabass, groupers, mullets and milk fish can be cultured in cages placed in ponds and brackish water areas for achieving higher production and for the purpose of establishing cage culture, West Bengal under NFDB is providing financial assistance. Eligibility: Entrepreneurs and ...
Read More »West Bengal: Financial Assistance Towards Input Cost For Brackish Water Fish Culture
In aquaculture systems, the inputs constitute almost 60% of the total expenditure, which becomes a constraint while undertaking a new species for culture without having clear knowledge on the outcome. To enable the farmer to adopt scientific farming practices and optimize per hectare yield, West Bengal Govt. will provide partial ...
Read More »West Bengal: Construction Of New Ponds For Brackish Water Fin Fish Culture
West Bengal Govt. is providing financial assistance to fish farmers for constructing new ponds for fin fish culture under National Fisheries Development Board because the infrastructure developed for shrimp culture may not be directly suitable for taking up finfish culture. Beneficiaries: Farmers and entrepreneurs developing brackish water fin fish culture ...
Read More »West Bengal: Assistance For Additional Infrastructure To Specific Pathogen Free Shrimp Culture Farms
West Bengal Govt. under National Fisheries Development Board has come up with scheme to provide assistance for basic infrastructure to meet the biosecurity requirements of the shrimp farms in West Bengal. While stocking the SPF shrimp post larvae, shrimp farms need to have the facilities for biosecurity like bird fencing, ...
Read More »West Bengal: Training And Demonstration Programme By NFDB
To meet the important requirement of human resource development in freshwater aquaculture, the National Fisheries Development Board envisages mobilization of existing facilities available under public and private sectors to impart training to the fish farmers/ entrepreneurs in the West Bengal State. Nodal Agencies: State Fisheries Department, Fisheries Federations/Corporations, KVKS, Fisheries ...
Read More »West Bengal: Scheme For Establishment Of Fish Feed Mills
Feeding is a must in farming of fin fishes and shell fishes as they need nutritive feeds with high protein levels. They are specially formulated and extruded to avoid wastage of feed when cultured in running water/raceway systems. In order increase the production levels of fishes in hill districts there ...
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