Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dhemaji

Fishery in Dhemaji district

Information on population, production and productivity of fishery’s commodities

Area under ponds/ tanks culture fishery has increased by 392.50 % and under integrated farming(rice and fish) about to nine times (9hectares to 79 hectares) over the last 35 years while the area under capture fishery has decreased 45.62% under beels, 1.61% under river, 41.81%under swamps, 43.47% under derelicts, 94.45% under low laying areas and 2.29% in forest capture fishery due to either deposition of silt/ sands or diversification towards the cultivation of field crops during the last 35 years. Production and productivity have also increased or decreased in the same fashion of areas during the last 35 years.

Table 1: Area under the commodities of fishery in ha

Type of Fishery	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005
Ponds/tanks	108	120	150	173	206	266	345	424
Beels	3749	3696	3613	3567	3143	2651	2237	2136
River	9344	9309	9309	9294	9286	9203	9199	9194
Swamps	311	307	301	297	263	223	1897	181
Derelicts	226	222	216	213	188	158	134	128
Paddy fields	9	12	19	30	38	50	63	79
Low lying area	216	212	207	204	180	153	129	12
Forest Fishery	307	306	306	305	305	303	301	300
Total	14270	14184	14121	14083	13609	13007	14305	12454

Table 2: Production of Fish in tones

Type of fishery	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005
Ponds/tanks	102	144	217	260	340	479	639	847
Beels	1086	998	795	678	471	291	201	127
River	1751	1624	1332	1148	906	658	538	356
Swamps	27	25	22	19	14	9	6	4
Derelicts	46	42	34	29	20	12	8	5
Paddy fields	5	7	13	22	31	45	62	79
Low lying area	45	40	34	29	21	16	13	11
Forest Fishery	61	60	49	40	30	26	19	13
Total	3123	2940	2496	2225	1833	1536	1486	1442

Table 3: Productivity of fish in q/ha

Fishery	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005
Ponds/tanks	9.500	12.400	14.5000	15.0000	16.5000	18.2000	18.5000	20.000
Beels	2.900	2.700	2.2000	1.9000	1.5000	1.1000	0.9000	0.595
River	1.874	1.745	1.4300	1.2300	0.9700	0.7150	0.5800	0.380
Swamps	0.365	0.806	0.7480	0.6460	0.5340	0.4066	0.3327	0.225
Derelicts	2.050	1.908	1.5710	1.3568	1.0712	0.7856	0.6428	0.424
Low lying area	2.103	1.905	1.6540	1.4330	1.1630	1.0560	1.0040	0.865
Forest Fishery	2.000	1.950	1.6000	1.3000	1.0000	0.8500	0.6500	0.420

Ongoing Schemes
Table 4: Information on Ongoing Schemes of Fishery department

Sector	Schemes	Activity	Fund/ Input received/utilized Rs. in lakh	Objectives of schemes
Central	Rastriya sam Vikash Yojana (RSVY)	Establishment of improved mini hatchery	30.00	Quality seed production
		Fishery in 0.1 ha pond	10.00	Table fish produ-ction
		Development of derelict water bodies/Wet land into fishery tank etc	19.55	-do-
		Farmers pond	8.18	-do-
		Pig cum fish culture	2.92	Popularization of integrated fish farming
		Fish cum horticulture	2.91	-do-
		Pig cum horti cum fish culture	2.77	-do-
	Fish Farmers Development Agency(FFDA)	De-link subsidy scheme	1.19	Renovation of pond in flood prone areas
		Bank link schemes	1.06	Renovation & extension
		Training of fish farmers	0.14	Awareness

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Fishery in Dhemaji district