Training-cum-workshop programme on fisheries held in Tinsukia

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TINSUKIA: "India is considered as a sleeping giant in international fish trade as its vast ichthyofaunal resources still remain untapped for commercial activities,"' observed Prof SP Biswas of Dibrugarh University while delivering speech as resource person in a training-cum-workshop programme on fisheries at North Bank College Ghilamara on Saturday.

Prof Biswas said that north-eastern States contributed about 85 per cent of the total native ornamental fishes traded by India, with Assam being the most dominant contributor. Girls and the womenfolk can venture into ornamental fish trade, both in urban and rural areas, by adopting RAS, biofloc and rooftop culture.

The two-day program was organized as an academic support to the B.Voc course on Fish breeding and Aquaculture for undergraduate students under the community college scheme of UGC's National Skill Quality Framework (NSQF). The workshop titled 'Recent Trends in Package of Practices in Pisciculture', was inaugurated by Dr Jugal Saikia, Principal of North Bank College, on Friday with PurnanandaGogoi, president of the college governing body, in the chair. Among subject experts who spoke on the occasion were fishery officer HarenPegu, BikulGoswami, Prof DN Das and others. The programme was attended by a large number of students and fish farmers.

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