The Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) here, in collaboration with the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad, began organising a two-day ‘National sensitisation workshop on quality fish seed: Principles Vs practices’ to sensitise the State Governments and other stakeholders on the importance of producing and using quality fish seed.
Thirty-five participants from 19 States, including Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu. Meghalaya, Sikkim and Andaman and Nicobar, participated in the workshop.
The CIFA has been doing research on these aspects since one and a half decades and all the partner States would be benefited from the scientific progress, said CIFA Director Dr P Jayasankar, who presided over the workshop.
The programme was inaugurated by former CIFA Director Dr N Sarangi. NFDB Senior Executive Director CK Murthy was present on the occasion.
Dr K Das Mahapatra was the course director of the programme. A souvenir was also released on the occasion.