Despite fish being a favourite dish among the people of Asom the annual production is around 1.75 lakh tonnes only against the total requirement of 2.95 lakh tonnes. Moreover, a lion share of the local fish have dried up, thereby creating a lacuna in supply and demand and compelling the State to get imported fish supply from Andhra Pradesh and other States.

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