There is no reason why Assam needs to drive out scarce resources of the State to import a huge scale of fish worth around Rs 1000 crore a year in spite of its abundant scope of pisciculture with numerous rivers, ponds, beels and reservoirs.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/assams-pisciculture-editorial
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/assam-tribune-guwahati
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fisheries
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pisciculture