The fisheries sector in Jharkhand has been witnessing a phenomenal growth after Jharkhand became a separate state bifurcating Bihar in 2000. When in 2001-02, the production of fish in the state had been only 14,000 metric tones. In 2010-11, eighty government fish firms produced 71,886 metric tones.
The fish seed production was increased from 32 crore to 67 crore, along with construction of 116 new fish seed hatcheries in private and government sector. The department of fisheries aims to produce fish of 1,40,000 tones during 12th plan.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/jharkhand-fisheries-sector-achieves-breakthrough-fish-production
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/tapan-chakravorti
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fish
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fish-marketing
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fisheries
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
