De indiske delstater Kashmir og Jammu har besluttet at give støtte til opstart af ørredopdræt. Der er tale om iværksætterstøtte til unge, der ejer et stykke land i nærheden af et vandløbssystem. Regeringen betaler for yngel, foder og konstruktion af opdrætsanlægget, som efter alt at dømme vil være traditionelle jorddamme med gennemstrømning.
AquaCircle har tidligere peget på Indien som et land hvor vi kan forvente en kraftig ekspansion i fiskeopdræt - såvel på land som på vand. Det ville jo være oplagt at give de kommende indiske 'vandbønder' bare en smule af den teknologi og viden som vi i Danmark har om indretning og drift af miljømæssigt fornuftigt ørredopdræt.
Som det fremgår af nedenstående (på engelsk) satser delstatsregeringerne på en fortsat ekspansion indenfor fiskeopdræt.
Fisheries Department Supports Trout Farming INDIA
- The Fisheries Department of Jammu and Kashmir is offering up to 100
per cent support to encourage young people to set up trout farms.
The Jammu and Kashmir
Fisheries Department is generating employment by encouraging young
people to practice trout fish farming in Bhadarwah in Jammu and
Kashmir's Doda District, reports Karachi News.
The farming of the commercial trout can be done with a piece of land close to a water body.
At a news conference, Farida Beig, a fisheries department inspector said
that the department provides turnkey assistance to entrepreneurs opting
for trout farming.
"The Fisheries Department provides some schemes, which we reach out to
the people and give 100 per cent subsidy. In the first instalment we
give the seeds and feed free of cost. It is a source of generating jobs
for the unemployed youth and their upliftment," said Ms Beig.
"We institute a business for them. They should only own a piece of land,
which is close to a source of water. Everything else including the
seed, feed, construction related world is made available to them," she
added.
She also highlighted future prospects of fish farming in the region.
"We are only rearing fish but our future prospect will also include its
breeding. Our seeds will also be prepared here. The benefit it will
carry in the future is that all the private and government ponds in
Bhadra (Bhaderwah), will be able to culture the fish. Hatchery and
breeding of trout fish farming will be done and seeds will be made
available to the farmers," said Beig.
The Department of Fisheries has started providing all facilities including motors, nets, and feed to the farmers.
Trout, both brown and the rainbow species, is a coldwater fish found
aplenty in the rivers Beas, Sutlej and Ravi flowing through Jammu region
from the upper reaches of Himalayan range. |
