Enhancing Fishery Productivity in Small Reservoir in India
Enhancing Fishery Productivity in Small Reservoir in India
small water bodies like ponds now contributes 80% of the country’s inland fish production. However, future growth in freshwater aquaculture to meet rising demand for fish is likely to be constrained by limited supplies of land for digging new ponds and of water to fill them. In this context, reservoirs offer immense scope for increasing fish production. They can both provide nutritional security in remote areas that lack adequate supplies of animal protein and sustain the livelihood of landless