CO-OPERATIVE STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORT IS REQUIRED IN TAPPING FISHERIES IN RESERVOIRS

The state Government of Himachal Pradesh has announced the MSP of fishing support aquaculture for the livelihood in the reservoir ecosystem as a member of the cooperative society rupee one hundred per kilogram required for the capacity building and upgradation of skill and species through the reservoir cage technology, backed by the marketing support through cooperative societies in the state of Himachal Pradesh. An Indian council of Agricultural ResearchThe state Government of Himachal Pradesh has announced the MSP of fishing support aquaculture for the livelihood in the reservoir ecosystem as a member of the cooperative society rupee one hundred per kilogram required for the capacity building and upgradation of skill and species through the reservoir cage technology, backed by the marketing support through cooperative societies in the state of Himachal Pradesh. An Indian council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) -Central Institute of Inland Fisheries (CIFRI) study  envisions that aquaculture productivity can go up to 300 kg from the present 100 kg per hectare in such reservoirs. To achieve this potential experts suggest adopting a value chain approach through the integrated development of these reservoirs, this includes converged setting. To ground the above value chain approach, a cluster based strategy is being implemented by the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) to enhance the competitiveness of the reservoir ecosystem through end to end solutions. In line with this strategy, recently a reservoir cluster has been announced, the efforts would be, first and foremost, to identify sectoral gaps in fisheries production, productivity and processing capacities within this reservoir ecosystem. Critical, for herein will be the assessment of multiplicity of agencies owning fishing rights, which sometimes poses challenges in data gathering, and without doubt, it will also entail enhancing economies of scale for local fish farmers by their aggregation through cooperatives and fish farmer-producer organisations:-- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, Director RTI Welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number 9459334377 (ICAR) -Central Institute of Inland Fisheries (CIFRI) study  envisions that aquaculture productivity can go up to 300 kg from the present 100 kg per hectare in such reservoirs. To achieve this potential experts suggest adopting a value chain approach through the integrated development of these reservoirs, this includes converged setting. To ground the above value chain approach, a cluster based strategy is being implemented by the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) to enhance the competitiveness of the reservoir ecosystem through end to end solutions. In line with this strategy, recently a reservoir cluster has been announced, the efforts would be, first and foremost, to identify sectoral gaps in fisheries production, productivity and processing capacities within this reservoir ecosystem. Critical, for herein will be the assessment of multiplicity of agencies owning fishing rights, which sometimes poses challenges in data gathering, and without doubt, it will also entail enhancing economies of scale for local fish farmers by their aggregation through cooperatives and fish farmer-producer organisations:-- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, Director RTI Welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number 9459334377