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ICAR-CIFRI organizes Webinar (e-extension service) on ‘Fish Diseases in North-East India: Diagnosis and Sustainable Management’

6^th October 2026
Guwahati
The ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CIFRI), Regional Centre, Guwahati, in collaboration with Grameen Sahara (NGO), Chhaygaon, Assam, successfully organized an e-extension webinar on "Fish Diseases in North-East India: Diagnosis and Sustainable Management" on 06 October 2026. The webinar aimed to enhance awareness among fish farmers, fishers, extension personnel, and other stakeholders on common fish diseases, their diagnosis and prevention; to share knowledge on disease diagnosis and management strategies for healthy fish culture systems in North-East India; and to disseminate information on strategies for reducing disease risk in fisheries and aquaculture. The programme commenced with a welcome address by Dr. Sullip Kumar Majhi, Head, ICAR-CIFRI Regional Centre, Guwahati, who highlighted the growing challenges posed by fish disease to inland fisheries and aquaculture. He emphasized the importance of effective fish disease diagnosis and management to prevent economic loss of fish farmers.

The technical session featured an expert lecture by Dr. Hemanta Pokhrel, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Fishery Science, Assam Veterinary and Fishery University (AVFU), Raha, on "Common fish diseases in North-East India: identification, symptoms, diagnosis and control". Dr. Pokhrel discussed in detail the different types of parasitic, bacterial, fungal and other non-infectious diseases occurring in fisheries and aquaculture in North-East India. He also discussed in detail the symptoms associated with different types of fish diseases and suggested remedies for disease prevention and control for minimizing production losses.

The second technical lecture was delivered by Ms. Naznin Ahmed, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Fishery Science, Assam Veterinary and Fishery University (AVFU), Raha, on "Best practices and disease prevention measures for sustainable fish health management". She elaborated on the management measures to be taken in fisheries and aquaculture for preventing fish diseases. She emphasized the importance of maintaining a congenial culture environment and on adopting biosecurity measures for preventing disease in fishes. Mr. Sarat Chandra Das of Grameen Sahara addressed the participants and thanked the resource persons and ICAR-CIFRI for organizing a fruitful webinar on a very important topic. The webinar witnessed enthusiastic participation from fish farmers, fishers, fisheries stakeholders, extension personnel and self-help groups from North-Eastern states. A total of 63 fishers/ fish farmers attended the webinar. Interactive discussions during the question-and-answer session enabled participants to seek practical solutions to disease-related challenges in fisheries and aquaculture.

Summarizing the deliberations, Dr. Simanku Borah, Senior Scientist, ICAR-CIFRI Regional Centre, Guwahati and Organizing Secretary of the webinar, presented the key takeaways of the webinar, emphasizing the need for maintaining a suitable culture environment to prevent fish diseases, routine checks through netting to identify possible disease outbreaks if any, adoption of biosecurity measures and on judicious use of medicines and antibiotics. The programme concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Dr. A.K. Yadav, Senior Scientist, ICAR-CIFRI Regional Centre, Guwahati, who expressed gratitude to all the resource persons, collaborating organizations, participants, and the organizing team for making the webinar a success.