CIFRI Awards
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute Regional Centre, Guwahati in collaboration with District Fishery Development Office, Dibrugarh, Govt. of Assam, organized a feed and pen distribution programme for the benefit of wetland fishers on 24th June, 2022. The program was organized at District Fishery Development Office, Dibrugarh, Assam.
A total of 10 tonnes of CIFRI CAGEGROW feed and 10 no. of CIFRI HDPE pen were distributed among fishers of five wetlands of Dibrugarh district, Assam. The programme was organized under the overall guidance of Dr. B. K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore and Dr. B. K. Bhattacharjya, Head (Acting), ICAR-CIFRI RC, Guwahati. Dr. Simanku Borah, Scientist of the Centre co-ordinated the distribution programme. The program was attended by Mr. Tirthanath Hazarika, DFDO, Dibrugarh, Mr. Chakrapani Pegu, FDO, Ms. Parishmita Handique, FDO and a host of officials from District Fishery Development Office, Dibrugarh. A total of 30 fishers were present in the distribution programme.
Dr. Simanku Borah, welcomed the guest and participants for the programme and explained the purpose programme. He also gives a brief overview about ICAR-CIFRI and its activity for development of the fisheries sector of NE region. Different technologies developed by ICAR-CIFRI like cage culture, pen culture, CAGEGROW Feed were also highlighted in his address.
Mr. Tirthanath Hazarika, DFDO, Dibrugarh delivered a lecture on overview of PMMSY schemes for inland fisheries and urged the participants to take benefit of the govt. welfare schemes. He also briefly elaborated different activities carried out by Department of Fisheries in Assam and urged the people of the district to adopt scientific management protocols for harnessing the potential of beel fisheries.
