Shillong, Sep 12: A two-day training programme on ‘Cage & Pen Culture and Sustainable Reservoir Fisheries Management’ was organised for tribal fishers of Ri-Bhoi district at Umiam, which concluded on Thursday.
The programme, sponsored under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, was jointly organised by ther Department of Fisheries and ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Regional Centre, Guwahati.
Around 150 participants including local fishers, members of women self-help groups and community leaders attended the programme aimed at strengthening technical capacity in cage and pen culture technologies and sustainable reservoir fisheries management.
Officials said successful cage culture trials in Umiam have encouraged the department to launch an Integrated Reservoir Development Project in the state.
