Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 4
Nagaland recorded total fish production of 8220 MT during 2015-16. The availability in the state is further supplemented by imported fish of 3850 MT, which constitutes about 32 per cent of the total fish available for consumption.
Taking into account the domestic production and the imports, the state’s per capita consumption of fish in 2015-16 was 6.10 kgs (As per 2011 census).
Nagaland has large tracts of land with potential for fishery activities. However, only negligible area is utilized for the purpose.
Presently, out of the total area of 1, 12, 500 hectare with potential for inland culture fisheries and 5558 hectare for inland capture fisheries, only 6339 hectares was utilized for inland culture fisheries and 3218 hectare for inland -capture fisheries, according to Nagaland Economic Survey 2015-16 brought out by economics & statistics department.
In percentage terms, 5.63 per cent of the total potential area was utilized for inland culture fisheries and 57.90 per cent for inland captured fisheries.
In the year, 2015-16, the total quality of fish production increased to 8220 MT from 7835 MT in 2014-15 registering a growth of 4.91 per cent over the previous year.
On the basis of type of source of fish production, ponds and tanks recorded production of 6758.50 MT, paddy-cum-fish culture 1094.60 MT, reservoirs 358.00 MT, rivers/streams 2.98 MT and lake/weirs/ swamps 5.92 MT.
