cifri annual report 2007- 2008 - Central Institute of Brackishwater ...

Basln Lcrel Workshop af Challenge Program
Project
Sccond Indn4angettc Basin Lcvcl workshop of
CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
ICPWF) Project "Improved Fisheries Producttvily
and Management in tropical Reseri,otrs" uas
oryanired on Deccmhcr 17, 2007 at Central Inland
Fisher~es Research Inst~tute, Barrackpore. Dr S
Ayyappan, Dcpug Director Gcneral (Fy), [CAR,
New Dclht, Dr. K. K Vaqs, Director CIFN,
Barrackpore, Dr \'. V Sugunnn, Assistant Director
General (Inland F)). ICAK, New Dellil. ProL H R.
Slngh, Former Vice Chancellor. Allahabad
University, h~gh offic~als lronl Depanmcnt oi
Fishertes, Ciovernments of Uttar Pradesh,
Llttarakhand, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Madh)a
Pradesh. rescwoir lislicrs Ron1 Utl~r Pradesh, C.IFRl
sctentlstsandprojcctresearclr slaffpanic~pated !ti the
workshop Dr. Vasr explained thc prqect actiiilies
and expected output. Dr. Sugunan tiimuoncd dbout
he implementation oftlie pri>jcct stlice itr inception.
Dr Ayyappan suggested the states to scleci Itmltcd
number of reserkolrs durltlg XI piall fbr o~eraii
fishertes dc>rlopnicot. Hc assured full financral
suppon from hat~onal F~shcrier 1)evelupment Board
and technxal suppon from CIFKI. Barrackpore He
wanted that the benefits nfthesc eflirris should reach
the poor fisher community The rcpreaentatives from
ail thc paniclpatiny states presented the status.
problcmr, chalicnyes and suggestions for rescrvotr
fisheries development in their states. Elahorale
dtscussions were held on I) meeting the fish seed
demands for rcsen'oir fisheries enhancemmts; 11)
conimunily-hasedlco management in rcserrolr
fishcrtes; tii) prospects . . ofcapeand - . pens for raistnr! the
fish sccd, IN) tralning needs for overall reservoir
development; v) creation of reliable data-basc and ita
updailun; \I) mechanism for UFDH funding Tor
reservoir fisheries enhancenimt, iwi) ensuring
Improvement inliarvest & post hrrvcst. value addltlnti
andmarkcring.
The Comniun~ly Capac~ty Sacnptheninp Uorlshopa
UtIderCPprn~ecl a1 Dahnd Rcsrrvo~rnn Aprll7.ii07
nnd at Pahul Rcscwoir on Aopiist I. 2007 Tbc
Consenius Hullding Workshopi wcrc heid un July 23,
2007 at Dahod Kcselvolr and on August 22. Oil7 at
Paliuj Rescr!,oir.
The National Ftsh Farmcri' dn) to ci~mmrmorsta ilrbt
succcsr ofinduced brrcd~ng by Ihcrcnowned Sc~cntist
Dr. Hiralal Ckoudhuri of C'IFRI uas cclcbrilcd h)
Cetitral ltila~id Fisherlcs Kcsearch Instltule at
Hatrackpore on 10 July. 1107. Hon'blc Fisher~ci
miniatrr of Assail> Sri Nuijamnl Sarhdr was the ch\ct
pucst and l'rof C.S Chakrahony, L'ice.~l~anurllor
WXUAFS presided over ihr fuiict~on C.I FK I
confcrrrd Ftsli Farmer Award to 5 liah farliicra and
liihcrnmen of Manipur, Jharkhand, Midjs Pradeih.
H~niachal Pradesh, Ahsam and Oriss~ for tlie~i
outstandlnp contr~butloii~n lishcrierarctor Durlngthc
occasion. Sri Nurjanial Sarkar, Honorahlc Minirtcr of
Fislicr~es, Assam relcascd a special souvcnlr mutlcd
'Kemintrcence' ds pan of ClFRl Diamond Juhilce
celcbrauon