Working Group Report on - Haryana Kisan Ayog

ivulets pour water into these two rivers. There are 94 drains in the state whichcollect the over-flow water from fields and join rivulets and rivers. The state has 3main canal systems i.e. Western Jamuna Canal System, Bhakra Canal System andLift Canal System. It is reported that 55 species of fish are available in these naturalwater bodies. Fish production from the natural water bodies is declining fast.Fisheries Department, Haryana regulates the fisheries in natural water bodies underIndian Fisheries Act 1897 and Punjab Fisheries Act 1914 and Haryana FisheriesRule, 1996 framed there under. The present fish production from these waters is 120kg per km per year.Mahseer is the prime angling fish in upper reaches of river Yamuna in districtYamuna Nagar. Angling / sports fisheries is promoted to limited extent throughawareness camps with conservation focus as upper area of river Yamuna is bannedfor commercial fishing using nets. Mahseer and Indian major carp fish seed isstocked in natural waters for sustaining fisheries. Close season during Monsoon issaid to be observed for development of fisheries in natural waters.Fish Production and Productivity during IX, X & XI Plan Periods (1997-2011)Total fish production of Haryana during 2010-11 was 93,950 tonnes from17,094 ha of culture area with average productivity of 5.5 tonnes / ha. Inaddition, 2500-3000 tonnes is produced every year from 4,590 ha of lakes and7,197 km of rivers and canals with average productivity of 435 kg/ha and 120kg/km respectively. Thus the total estimated fish production of Haryana from allsources was 96,814 tonnes in 2010-11.Comparing this with the scenario twodecades ago, the growth in aquaculture development seems tremendous.To put it in perspective the production was 600 tonnes and culture area was only 58ha with average productivity of 1600 kg/ha while total production from all sourcesrose to 23,200 tonnes in 1990-91.As shown in the fig 2.4, the fish production during the last three plan periods(1997-2011) has grown three times from 32,050 tonnes in 1997-98 to 96,814tonnes in 2010-11 with an impressive annual compounded growth rate of11.41% while the national average inland fish production grew two times( 10 )