Working Group Report on - Haryana Kisan Ayog

*Figures for 2009-10 & 2010-11 refer to’ seed stocking’ as against ‘seed production’which may not necessarily be same.^<strong>Report</strong> presented by Director, Fisheries, Haryana in Hisar stakeholder Workshop(30/7/2011)It is not clearly evident as to what proportion of the 450 million fry was actuallyproduced from within Haryana by private and public hatcheries in order tounderstand the performance of existing seed production infrastructure in Haryana.In 2007-08, there were 15 functional hatcheries / fish seed farms underDoF, 16 fish seed hatcheries & 45 rearing units in private sector, (thoughtheir respective production details are not available except for two years,) besidesone Ornamental fish hatchery at Saidpura, Karnal and desi Magur fish hatchery atBadkhal, Faridabad.The Table 2.8 above shows that Haryana produces roughly 1% of fish seed thoughit’s share in table fish production is about 2%. The seed production doubledbetween 1997-98 and 2008-09 mirroring the all India trend. Importantly, 15public seed farms under DoF produced only 20% of State’s seed while80% came from 16 private sector farms during 2002-03 & 2004-05indicating abysmal performance of public sector seed farms. Scenariodid not change in 2010-11 as public sector contribution remained almostsame at 22%. Field visits and interaction with DoF staff and private hatcheryoperators further confirmed almost defunct nature of all but one public sectorhatchery in Kurukshetra. Most of the DoF seed farms / hatcheries primarily buyspawn from either nearby private hatcheries or from other States, rear them innurseries to fry stage for 2-3 weeks and distribute them to beneficiary farmers atsubsidized rates under FFDA and other programs. Contrary to what has beenreported, at least one third of State’s seed requirement is being met by seed supplyfrom Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. It may be noted that the four States of WestBengal (42%), Andhra Pradesh (31%), Assam (6.5%) and Uttar Pradesh (3.5%)together produce 83% of total carp seed requirement in the country and the surplusseed from West Bengal meets nearly 25% of India’s total seed requirement.( 16 )