ICAR-CIBA organised tribal farmers interaction meet on nursery rearing of brackishwater ornamental fishes at Baliyara, Mousuni Islands, West Bengal
In the Sundarban region of West Bengal mangroves serve as breeding and nursery zones for many brackishwater and marine fish. Wild fish seed collection is a traditional occupation of the tribal. Stocking of wild fish seeds into poorly managed homestead ponds provided them with a meagre income. Therefore, extending a fisheries based alternative livelihood opportunity…