Arunachal CM for Fisheries Cooperatives

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin emphasized for urgently promoting fisheries as an alternate source of livelihood, especially for youths. “With a significant wide range of fish resources ranging from alpine varieties to tropical ones in the lower altitudes, Arunachal Pradesh has the capability of emerging as a ‘Sunrise Sector’ through fisheries in the state’s economy,” Gamlin said while addressing a review meeting on fisheries developmental Programmes in Itanagar. Maintaining that in order to create employment opportunities, fisheries are an excellent way of bringing opportunities to the doorsteps of the people, Gamlin advocated for bringing out fisheries revolution where the consumption requirements of fish are produced within the state and not procured from farms in far off states. He called for promoting Fisheries cooperatives, which would ensure that the dividends are spread across a larger beneficiary base. The chief minister stressed on the need to promote fisheries entrepreneurship amongst the local youths by giving them access to technology and to markets besides paving wayfor farm side research on better breeding techniques to the fish farmers to promote this viable industry.