Journal of Krishi Vigyan

The study was carried out to assess the economics of production of fish fingerling, advanced fingerling and yearling by raising fish spawn for three successive years. The investigation was based on the data collected from 4 villages of Kamrup District, Assam namely Manikpur, Rajkhowapara (Bezera), Kukurmara, and Bichennella (Rangia) which is geographically located between 25° 46’ and 26°49’ North latitudes and between 90°48’ and 91°50’’ East longitudes. The study concluded that the fish seed rearing and farming was profitable venture for the locality. Since the input costs and labor costs were increasing significantly, one must know the availability resources, capital and the projected profit before starting of the fish seed rearing practice. One way to produce early season advanced fingerlings was to grow them in perennial ponds and store them at high density with minimal feeding for the coming year. When such “stunted fingerlings” were stocked into ponds with good feed they grow fast and can be marketed in about 6-8 m.