Inland Fisheries

7.3.10 Suggestions to promote sport fisheries

• Conservation measures for mahseer, snow-trout and allied fisheries may be framed and employed to check the depletion of these native fishes in these Himalayan resources.
• Facilities like approach road to the fishing sites, rest camps, angler's hut etc. should be developed to allure maximum number of tourists and anglers.
• To ensure the availability of game fishes in these aquatic resources seed production units and hatcheries may be established in the fishing areas.
• Fast growing varieties of trouts should be transplanted in the upper reaches of glacial rivers.
• Artificial propagation of mahseer and snow-trout may be taken up for large scale production of its seed to stock in all suitable waters in the area.
• Extensive teaching programmes exposing various facets of fisheries in far flung localities be undertaken so that the local masses could also be benefited from the sustained fishery.
• Fish acts and regulations may be adopted strictly so that the fishery of endangered fish species like mahseers and schizothoracids could be augmented.
• Angling competitions may be organized with vast publicity by news media, pamphlets, audio and video visions etc. so that maximum number of tourists/anglers could visit the area.