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Title: Fish Farming in Sikkim: A Glimpse of Ground Realities
Authors: Preeti Sachar , Upendra Pratap Singh ,Sunil Jaiswal , and Pawan Kumar
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Preeti Sachar1 , Upendra Pratap Singh2 ,Sunil Jaiswal3 , and Pawan Kumar4 1,3,4. Department of Geography, Swami Shraddhanand College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. 2. Department of Geography, Mariahu Post Graduate College, Mariahujaunpur, Uttar Pradesh.
MLA 8 Sachar, Preeti, et al. "Fish Farming in Sikkim: A Glimpse of Ground Realities." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 3, no. 12, Dec. 2018, pp. 7714-7721, ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=569. Accessed Dec. 2018. APA 6 Sachar, P., Singh, U., Yadav, A., & Kumar, P. (2018, December). Fish Farming in Sikkim: A Glimpse of Ground Realities. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 3(12), 7714-7721. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=569 Chicago Sachar, Preeti, Upendra Pratap Singh, Anjali Yadav, and Pawan Kumar. "Fish Farming in Sikkim: A Glimpse of Ground Realities." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 3, no. 12 (December 2018), 7714-7721. Accessed December, 2018. ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=569.
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Abstract: Nature has gifted Sikkim with ample water bodies suitable for fish farming in both the lower belt and higher belt. Fish farming in Sikkim is in initial stage although the fisheries related activities were carried out date back from the inception of Fisheries Development Wing under Forest. The fisheries activity is connected with tourism and the educated jobless youth are inspired in the direction of fish culture practices which help them to boost up the economic situation of the people in the rural area. The primary data were collected directly by field observations and interviews with different class groups like fishermen, officials, local people, workers and fishery guards. Primary survey reveals that 36% of the rural household of farmers relies on aquaculture for their livelihood. There are almost 48 species of inland fishes found in Sikkim. The important species of fisheries found in Teesta and its tributaries are Asala, Katley, Buduna, Chepti, Chirkay and Kabrey. Marine fishes are not found in Sikkim. Mashaseer fish which are disappearing from the river system of Sikkim Himalaya due to their habitat destruction.

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