Fish farming or Pond Pisciculture in Haryana, India

From the archive record

At present in India, hundreds of exotic and indigenous ornamental fish varieties are being bred under captive condition. Majority of the production goes to domestic market and to some extent for export. A generalised production cycle of ornamental fishes is given below. There are quite a large number of tropical aquarium fishes known to the aquarists. While many of the fishes are easy to breed, some of these are rare, difficult to breed and expensive. Most of the exotic species can be bred and reared easily since the technology is simple and well developed. It is advisable to start with common, attractive, easily bred and less expensive species before attempting the more challenging ones. Haryana Fisheries Department has established an Ornamental Fish Hatchery a Fish Seed Farm Saidpura, K