Pengba Day Celebrations
Indigenous species gets new lease of life:
Imphal, Dec 24: Closely related with the history of the land and highly relished by the local people, Pengba variety of fish which was on the verge of totally disappearing from Manipur a few years back is now getting a fresh lease of life.
The sole credit for regenerating this endangered indigenous fish species goes to Soibam Dhanabir of Ningombam for he succeeded where the State Government had failed. Earlier the State Government made several efforts to regenerate the fish species but failed.
Speaking on Pengba Day celebration at Ningombam on Monday, Soibam Dhanabir said that in addition to its superior taste, Pengba contains Omega-3 fatty acid which is highly beneficial to health. Though once feared that Pengba might get extinct from the State, there is no cause for such worry now, claimed Dhanabir.
The Pengba Day celebration jointly organised by New Zen Aquaculture Farm and Radiance Socio-Economic Development Organisation was attended by Fisheries Minister Mohd Allaudin Khan, Imphal West Zilla Parishad Adhyaksha S Subashchandra, Fisheries Director K Saratkumar, Modern College lecturer Dr T Brojen and social worker L Tarpan as presidium members.
Acknowledging that the State Government had failed in its efforts to regenerate Pengba by producing its fingerlings, Fisheries Director Saratkumar informed that two State run farms will start producing Pengba fingerlings from next year.
Stating that efforts are being put in to take up some projects with the objective to regenerate Pengba and other indigenous fish species facing extinction, Saratkumar informed that arrangements have been made to preserve germplasm of Pengba so as to produce Pengba-like fish species by injecting it to fishes with similar features as Pengba in case the original species disappear.
Hailing the efforts of Dhanabir, Rural Development, MOBC and Fisheries Minister Mohd Allaudin Khan noted that following the successful initiative of Dhanabir to reproduce Pengba, more than 30 fish farms are now rearing Pengba.
Pengba has already been declared the State fish of Manipur, he mentioned.
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Imphal, Dec 24: Closely related with the history of the land and highly relished by the local people, Pengba variety of fish which was on the verge of totally disappearing from Manipur a few years back is now getting a fresh lease of life.
The sole credit for regenerating this endangered indigenous fish species goes to Soibam Dhanabir of Ningombam for he succeeded where the State Government had failed. Earlier the State Government made several efforts to regenerate the fish species but failed.
Speaking on Pengba Day celebration at Ningombam on Monday, Soibam Dhanabir said that in addition to its superior taste, Pengba contains Omega-3 fatty acid which is highly beneficial to health. Though once feared that Pengba might get extinct from the State, there is no cause for such worry now, claimed Dhanabir.
The Pengba Day celebration jointly organised by New Zen Aquaculture Farm and Radiance Socio-Economic Development Organisation was attended by Fisheries Minister Mohd Allaudin Khan, Imphal West Zilla Parishad Adhyaksha S Subashchandra, Fisheries Director K Saratkumar, Modern College lecturer Dr T Brojen and social worker L Tarpan as presidium members.
Acknowledging that the State Government had failed in its efforts to regenerate Pengba by producing its fingerlings, Fisheries Director Saratkumar informed that two State run farms will start producing Pengba fingerlings from next year.
Stating that efforts are being put in to take up some projects with the objective to regenerate Pengba and other indigenous fish species facing extinction, Saratkumar informed that arrangements have been made to preserve germplasm of Pengba so as to produce Pengba-like fish species by injecting it to fishes with similar features as Pengba in case the original species disappear.
Hailing the efforts of Dhanabir, Rural Development, MOBC and Fisheries Minister Mohd Allaudin Khan noted that following the successful initiative of Dhanabir to reproduce Pengba, more than 30 fish farms are now rearing Pengba.
Pengba has already been declared the State fish of Manipur, he mentioned.
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