Fishery in Assam

Statistics of Fisheries in Assam, 2017-18 to 2022-23:

Sl. No.

Particulars

2017-2018

2018-2019

2019-2020

2020-2021

2021-2022

2022-2023

1.

No. of Registered Bill Fisheries

1197

1907

1903

1904

2072

447

2.

Area under Registered Bill Fisheries (Hect.)

100815

63019.8

61763

69719.23

71843.50

30444.67

3.

Ponds and Tanks (Nos.)

416240

455118

475404

501800

547237

552607

4.

Area under Ponds and Tanks (Hect.)

73065

75183.90

81346.00

85067.51

92386.22

552607

5.

Area under River Fisheries (Hect.)

167095

4820

164481.65

241536.74

11060.60

11304.48

6.

Area under Forest Fisheries (Hect.)

4835

4784.8

4782

5001.80

6990.90

6102.90

7.

Area under Derelict Water Bodies/Swamps (Hect.)

86204

94044.65

91909

83639.25

83555.26

83633.26

8.

Reservoir Fisheries (Hect.)

1713

996

1813

1863

3096

3096

9.

Nos. of Hatcheries (Govt + Private)

521

538

521

521

564

608

10.

Production of Fish Seeds (Million Nos.)

8000.13

9893.37

95187.99

9886.50

18218.70

20843.08

11.

Production of Fish (Tonne)

327262

331099.34

373154.45

392913.39

416915

443568.69

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023

 

District-Wise number and area under Fisheries in Assam, 2022-23:

District

Beel Fisheries

Ponds & Tanks

Derelict Water Bodies/ Swamps

Forest Fisheries

River Fisheries

Others (Paddy field/canals etc.)

Nos.

Area

Nos.

Area

Nos.

Area

Nos.

Area

Nos.

Area

Nos.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Kokrajhar

76

2066.50

8561

1930.00

96

572.00

17

208.0

9

220.00

355.00

Dhubri

153

3637.30

10676

2050.01

241

4177.50

0

0

11

183.50

40375.00

Goalpara

76

2105.70

9493

2078.25

90

483.00

0

0

9

733.20

33610.00

Barpeta

77

2539.54

21545

4758.05

78

1367

0

0

7

119.00

5564.00

Morigaon

94

2487.38

18693

3268.97

310

424.30

5

56.0

5

169.33

7385.00

Nagaon

110

6882.04

45369

7998.47

572

22338.47

2

1382.0

8

427.24

18053.00

Sonitpur

70

1380.00

16662

1739.42

305

679.00

0

0

25

631.57

103864.25

Lakhimpur

41

1559.50

23046

4495.72

68

4273.00

2

16.7

14

271.07

0

Dhemaji

42

425.00

5749

1354.00

145

706.00

0

0

24

693.58

18500.00

Tinsukia

18

2220.50

12879

5465.34

160

1864.00

0

220.0

10

150.00

6534.00

Dibrugarh

87

5289.00

50350

2745.93

80

406.38

4

277.7

4

350.00

15682.62

Sivasagar

147

1356.28

8475

1226.35

98

6057.80

9

78.0

12

443.85

79614.70

Jorhat

43

720.00

11162

1963.73

83

6069.00

0

0

12

650.00

9698.00

Golaghat

120

1494.00

7742

1246.84

102

57.00

40

1720.0

5

444.00

480.00

Karbi Anglong

16

121.00

10116

2973.88

85

267.00

6

45.0

3

145.00

0

Dima Hasao

-

-

1605

192.70

112

35.00

5

0.9

5

450.00

87.50

Cachar

198

7945.00

36860

8656.85

284

5738.00

167

435.0

22

425.00

2380.00

Karimganj

143

3850.85

29657

4544.18

211

11480.35

0

0

5

240.00

3050.60

Hailakandi

42

4377.50

35977

6739.93

25

1628.00

0

0

4

158.80

0

Bongaigaon

41

2619.00

10727

2354.61

193

3332.40

0

0

8

255.00

2000.00

Chirang

11

122.00

3286

485.55

77

150.00

10

70.0

3

149.00

0

Kamrup

140

4434.27

24592

4252.33

204

1159.26

48

447.1

17

568.20

67714.00

Kamrup Metro

55

5210.50

2239

703.90

26

165.10

0

0

4

86.00

20605.00

Nalbari

25

792.00

27115

3457.00

515

3645.00

0

0

7

263.23

4515.00

Baksa

6

340.00

31457

2975.50

51

447.00

19

121.0

14

922.00

0

Darrang

19

4020.00

33410

4169.07

71

610.00

0

0

17

495.25

1100.00

Udalguri

-

-

11765

2493.90

504

242.00

0

0

5

235.00

7630.00

South Salmara

23

405.00

7741

1748.40

38

258.00

0

0

3

77.11

150.00

Hojai

24

1117.96

13692

3114.23

371

1805.00

2

971.0

2

312.00

11996.44

Biswanath

51

721.68

5980

900.33

64

444.20

6

11.0

10

327.28

13056.82

Charaideo

26

135.00

4543

453.19

405

145.00

5

42.0

6

222.67

33600.00

Majuli

92

1381.00

3539

701.00

295

2388.00

0

0

4

330.00

3949.00

West Karbi Anglong

6

88.00

2238

509.83

21

73.50

2

1.5

2

95.00

0

Bajali

-

-

5666

946.01

42

146.00

0

0

2

61.60

627.00

Assam

2072

71843.50

552607

94693.47

6022

83633.26

349

6102.90

298

11304.48

512176.93     

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2023

 

Statistics of Fisheries on Inland Water Bodies in Assam, 2022-23:

Type

Number

Water Spread Area (in Hect.)

1. River Fisheries

(i) Main River

2

11304.48

(ii) Tributories

53

2. Beels

(i) Registered Beel

447

30444.67

(ii) Un-registered Beel

  1625

  41398.70

3. Forest Fisheries

 349

6102.90

4. Derelict Water Bodies/Swamp

6022

83633.26

5. Reservoir Fisheries

4

3096.00

6. Ponds and Tank

552607

94693.47

7. Advanced  Fish Culture technology

 Biofloc          

193

-

 RAS

9

-

Total

561311

259369 Ha

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2023

 

District-wise Fish Production, Fish Imported and Registered Fish Markets in Assam, 2022-23:

District

  Fish Production (in tonne)

Fish Imported from other States (in tonne)

 Nos. of Registered Fish Markets

 Raw Fish

Dry Fish

 Raw Fish

Dry Fish

 Raw Fish

Dry Fish

Kokrajhar

7923.83

2.16

399.52

1.07

8

0

Dhubri

12169.09

4.49

250.13

4.56

16

0

South Salmara

7294.42

0

61.87

8.75

0

Goalpara

9468.53

0.20

141.52

0.62

15

0

Barpeta

17945.55

1.23

23.08

1.00

16

0

Morigaon

21543.67

24.49

495.44

80.00

5

1

Nagaon

52337.55

32.08

34.29

58.15

31

0

Hojai

14441.42

0

46.26

0

0

Sonitpur

17701.54

90.84

536.67

0

13

0

Biswanath

5603.25

56.45

956.39

3.75

0

0

Lakhimpur

17311

63.22

85.76

2.03

10

0

Dhemaji

8534.98

5.00

2338.00

2.00

5

0

Tinsukia

16208.32

0.35

2326.10

9.54

9

0

Dibrugarh

15072.57

0

2052.50

2.65

10

0

Sivasagar

25651.4

3.73

778.50

19.40

8

0

Charaideo

8747.85

0

714.30

14.98

0

0

Jorhat

9752.09

0

1209.35

0

5

0

Majuli

3987.06

0

26.88

0

0

Golaghat

6100.00

0

2239.10

0

9

0

Karbi Anglong

5847.43

1.21

1883.00

28.73

5

0

West Karbi Anglong

882.73

0

989.00

17.00

0

Dima Hasao

545.49

0

67.23

13.62

5

0

Cachar

37622.05

0

1293.00

0

5

0

Karimganj

17529.04

0

1784.61

92.72

5

0

Hailakandi

19694.28

0

28.33

0

6

0

Bongaigaon

10085.33

8.08

191.68

22.25

7

0

Chirang

1273.37

0.17

37.42

0.20

0

0

Kamrup

6154.82

2.03

2532.00

14.25

36

0

Kamrup Metro

18202.58

4.18

2222.00

19.21

0

0

Nalbari

12141.11

2.57

119.24

0

14

0

Baksa

9677.76

0.69

78.60

0.65

0

0

Darrang

15241.68

2.50

220.55

24.00

20

0

Udalguri

7653.25

12.95

224.56

12.18

0

0

Bajali

2904.85

0.18

43.12

0

0

0

Assam

443249.89

318.80

26430.00

453.31

263

1

Source:- Statistical Handbook Assam-2023

 

District-Wise number of Hatcheries and Fish seed Production in Assam, 2022-23:

District

No. of Hatcheries

Production  of Fish Seed (Govt. + Pvt.)

( Fry in Million Nos.)

Govt.

Private

F

NF

Total

F

NF

Total

Kokrajhar

0

1

1

0

0

0

45.50

Dhubri

0

1

1

6

7

13

58.65

Goalpara

1

0

1

9

6

15

54.00

Barpeta

0

1

1

75

8

83

5357.60

Morigaon

0

1

1

39

8

47

160.00

Nagaon

1

0

1

112

13

125

10595.94

Sonitpur

0

1

1

4

1

5

12.25

Lakhimpur

1

1

2

16

2

18

401.80

Dhemaji

0

0

0

6

6

12

17.78

Tinsukia

0

0

0

5

5

10

41.95

Dibrugarh

1

0

1

8

1

9

38.02

Sivasagar

2

0

2

5

2

7

43.70

Jorhat

0

1

1

3

5

8

2.52

Golaghat

0

0

0

6

7

13

24.62

Karbi Anglong

0

1

1

1

2

3

0.00

Dima Hasao

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

Cachar

1

0

1

16

4

20

43.76

Karimganj

0

0

0

27

10

37

1804.30

Hailakandi

0

0

0

3

5

8

23.37

Bongaigaon

0

1

1

10

1

11

7.10

Chirang

0

0

0

1

0

1

4.10

Kamrup

3

0

3

30

6

36

12.52

Kamrup Metro

2

1

3

3

2

5

75.87

Nalbari

0

0

0

12

1

13

76.07

Baksa

0

0

0

13

0

13

23.94

Darrang

1

1

2

14

8

22

7.78

Udalguri

0

1

1

6

0

6

25.00

Biswanath

0

0

0

7

4

11

118.00

Charaideo

0

0

0

0

1

1

0.00

Hojai

0

0

0

15

5

20

1640.00

Majuli

0

0

0

2

0

2

15.50

South Salmara

0

0

0

7

0

7

110.80

West Karbi Anglong

1

0

1

0

0

0

0.10

Bajali

0

0

0

0

1

1

0.46

Tamulpur

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

Assam

14

12

26

461

121

582

20843.00

N.B. ; Seel Production not separately available for (1) Nagaon & Hojai and (2) Sonitpur & Biswanath.

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2023

 

District wise Number of Ornamental Fish Production units and commercial dealers in Assam, 2022-23:

District

Registered Commercial Units dealing with Ornamental Fish

Registered Ornamental Fish Production Units

Govt.

Private

Govt.

Private

Goalpara

0

1

0

0

Morigaon

0

4

0

0

Nagaon

0

4

0

1

Dibrugarh

0

18

0

3

Charaideo

0

2

0

1

Cachar

0

2

0

0

Bongaigaon

0

3

0

4

Kamrup

1

2

1

2

Darrang

0

1

1

0

Udalguri

0

1

0

0

Assam

1

38

2

11

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2023

 

Fish Caught in Assam, 2018-19 to 2022-23:

(In Tonne)

Special

Natural Water Bodies (Capture Fisheries)

Man-made Fisheries (Ponds and Tanks)

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

Major Carps (Catla, Rohu, Mrigal)

20820

22799

23669

15216

16587

117193

148161

145696

173791

199172

Minor Carps

21839

22297

25016

19661

18760

20681

25945

24668

30834

40928

Exotic Carps (Common, Silver, Grass)

4441

4532

4562

4104

4397

21896

27649

27191

27034

30369

Murrels (Ophiocephalus Spp)

23767

22643

26545

30874

27556

2166

2093

3482

4099

4082

Cat Fishes (Wallagoattu, Pangasius)

34305

34000

38456

28434

25134

5622

6436

6720

5248

5375

Other Fresh Water Fishes

49389

46508

55766

57970

51372

8963

10072

10864

19324

19454

Hilsa Lilsa Tenualosa

18

-

17

58

64

0

19

NA

NA

0

Total

154579

152779

174031

156317

143870

176521

220375

218621

260330

299380

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023

 

District wise Number of Fish Farmers/Fishermen participated in the Training and Awareness Programme on Pisciculture organised under Directorate of Fisheries, Assam, 2022-23:

District

No. of Farmers Trained on Pisciculture

 Awareness Programme

Celebration of Fish Farmers Day

 No. of Programme

No. of Participants

District Level (Nos.)

State Level (Nos.)

1

2

3

4

5

6

Kokrajhar

100

5

300

1

0

Dhubri

300

32

480

1

0

Goalpara

50

8

350

100

0

Barpeta

0

2

80

1

0

Morigaon

40

14

210

1

0

Nagaon & Hojai

147

6

147

1

0

Sonitpur

158

400

1

0

0

Lakhimpur

40

9

234

1

0

Dhemaji

250

10

600

3

0

Tinsukia

0

0

0

1

0

Dibrugarh

150

9

310

1

0

Sivasagar

455

1

210

120

0

Jorhat

125

2

170

1

0

Golaghat

0

0

0

1

0

Karbi Anglong

0

0

0

0

0

Dima Hasao

525

4

167

1

0

Cachar

50

2

130

96

0

Karimganj

0

0

0

1

0

Hailakandi

0

3

150

1

0

Bongaigaon

10

10

320

1

0

Chirang

50

3

150

1

0

Kamrup

370

56

3360

0

0

Kamrup Metro

160

12

645

1

0

Nalbari

0

5

325

1

0

Baksa

0

3

150

1

0

Darrang

105

24

1210

4

0

Udalguri

265

2

197

50

0

Biswanath

257

5

135

1

0

Charaideo

0

0

0

1

0

Majuli

0

0

0

1

0

South Salmara

0

0

0

1

0

Bajali

0

0

0

1

0

West Karbi Anglong

0

0

0

0

0

Assam

3607

627

10031

397

0

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2023

 

District wise Private Fisheries and Govt. Financial Assistance received, 2022-23:

District

No. of Fisheries

Amount of Financial Assistance received

(in Rs.)

No. of Fisheries benefited

Individual Pond

Community SHG

Beneficiary of Beel Fisheries

Kakrajhar

49

5246000.00

41

0

0

Dhubri

138

7275000.00

138

0

0

Goalpara

137

2613000.00

137

0

113

Barpeta

75

1862000.00

75

0

0

Morigaon

180

13770000.00

180

0

0

Nagaon

42

4054000.00

42

2

0

Sonitpur

214

965516.00

214

0

0

Lakhimpur

118

3487000.00

118

0

0

Dhemaji

177

1626100.00

177

0

0

Tinsukia

122

4853250.00

122

0

0

Dibrugarh

173

11923000.00

173

2

3

Sivasagar

89

3802340.00

89

0

7

Jorhat

116

9968000.00

116

0

0

Golaghat

70

9099992.00

55

0

14

Karbi Anglong

42

2772000.00

42

0

0

Dima Hasao

18

856801.00

18

0

0

Cachar

73

5854800.00

73

0

0

Karimganj

196

13188000.00

196

0

0

Hailakandi

95

1820000.00

95

0

0

Bongaigaon

157

217435.00

105

0

52

Chirang

66

3141050.00

66

0

1 Group

Kamrup

116

12155000.00

116

0

0

Kamrup Metro

74

7610000.00

74

0

50(1 Gr.)

Nalbari

117

2121000.00

117

0

0

Baksa

84

6188000.00

84

0

0

Darrang

161

4594300.00

161

0

0

Udalguri

201

9772000.00

129

0

0

Biswanath

177

5268880.00

177

0

0

Caraideo

64

2295500.00

61

3

0

Hojai

698

18365000.00

698

0

0

Majuli

117

8624000.00

117

0

0

South Salmara

90

1864500.00

90

0

0

West Karbi Anglong

39

3606000.00

38

0

1

Assam

4285

190859464.00

4134

7

-

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam-2023

 

District-Wise per capita requirement of Fish in Assam Availability of Fish, 2022-23:

District

Requirement (District-wise per annum)

 Availability of Fish (Production)

 Per capita Consumption

Kakrajhar

11743056

8323350.00

9.00

Dhubri

18454212

12145170.00

8.00

Goalpara

13345272

9266320.00

8.00

Barpeta

22418364

20721850.00

11.00

Morigaon

12673344

21659980.00

21.00

Nagaon

25051584

40930360.00

20.00

Sonitpur

17361828

18023950.00

12.00

Lakhimpur

13794684

17320610.00

15.00

Dhemaji

9082296

10528480.00

14.00

Tinsukia

17577720

18528020.00

13.00

Dibrugarh

17556612

17125070.00

12.00

Sivasagar

9165744

26429900.00

35.00

Jorhat

12243528

10961440.00

11.00

Golaghat

14122332

8339100.00

7.00

Karbi Anglong

8749020

7027980.00

10.00

Dima Hasao

2834052

612720.00

3.00

Cachar

22987476

38695550.00

20.00

Karimganj

16264032

19313650.00

14.00

Hailakandi

8727072

19705570.00

27.00

Bongaigaon

9779508

10117540.00

12.00

Chirang

6382344

1310790.00

3.00

Kamrup

20087616

20404790.00

12.00

Kamrup Metro

16598280

8670790.00

6.00

Nalbari

10214136

12260350.00

14.00

Baksa

12576084

9756360.00

9.00

Darrang

12290508

15462230.00

15.00

Udalguri

11008776

7877810.00

9.00

Biswanath

8107500

6498000.00

10.00

Caraideo

6070668

9462190.00

19.00

Hojai

12326484

9666380.00

9.00

Majuli

2214600

4013940.00

22.00

South Salmara

7348008

6571050.00

11.00

West Karbi Anglong

3909624

1871730.00

6.00

Assam

413066364

449603020.00

13.00

N.B.: Required calculated on the basis of nutritional requirement @ 12 Kg per annum