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North East India today is listed as most threatened area for numerous fish species, and out of nearly 200 fish species in Manipur, most of the species are falling in the ‘threatened’ category.
As it attempts to fill its fish baskets, the state should take strong steps in conserving the native fish species which are threatened in their natural system.
The successful selling of fresh Sareng in the fair is an outcome of the Sareng Project launched in 2021 under the initiative of Chief Minister N Biren Singh with the aim to revive the Meitei Sareng which was already extinct.
IFP Editorial: New Fisheries Minister H Dingo Singh faces an uphill task in the state’s renewed effort to increase fish production, the most important being bringing in a personnel trained in pisciculture as the Director of Fisheries.
Pengba which is a near threatened indigenous medium carp endemic to Manipur was a major seasonal fish in the state contributing around 40 per cent of the natural fishery some decades ago.
IFP Editorial: Sareng will not be available this Ningol Chakkouba for lack of maturity and growth. So, the public has to contend with iced Sareng brought from outside the state.
