The State of Orissa is traditionally well known for its rich fisheries resources and aquaculture practices. Being pioneer in many of the technological advancements related to fisheries and aquaculture development of the country, Orissa remained in the door step of industrial progress in the sector in spite of having the vast untapped resources covering a broad spectrum of ecosystem like rivers, reservoirs, ponds, tanks and wet lands of immense importance for enhancing the productivity, generating employment and providing nutritional security for the rural Orissa. Proper strategies, policy frame works and guidelines for implementation of the desired programmes is very much needed with concerted effort of the various sate holders of the sector. The present draft on comprehensive fishery policy for Orissa State is preliminary only which needs further revision and modification to fit into the legal aspects and implementation strategy by the state.

State to formulate/implement a fish seed certification norms based on the guidelines likely to be issued by Govt. of India.

• Production capacity beyond 1 million spawn/year

• Fry rearing capacity of more than 1 million spawn
  
  Coming under the ambit of other regulatory rules mentioned in the form of registration and should bound by the legal provisions to discourage defaulters or violators of hatchery breeding code of conduct

• Source of brood stock

• Quality of stock

• Production capacity

• Provision of stock exchange

• Equipped with skilled/trained manpower

• Provision of fish health monitoring

• Declaration on avoidance of any un-ethical hybridization

• Provision of good water supply

• Scope for safe disposal of farm/hatchery wastewater

• Exemption on octrai and sales tax

• Power of arbitration vested on National institutes (Farmer vs. State, State vs. State)

• All fish feed mills of the state to be registered with the Department of Fisheries of any other body authorised by the state

• Date of manufacture and expiry should be printed on the label

• Composition of the feed should be cleanly specified on the label

• Feed should not contain any banned drugs (antibiotics/steroids)

• The feed should be exempted from the sales tax for enabling the farmer increasing the fish production

• Quality of the ingredients used should be certified by recognized lab.

• Water logged areas to be developed for fish production through aquaculture

• Paddy fields where controlled irrigation is possible should be stocked with fish/prawn seed

• Burrow pits alongside Highway/Rly tracks to be brought under fold of pisciculture

• Integration of pisciculture with location specific agricultural / horticultural / live stock / forestry / selviculture / sericulture activities

• Utilization of domestic sewage for fish production should be encouraged wherever possible following the technology by CIFA, so that the affluent that is discharged to river or stream

• All open water bodies MIP/Kata/Irr tank/Perculation tanks/Reservoirs to be brought under the fold of culture based capture fisheries.

• Stocking of reservoirs should be made as per the recommendations of IIM/CIFRI

• Total ban on stocking of exotic carps

• Strict conservation measures to be followed as per the norms of the Biodiversity acts

• Observance of regulation on fishing, including net and mesh size or less, as per OSRFP 2004 (……………..)

• Mandatory provision of one hatchery of required capacity adjacent to a reservoir or for a few adjacent reservoirs

• Provision on basic infrastructure viz., ice/boat/net/road/captive NT/cages/fish landing shed etc.

• Provision of Ice plant, coldstorage, etc. and transport facility should be promoted by the state

• State should organize marketing channel and establish linkages

• Breeding and seed production of riverine species and river ranching by the state

• Observance of closed season (15 June – 15 August) and development of alternative means for livelihood of fishermen

• Control measures for riverine pollution (domestic / industrial) with special reference to aquatic biodiversity

• Shallow pools adjacent to rivers to be protected as sanctuary

• Total ban of an introduction/transplantation of exotic species (dynamite, explosive, poisons, zero mesh nets)

• Restriction of fishing by destructive methods

• Proper policy for maintaining minimum environmental flow in rivers

• Need for collaborative efforts through stake holders to improve and protect the habitat which otherwise adversely affect fishery and biodiversity wherever possible

• Establishment of disease diagnosis, control and monitoring centres at district level

• Promotion of Aqualabs / Aquaclubs / Aquashops through adequate support system

• Monitoring of key events of epidemic diseases by Headquarters and measures trails control in collaboration of National Institute as referral lab

• Building accurate/dependable uptodate database

• Enhancing e-connectivity to the District/Block level to check and monitor the programme

• Computerization of District level offices for efficient record keeping and updating of information

• Accession and dissemination of information from the headquarter level to National Institute / organization with internet

i) Updating the technical skill and of the FEO’s through information/developments of the state to all the FEO’s of the state through

• Refresher course / practical training

• Awareness programme

• Field visits including interstate exposure

ii) All the district level functionaries to be exposed to most of the relevant developments in other advanced states, phasewise

iii) Headquarter level/zonal level officials are to be exposed to the HRD programme (National/International) related to policy formulation and prioritization, project formulation of the R&D activities including management

• Qualitative post-harvest care of the product

• Establishment of hygienic fish markets in urban areas

• Eco-friendly bio-product disposal system

• State level/regional mundies (wholesale markets) for rationale distribution

• Establishment of district level market for fish and fish seed

• Creation of date base on fish marketing

• Provision of data-base for production/processing & export