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National Fish Farmers Day - July 10
July 12 , 2020
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- The initiative of celebrating the Day was first taken by Mumbai’s Central Institute of Fisheries Education.
- In Odisha’s Angul district, the first success in induced breeding of fish (by Hypophysation method) was achieved by the two scientists Prof (Dr.) Hiralal Chaudhuri and Dr. K.H. Alikunhi.
- They further demonstrated the process in the three Indian major carps (Catla, Rohu and Mrigal species of fish) on 10th July 1957.
- In remembrance of the contribution of Dr. H.L Chaudhury and Dr. K.H Alikunhi, 10th July is marked as National Fish Farmers Day in India.
- India is the 2nd Largest Aquaculture Producer in the world.
- Also, India is the third-largest fish producing country in the world.
- It was the data by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization’s GLOBEFISH.
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