date:Jun 11, 2012
FBB) at the fish farm of the Department of Fisheries at Kausalyaganga in Orissa. It would be managed by NFDB in association with CIFA (Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture) at Bhubaneswar.
The executive committee of NFDB had given the in-principle nod to establish the bank.
During 2011-12, the Government spent Rs 100 crore for development of fisheries through National Mission for Protein Supplements. Under this scheme, cage culture in reservoirs and intensive aquaculture in ponds and ta