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Introduction
Fisheries Department FATA has been working to improve and expand fish production
in order to boost economic activity in the area. The department is headed by
Director and each agency has an Assistant Director. The department plans and
executes projects for promotion of community based fisheries in FATA, protection
and preservation of the fish biodiversity of the FATA region through local
communities, assists in the development of appropriate fish production
technologies and implementation for the local population of FATA and FR’s. It
also executes fish stocking and monitoring in public water bodies like small
dams in FATA.
Strengths and Opportunities in the Sector
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Focus on marketing
awareness campaign among farmers leads to increase in fish culture and hence
fish production.
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Improved watershed
management is a key to the multiplication and production of fish as it ensures
regular and steady supply of water
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Extensive and intensive
fish culture is feasible which provides employment and income opportunities
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Fisheries growth is
interlinked to the growth and diversification in activities of irrigation,
agriculture and livestock sectors
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Large tracts of waste and
marginal lands can be put to fish production
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Fish culture can contribute
substantially to food security
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High demand for fish
products because of its positive impact on health and income generation
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Dams, harnessing basins
and other closed water systems have fish culture as one of
the best available options,
Improvement in fish biodiversity will improve health of the natural water
bodies
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Detailed and in-depth
studies of all water bodies are needed for better future planning and
development in the sector
Development Strategy
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Identification of poor
people having potential to earn their livelihood through fish farming
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Establishment of fish seed
production facilities to cater for the needs of farmers and enrichment of the
water bodies
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Comprehensively assess
capacity shortfalls across the board i.e. Government, non-governmental
organizations, communities, farmers, businessmen, financial institutions for
human resource development and capacity building
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Strengthening of extension
support services to intensify and diversify fish production systems through
adoption of appropriate technologies
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Mobilization of local
people for self help and establishment of linkages with the public and private
sector services, technical assistance and input supply
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Improvement of access of
local people to markets, social services and rural infrastructures
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Mobilization of the people
to arrange fish feed from locally available ingredients available in the form
of agriculture by-products
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Enable the fisheries
directorate and its staff through capacity building and human resource
development to fulfil their task in line with the objective of the sector.
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Development of Fisheries
Management Information system ( FMIS)
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Facilitation of access to
rural savings and credit services for on-farm income generation activities and
micro enterprises
Work in close
collaboration with tribes, farmers, and public sector departments and research
institutions to improve the condition of watersheds for sustained water
supply.
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