Sumachha Superzone Bara

This is an official app for fish keeping of Super Zone Bara, Nepal.

The abundant availability of water resources makes Nepal a country with potential for fish farming. However, the development of fisheries sector in Nepal has not been as expected. The objective of this app is to analyze the historical trends of fish production, yield and water resources availability for fish production and identify the opportunities and constraints of fish farming in Nepal. The result showed that there has been a steady growth in the fish production in the last 15 years, with more than 37000 mt fish produced in 2013/14. Fish yield increased by more than 2000 kilograms per hectare during the same time period. The majority of the fish productions are coming from eastern terai region, with some hilly districts developing themselves as a good hub for rainbow trout, a cold water fish species. The major problems faced by the farmers are the shortage in fingerlings supply, lack of marketing infrastructure, disease problems and lack of skilled human resources in the fishery sector. We recommend Nepal government to address the problems faced by the farmers, as it would be difficult to achieve the target of making Nepal a self-sufficient country in fish production in the next three years, as envisioned in the budget speech of 2073/74. .