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Study the Status of Fish Farming in Shiktahan VDC of Rupandehi District of Nepal

Shailesh Gurung, Suraj Kumar Singh,Sujan Bhattarai

A research was conducted in 30 households to study the status of fish farming in Shiktahan VDC of Rupandehi district in 2014. It was found that 26.67% of respondent have pond area between 0.25-0.5 kattha, where as 43.33%, 16.67% and 13.3% have 0.51-0.75, 0.76-1 and above 1 kattha respectively. Common carp, Grass carp, Big head carp, Rohu and Naini was cultivated in 86.6%, 93.3%, 40%, 63.33% and 6.7% household respectively. Among the total stock of fingerlings, 39.62% was of Silver carp, 17.76% of Common carp, 16.39% of grass carp, 9.72% of big head carp, 13.84% of Rohu, 2.67% of Naini were found. Comparing the total harvest, 44.78% was obtained from Silver carp, 18.87% from commom carp, 14.17% from grass carp, 11.3% from Rohu, 8.53% from Bighead carp and 2.32% from Naini. Similarly, in case of total income, 36.29% was found from Silver carp, 20.1% from Common carp, 19.54% from grass carp, 12.2% from Bighead carp, 10.08% from Rohu, 1.79% from Naini. The study concluded that fish farming has helped to uplift economic development of rural VDC member.