HRD Project is promoting fisheries in the target villages which has a large number of individual and community ponds. The efforts are largely focused on increasing the livelihood opportunities and providing nutritional support to the families. Promotion of fisheries becomes all the more important in the state with high precipitation and large landmass and yet have an annual fish deficit. Under the initiative, the people are being oriented on the new techniques in fishery with support from government agencies like KVK and ICAR. Fish seeds were provided to the intervention villages for the community ponds with every family having the right to fishing on rotation basis. Some private ponds have also been supported. The efforts also support the Meghalaya State Aquaculture Mission whose major focus is on making the state not just self-sufficient, but even acquire the capability to export fish within and outside the country.
