Fish and meat have high demands in Goa. While marine fish and poultry meat consumption is an accepted practice in Goa, production of carps, a set of freshwater fishes in ponds and duck rearing are recent introductions to Goa. The fresh water potentials of Goa consist of many small and large ponds which are underutilised at present. There are about 100 ha of long seasonal and perennial ponds and bhandaras in Goa, in addi­tion to many rain water impoundments adjoining paddy fields and storage tanks which are used for irrigating crops chiefly paddy and vegetables. It would be possible to culture 4 to 6 varieties of fast growing carps in combination, in these water impoundments. In addition. the shallow margins of rivers. reservoirs and old unused mine pits. could be impounded into pens with the use of bamboos and nets and these impounded areas could also be used as ponds for fresh water fish culture production.

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