Himachal fish Festival-2013
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Festivals are known to be the most suitable mode of publicity since ages
all over the world. With a mandate to address the issue of trout marketing in the
neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh, a
two days fish festival named “HIM FISH
FESTIVAL-2013” was organised in Himachal
Bhawan, Chandigarh on 20th and 21st October, 2013
by the Department of Fisheries, Himachal Pradesh.
Sh. Thakur Singh Bharmouri, Hon’ble Minister of
Forest & Fisheries, Himachal Pradesh was the
Chief Guest whereas Sh. Tarun Sridhar, Principal
Secretary (Fisheries), to the Govt. of Himachal
Pradesh presided over the inaugural function.
Him Fish Festival-2013 was organised by Department of Fisheries,
Himachal Pradesh with the support of National
Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad,
Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Himachal
Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh Aquaculture Fishing
and Marketing Society (HPAFMS), Bilaspur.
Director-cum-Warden of Fisheries, Himachal
Pradesh in his welcome address, paid gratitude to all
the dignitaries for sparing their valuable time for the
event and emphasised on the nutritional value of the
trout fish as the trout fish being rich in Omega-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids, it
reduces the risk of fatal heart attacks by lowering blood fat levels and reducing
blood clotting. Further, it is low fat, low calorie diet besides being an excellent
source of iron, calcium, selenium and vitamin A, B1, B2, B6, & B12.
In his inaugural address, Hon’ble Chief
Guest, Sh. Thakur Singh Bharmouri also
highlighted the value of Trout Fish in human diet
and departmental efforts in the development of
fisheries in Himachal Pradesh. Principal Secretary
Fisheries to the Govt. of Himachal Pradesh also
made the guests and the audience aware about the
departmental activities and medicinal value of trout
fish and how it is different from other fishes.
20 exhibition Stalls were set up in the
festival, displaying various activities as well as
achievements of the Department. In order to
highlight nutritional value of trout and to promote
trout fish in the city, raw as well as six recipes of
trout fish were made available in the festival. 170
kg of trout fish valuing Rs. 76,500 was sold in the
festival.
A
cultural
programme was also organised in the evening on
20th October, 2013. Various groups performed the
traditional folk songs and classical dances. The
audience was mesmerised by the musical
ambience along with relishing the Queen of water
: trout fish.
This was a modest effort to make people aware of the departmental
activities and the nutritional value of trout fish.
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