Over 3000 kg of locally produce “wallago attu” or freshwater catfish also known as “sareng” will be sold on Ningol Chakouba, the biggest festival of Manipur – 44th Fish Fair Cum Fish Crop Competition, 2022 on October 26.

The announcement was made by Manipur fisheries minister Heikham Dingo on Monday.

This year the festival falls on October 27.

The Manipur fisheries department will sell the fish at the Fish Fair –cum- Fish Crop Competition, annually organized on the eve of the festival.

Dingo said that the government's effort to enhance sareng production is successful now. Thus, the most preferred fish variety in the state will hit the market soon.

Fish is the most important menu of the Ningol Chakouba feast, with sareng making a centerpiece. But, the state has to import the fish in bulk from other states and neighbouring Myanmar as local sareng almost vanished from lakes and rivers of the state.

However for years, local fish farmers have been putting their best efforts to rear sareng in their farm and have joined hands with the state fisheries department to rear the fish since last year.

Following the success, efforts were on to enhance the production of the fish. The minister also said that the fish production in the state had increased manifolds in the past few years and the state is on the verge of achieving self-sufficiency.

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