She said Punjab was completely dependent on Maharashtra, Chennai and West Bengal for the seed as well as brooders of ornamental fish. As the environment of Punjab is well suited for culture as well as breeding of these fish, there is a lot of scope for its trade in the state.

Therefore, to educate the urban as well rural community regarding upcoming and lucrative enterprise of ornamental fish culture, College of Fisheries, GADVASU, is going to organise a three-day training programme from January 27 to 29. Under a project funded by Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST), Chandigarh, Dr Asha Dhawan, co-ordinator of the training programme, said that the extensive training would be imparted to the participants right from fabrication of aquarium, its maintenance, fish species to be cultured, their breeding, disease diagnosis and treatment etc.