The state government has started the process of setting up Bihar fish cooperative federation to provide financial aid to fish farmers and enhance production. The bylaws for setting up the apex body, which would take control of all the fishermen cooperative societies, have been formulated and have been sent to the registrar of cooperative societies for registration. “After registration of the federation, the apex body would become functional,” said a senior official in the state fisheries directorate. The aim of setting up the federation is to streamline the functioning of fishermen cooperative societies, which work at the block-level and also to provide them funds so that modern techniques of fish farming could be practiced in the state.