The Department of Fisheries, Reasi organized one day Training Programme on “Hygienic Handling of Fish” at Mahaseer Fish Farm Anji Reasi with the assistance from National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB). A batch of 25 fishermen/Fish farmers from the district attended the training programme. Assistant Director Fisheries, Bharat Bushan while speaking on the occasion informed that the main aim of the programme waa to train the stakeholders about good practices of handling fish so that the shelf life of the fish catch can be enhanced as fish is highly perishable commodity. He said that the training would help the fisherman to fetch good price of their fish catch/produce as hygienic handling of fish plays important role to prevent the spoilage by bacterial and enzymatic action. During the programme, Munish Sharma, Resource person from the department while delivering a detailed lecture regarding various fish handling techniques said that proper handling is the only way to make the fish reach market in time. The trainers were acquainted about the latest techniques of fish preservation with demonstrations on personal hygiene, equipment hygiene, hygienic method of icing etc. The progressive farmers of the area shown keen interest and shared their experiences and briefed the gathering about the achievements and benefits accrued from this avocation. The proceedings of the programme and practical demonstrations was conducted by Naresh Kumar, Inspector Fisheries, Reasi and Bansi Lal,I/c FDA Reasi. gin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt’>Sudha Misra, who delivered two baby girls on November 4 last year contended she could not deposit her old currency notes by December 31 because of her premature delivery.