Tarin Fish Farm is a high altitude fish seed farm located at Arunachal Pradesh. It is situated at Tarin on the outskirts of Ziro, the headquarters of Lower Subansiri District.
About Tarin Fish Farm :
Tarin Fish Farm is a popular tourist attraction where breeding of high altitude fishes is done. In this process, two crops of rice and one crop of fish, Ngihi, are raised together. The farm is located on a high altitude and is surrounded by pine and bamboo groves.
Attractions Of Tarin Fish Farm In Arunachal Pradesh :
The Apatanis practice the paddy-cum-fish cultivation or farming in an area of 200 kms in Kamala Valley, Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh. The Tarin Fish Farm is one of the best sites in Ziro where this particular type of farming is practiced. The Tarin Fish Farm is situated at a high altitude gradually covered with pine and bamboo groves in the Bulla village of Apatani tribes.
The paddy cum fish cultivation procedure is one of the major attractions of Ziro, as this is rare and not seen and practiced a lot. The Apatani tribals of Arunachal utilize the land to its best, where rice-fish culture in the valley is done. In this unique practice two crops of rice (Mipya and Emoh) and one crop of fish (Ngihi) are raised together.
Fish farming is widely done in Ziro as the paddy fields are suitable for it; this is because of having strong bund (Agher) in order to prevent the leakage of water, to retain upto desired depth and also to block the escape of cultivated fishes during floods. Fish farming in the bunds of Ziro is a common practice in Apatani Plateau and these bunds are also used for cultivating various vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage, tomatoes, radish, pumpkin, cucumber, beans, brinjals chilies, gingers etc.
History :
The Tarin Fish Farm was developed by the Arunachal Government. To develop fisheries in Ziro and to solve the problem of Fish Seed,the government established a Regional High Altitude Fish Seed Farm at Tarin near Ziro during 1981 – 85. The NEC has assisted in this programme.