Itanagar: North-east to get its first Fish Museum soon. A fish Museum will be built in Arunachal Pradesh.
An amount of Rs 43.59 crore has been sanctioned for the project by the Union Ministry of Fisheries to be built as a part of the Integrated Aqua Park (IAP).
Fisheries Minister Tage Taki informed that the existing Tarin Fish Farm (TFF), located at high-altitude Bulla village, would be upgraded as the IAP where the museum would come up.
It will have all fish species of the state and serve as a training centre for fisherfolks, he added.
“I had gone to Hyderabad-based National Fisheries Development Board twice to seek guidance of experts on the project which was originally proposed for Rs 100 crore,” the minister said.