• Pankaj Bhatt
• Atul Joshi

The potential cold areas in Uttarakhand include the long stretch of Himalayas. These regions boast a variety of coldwater resources, including upland streams, rivers, and lakes at both high and low altitudes, as well as natural and manmade reservoirs. The high-altitude areas are home to a rich diversity of native and exotic coldwater fish species in their mountain waters, offering great potential for aquaculture and capture fisheries. This paper deals with information on the production of fishery resources and economic aspects of fishing activity and raises the need for a management approach that should be robust with uncertainties, suitable for multi-species fisheries, and meet ecosystem objectives. This paper also emphasizes the district-wise fish diversity, Cost price/ profitable challenges, profit margin marketing channel, altitudinal variations in fish distribution and Diversity in culture fishery. Mountain fish resource bases are essential and their development has become a national concern, necessitating a particular technological approach and support services. Such areas must be explored to improve fish output for the national basket and rural development in the hills. The accessible aquatic resources are precious for developing fisheries for both food and sport, but scientific management of these resources is required to fulfill the goals.

Cost price, profitable challenges, marketing channel, fisheries, coldwater resources

" AN OVERVIEW OF FISHERIES BUSINESS IN PITHORAGARH DISTRICT OF UTTARAKHAND", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no.d329-d334, June-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406340.pdf

" AN OVERVIEW OF FISHERIES BUSINESS IN PITHORAGARH DISTRICT OF UTTARAKHAND", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no. ppd329-d334, June-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406340.pdf