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HIMACHAL PRADESH
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Question
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Which State Government launched artificial propagation programme of masheer fish for conservation and rehabilitation?
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Himachal Pradesh
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Punjab
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Haryana
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Rajasthan
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Himachal Pradesh propagated mahseer fish for conservation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand all have the golden mahseer, Nagaland has the ‘Chocolate mahseer’, Neolissochilus hexagonolepis as their State Fish, Odisha has the fish known as ‘Mahanadi mahseer’, Tor mosal mahanadicus as its State Fish.
Detailed explanation-3: -The artificial fertilisation of eggs of the true mahseer (Tor khudree) was successfully carried out on a large scale for the first time in 1970 by Kulkarni (1971) at the Tata Power Company’s fish farm at Lonavla, District Pune (Maharashtra).
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