{"id":50949,"date":"2018-11-05T02:09:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T20:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=50949"},"modified":"2018-11-05T02:09:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T20:39:29","slug":"riang-wins-pare-angling-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2018\/11\/05\/riang-wins-pare-angling-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Riang wins Pare angling tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>TORU, Nov 4:<\/strong> AK Riang caught a Chocolate Mahseer weighing 5.2 kgs to win the second Pare River Angling Tournament at Mepsoro here in Papum Pare district on Saturday.<br \/>\nRiang received a cash prize of Rs 40,000 along with a certificate from social worker Taba Rama.<br \/>\nThe second prize went to Nyape Ronya. He was awarded a cash prize of Rs 20,000.<br \/>\nRonya, who caught four Chocolate Mahseer, also won the title for the &#8216;highest catch&#8221; for which he was awarded Rs 5,000.<br \/>\nThe &#8216;quickest catch award&#8217; went to Nangram Gungmu (Ramu) for catching a fish within two minutes from the start of the tournament. The junior engineer at PWD also bagged the third prize of Rs 10,000.<br \/>\nBoth Riang and Gungmu donated their prize money to the organizers for their fish conservation work.<br \/>\nWhile Riang donated 10,000 each to the Arunachal Aquatic and Fisheries Multipurpose Society (AAFMS) and the Arunachal Anglers&#8217; Forum (AAF), the organizers of the event, from his prize money, Gungmu donated his third prize money of Rs 10,000 to the AAFMS.<br \/>\nAll the fish were released back into the river safely after their weights and photographs were taken.<br \/>\nOrganising chairman Taba Butum while receiving the donation praised both the anglers, and assured to put up a better angling tournament in the next edition.<br \/>\nEarlier, AAF chairman Bengia Tayu spoke on the importance of conserving game fish, especially the Golden Mahseer.<br \/>\n&#8220;Angling as a sport can bring employment in the area and generate a decent income for the youths,&#8221; Bengia said.<br \/>\nHe said the Pare river, which is replete with Golden Mahseer, could attract anglers from across the globe if the area is protected from all other forms of fishing.<br \/>\nA volleyball match was also organized, in which Balijan team lifted the trophy after defeating Quick 6 team.<br \/>\nFormer chief minister and local MLA Nabam Tuki, and Sagalee ADC Somcha Lowang, among others, witnessed the volleyball and the angling tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORU, Nov 4: AK Riang caught a Chocolate Mahseer weighing 5.2 kgs to win the second Pare River Angling Tournament at Mepsoro here in Papum Pare district on Saturday. Riang received a cash prize of Rs 40,000 along with a certificate from social worker Taba Rama. The second prize went to Nyape Ronya. He was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}