In order to explore the feasibility of vannamei farming in low saline waters of landlocked state of Telangana, Dr C. Suvarna, Commissioner of Fisheries, Telangana State along with Fisheries Department officials visited ICAR-CIBA on 18.12.2017. Dr.G.Gopikrishna, Head of NGDB division and Director (I/C) explained about the profile of CIBA. Dr.S.V.Alavandi, HOD, AAHED gave a…
ICAR-CIBA, Chennai showcased the novel technologies at the exhibition ‘Aqua Goa Fish Festival, Panaji, Goa’ organized by the Government of Goa during 7th to 10th December 2017. Smt. Mridula Sinha, Hon’ble Governor of Goa & Shri. Manohar Parikar, Chief Minister of Goa visited the ICAR –CIBA Stall on 7th December 2017 and interacted with the…
Food is our basic need and agriculture is a unique occupation which supplies food and provides raw materials for other sectors to survive. Elders have rightly said that if farmers’ hands are slackened even the ascetic state will fail. Healthy food is important and it is imperative to connect the people who produce the…
The World Fisheries Day was established to draw attention to the importance of fisheries and fish farming and to focus to the issues such as overfishing, habitat destruction and other serious threats to the sustainability of global marine and freshwater resources. CIBA celebrated this day on 21st November 2017 at Keelarkollai village in Koovathur…
Scientists from ICAR-Central Institute of brackishwater aquaculture (CIBA), a premier research institute in the country, are exploring ways to increase farmer’s profitability by promoting species diversification. Though exotic shrimp vannamei has totally captured coastal aquaculture diaspora contributing almost 4.06 lakh tonnes with Rs 26,000 crores, this has its demerit as single species and imported broodstock…