Archives: Events

The Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) disease outbreaks have been widely reported in Asian countries like China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. The parasite was identified last year from Indian shrimp farms. On a follow-up study conducted by CIBA and MPEDA-RGCA, after the shrimp farmers widely reported stunted growth, which caused concern as EHP affected the size,…

  ICAR- Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), Chennai and Matsyafed, Govt of Kerala (Kerala State Co-operative Federation for Fisheries Development Ltd., Thiruvananthapuram) signed and exchanged an MOU for the collaborative programme on Brackishwater Aquaculture initiatives in Kerala on 16th January 2016 at Hotel Safire, Kannur. This strategic MoU is meant for joint development of…

To commemorate ‘Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan’ week (23-29 December 2015) an awareness programme was organised by ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), Chennai on 26th December 2015 in a coastal village Karikattukuppam which has been adopted by the Institute under the “Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav” programme. A team of scientists from CIBA conducted the awareness…

  Seabass is a high value candidate finfish species widely used for cage culture in coastal and backwater areas. One of the fundamental requirements for successful cage culture of seabass is the availability of stockable size fingerlings of 5g to 50g size. Recognizing this, ICAR-CIBA has signed MoU with the farmers Mr. Sukumaran and Mr.…

The ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture has its headquarters at 75, Santhome High Road, R.A. Puram and field experimental station at Muttukkadu, a suburban area located about 35 km south of Chennai. The city of Chennai and its suburbs have received unprecedented rainfall during the first week of December 2015, causing massive flooding, displacement of…