Eighth edition of ICAR- CIBA and SCAFI lecture series ‘Aquaculture without Borders’ “Sustainable solutions for Aquaculture in the USA” presented on 25th January, 2023

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ICAR-CIBA Chennai, under the auspices of Society of Coastal Aquaculture and Fisheries (SCAFI) conducts monthly online lecture series under the banner ‘Aquaculture without borders’ delivered by fisheries and aquaculture experts from different countries. As a part of this, Dr. Sudheesh Ponnerassery, Project Leader (Aqua USA), Merck, USA delivered a special lecture on “Sustainable solutions for…

ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) Chennai signed MOU with Kerala State Co-operative Federation for Fisheries Development Ltd (Matsyafed) for transfer of Pearlspot fish seed production technology

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ICAR-CIBA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MATSYAFED, Kerala on 23.01.2023 for the transfer of Pearlspot fish (Etroplus suratensis) seed production technology. Before signing MoU, scientific team of CIBA visited the proposed pearlspot hatchery site on 19.12.2022 at Palaikari Fish Farm, Chempu at Kottayam district, Kerala and assessed the suitability along with the MATSYAFED officials.…

ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) signed MoU with M/s. Billion Aqua INC, Hyderabad for transfer of Asian Seabass fish seed production technology

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ICAR-CIBA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with M/s. Billion Aqua INC, Hyderabad on 20.01.2023 for the transfer of seabass (Lates calcarifer) seed production technology. Technology support under this MoU covers development of seabass broodstock, technical demonstration of maturation and spawning, larval rearing and seed production. While signing the MoU Dr. Kuldeep K. Lal, Director, CIBA…

Fisherwomen SHGs reaping the benefits of Asian seabass nursery rearing and brackishwater cage farming under the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan Programme (SCSP) at Kottaikadu Village, Tamil Nadu

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Asian seabass Lates calcarifer is an economically important food fish in India and being farmed in brackishwater ponds and cages installed in brackishwater and open sea. Availability of stockable size fingerlings is a constraint for expansion of its farming. Many nursery rearing operators rear seabass fingerlings in the conventional earthen ponds by feeding with low…

ICAR – CIBA conducted ‘Learning through exposure and entertainment programme’ for the school children and farmers on 04.01.2023

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ICAR CIBA with the support of the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), Chennai organized ‘Learning through exposure and entertainment programme’ for the school children and farmers’ on 04.01.2023. About 50 students and two teachers from Santhome Higher Secondary School, Mylapore, Chennai and 65 farmers and farm women from coastal villages around Pulicat Lake participated in…