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ICAR-CIBA celebrated the World Fisheries Day-2020 on 21.11.2020 at its Muttukadu Experimental Station, Chennai with the fish farmers and farm women who are mentored by CIBA in taking up aquaculture based livelihood activities. Conservation of fisheries ecosystem to improve the livelihood status of fisherfolk communities is the bottom-line of world fisheries day celebration.  On this…

  ICAR – CIBA, Chennai conducted a five-day training programme on ‘Better management practices in shrimp seed production and growout farming’ from 2nd to 6th December 2019. Dr. K. K. Vijayan, Director, Inaugurated the training programme and briefed about the need for adopting better management practices for the sustainability of the shrimp farming sector. Seventeen…

ICAR-CIBA conducted a national webinar on “Biofloc based aquaculture: a way forward”   to disseminate the science, technology and practice behind it to the thousands of farmers and young start-up entrepreneurs who were highly excited about this new technology, and wanted to enter into the biofloc farming. In biofloc nutrient-rich microbial biomass serves as a natural in…

  ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA) celebrated the World Soil Day in consort with the aquafarmers of Kannur in Kerala State on 05th December 2019 under the Guidance of Dr.K.K.Vijayan, Director of CIBA. CIBA in collaboration with Kerala Aqua Farmers Federation (KAFF) conducted a workshop on “Better Management Practices in Brackishwater Aquaculture” to sensitize…

As a step towards boosting the brackishwater fish production in Kerala, the Fisheries Department, Govt. of Kerala signd a MOU with ICAR-CIBA to set up a multi-species fish hatchery for Asian Seabass, Pearlsopt and Milkfish. The MoU was signed between the CIBA and Agency for Development of Aquaculture (ADAK) of the Government of Kerala for…