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  Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) is the popular species being farmed in India, which constitute 90% of the farmed shrimp production, valued at Rs.30,000 crores.  This single species focus based on imported Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) broodstock of vannamei, raises serious question on the sustainability of the sector. It is important to have back…

The ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA) has received national recognition with a farmer who adopted the technologies of the institute bagging the prestigious Jagjivan Ram Innovative Farmer award of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Shri.T Purushothaman, a leading shrimp farmer from Kerala won the award which is in recognition of his outstanding…

The Hon’ble Prime Minister has called upon the nation to begin a campaign, Swachhata Hi Seva, shun single use plastic, from 11th September 2019 to Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd October 2019. The main aim of the Swcahhata Hi Seva campaign was to highlight the importance of avoiding the single use plastics and how to control…

At CIBA Headquarters in Chennai, “Phone-in-Programme (PiP)” a novel connectivity platform through mobile phones was organized wherein 68 fish farmers/fisherfolk/technicians brackishwater aquaculture farmers interacted with subject matter specialists through on-line on the various subject of “Sea bass, milkfish, Pearl spot Culture and its Farm Management Practices”, shrimp culture, crab fattening, feeds and feed management, soil…

ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture signed MoU with Raj Hatcheries (Bengal) Pvt. Ltd., East Midnapur district, West Bengal on 17th Sep, 2019 for transfer of milkfish (Chanos chanos) hatchery technology and to set up a state of the art finfish hatchery in West Bengal. Milkfish is a fast-growing, euryhaline and herbivorous brackishwater food fish can…