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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…

  As part of the Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav programme ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture organised a one day veterinary health campaign in collaboration with the Department of Animal Husbandry, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Kancheepuram district on 29th December 2015, to diagnose and treat the livestock animals at Vennagupattu village (MGMG adopted Village) in Kancheepuram…

  In a major step towards achieving sustainable aquaculture of shrimp and finfish farming in brackish waters, Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) has begun the process of issuing ‘Soil and Water Health Cards (SWHC), to a group of 44 shrimp farmers hailing from the state of Tamilnadu. The card was released and distributed for…