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ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA) celebrated the country’s 77th Independence Day by unfurling the National Flag at the Main Campus, Field and Regional Centres with full respect and honour. Dr.Kuldeep K Lal hoisted the National Flag at the headquarters. In his Independence Day speech, he conveyed his wishes to all and outlined importance of…

ICAR-CIBA is partnering with Insectika Biotech Pvt. Ltd., Bhubaneswar, Odisha  for the consultancy services and collaborative research towards using Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) (BSF) meal for aquaculture feed formulation. Through this memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on 11th Aug 2023 to explore the possibilities of using BSF meal as a sustainable substitute for fish…

ICAR-CIBA conducted five days hands on training on “Advances in Seed Production and Farming of Brackishwater Finfishes” during 7-11th August, 2023. A total of 17 participants representing Govt. officials, farmers, entrepreneurs, aquaculture consultants, academicians and research scholars from Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu states attended the training.  The training module consisted…

Hepatopancreatic Microsporidiosis (HPM) caused by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) is a severe disease at present causing heavy loss to the shrimp farmers and the loss due to this disease alone is estimated to be Rs.5000 crores. Therefore, the farmers are frantically looking for a remedy to this menace. During the recently held shrimp farmers conclave, Dr.T.Sathish…

ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA), Chennai, organised training and demonstration programs in collaboration with Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on “Recycling of fish waste to value added products, CIBA-Planktonplus and CIBA-Hortiplus” for empowering and uplifting the lives of coastal communities at Rameshwaram taluk, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu during 8- 10th  August  2023.…