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ICAR CIBA celebrated 74th Republic Day on 26th January 2023 with traditional pride and honour to the country and the tricolour National Flag was hoisted by Dr.Kuldeep Kumar Lal Director ICAR CIBA, in which about 90 institute staff and their family members have participated. In his Republic Day address, Dr Kuldeep Lal appreciated the overall…

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-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-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…

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…