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ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA), under the Scheduled Tribe Component (STC) initiated a programme on “mud crab farming in tide-fed ponds” as an alternative livelihood option for Irular tribal groups in the tide-fed ponds of Kulathumedu village in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu. These Irular families are traditionally crab, shrimp and clam collectors and fishers. ICAR-CIBA…

ICAR-CIBA and its professional forum, the Society of Coastal Aquaculture and Fisheries (SCAFi) jointly organized a monthly lecture series entitled “Aquaculture without borders” to sensitize CIBA Scientists and SCAFi members about the current status of aquaculture in other aquaculturally active countries. In the series, Dr. Marcy N. Wilder, Project Leader in the Fisheries Division of…

Kakdwip Research Centre of ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (KRC of ICAR-CIBA) participated in the 25th National Agricultural Exhibition held at Central Park, Salt Lake City, Kolkata during August 24-27, 2022. The exhibition was organized by the Central Calcutta Science and Culture Organization for the Youth under the theme ‘Self-reliant India: Progress, Prosperity and Sustainability’.…

Under the All India Network Project on Fish Health (AINP_FH), ICAR-CIBA, Chennai organised a brainstorming workshop on regulating the use of chemicals and veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) in Indian aquaculture at NAAS Complex, ICAR, New Delhi during 25-26 August 2022. The AINP_FH project funded by ICAR is developing standards for the use of chemicals, biologicals…

As a part of their academic curriculum, 55 students of under graduate and post-graduate studies from the Department of Biotechnology, accompanied by two lecturers from Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Chennai visited the Muttukadu Experimental Station (MES) of ICAR-CIBA on August 22, 2022. The objective of the visit was to gain knowledge and practical…