CRUSTACEAN CULTURE DIVISION (CCD)

CRUSTACEAN CULTURE DIVISION (CCD)

Research – Thematic Areas

• Captive broodstock development, domestication, and seed production of commercially important native Penaeid shrimps: Indian White Shrimp (Penaeus indicus), Kuruma Shrimp (Penaeus japonicas)

  

• Development of sustainable farming technologies for increasing the production efficiency of farmed crustaceans (Shrimps and Mudcrab).

 

• Diversification of production systems in tune with species abundance, hydro and agro-climatic conditions for sustainable brackishwater aquaculture.

 

• Development culture technology for functional live feeds such as polychaete (Perinereis sp., Nemalycastis sp., and Marphysa sp), Artemia, and Copepods (cyclopoid copepod Dioithona sp. and cladoceran copepod Eurycercus berinji).

        

• Aquaculture planning using geospatial technology, watershed approach, design and development of non-conventional energy appliances for farm/hatchery mechanization, and climate change impact assessment vis-à-vis brackishwater aquaculture resources.

                 

• Development of technology package for seaweed farming in brackishwaters.

         

• Doctoral research programmes and capacity enhancement of stakeholders.

 

• Technology commercialization and Provision of consultancy services.

  Research projects – in operation

Sl. No.	Title of Project	Funding agency	Period
1.	Novel approaches for technology refinement and up scaling of diversified systems and species of shrimp for sustainable development	ICAR-CIBA	2021-2024
2.	Breeding biology, reproductive challenges, and larviculture of candidate crustacean species for brackishwater aquaculture	ICAR-CIBA	2021-2024
3	Technological backstopping and promotion of sustainable aquaculture in west coast with particular reference to the state Gujrat.	ICAR-CIBA	2021-2024
4	Coastal watershed based surface and subsurface salinity mapping and modelling of Thiruvallur and Kanchipuram districts, Tamil Nadu for sustainable brackishwater aquaculture.	NABARD	2019-2022

  Research projects – completed recently

Sl. No.	Title of Project	Funding agency	Period
1.	Evaluation and refinement of indigenous automatic feed dispenser for shrimp farming (National Fisheries Development Board).	NFDB, Govt. of India	2016-2019
2.	Seaweeds for bioremediation in Recirculatory Aquaculture system (Water technology initiative  Department of Science and Technology-WTI-DST)	WTI-DST  Govt. of India	2015-2019
3.	Technology up-gradation and refinement for sustainable development of diversified systems and species of Penaeid shrimp	ICAR-CIBA	2015-2018
4.	Issues in biology, reproduction, larval rearing of candidate crustacean species for brackish water aquaculture	ICAR-CIBA	2015-2018
5.	Upgradation of Breeding and Culture Technology of Indian White Shrimp Penaeus indicus through stock evaluation and culture Demonstration (Multi- disciplinary Project)	NFDB (Rs.203 lakhs)	2014-2018
6.	Healthy shrimp and ‘gift’ tilapia production through bio-floc based farming system: Development of technology and standard operating procedure (Multi-Institutional Project involving ICAR-CIBA and TNJFU, TN)	Department of Biotech. (Govt. of India) (Rs.161 lakhs)	2016-2019

  Laboratories/facilities:

• Shellfish biology laboratory located in headquarters has facilities for basic biology work, PCR, SDS PAGE, gel electrophoresis facilities for molecular biology and proteomics studies; clean bench facility for basic microbiology studies and histology facilities to study shellfish gonadal developments.
• Experimental shrimp hatchery covering brood stock development, maturation, breeding, spawning, larval rearing, nursery rearing and packing sections
• Experimental Mudcrab hatchery covering brood stock development, maturation, breeding, spawning, larval rearing, nursery rearing and packing sections.
• Microbiology and water testing laboratory

  Scientific team Name                                            Designation Dr. C.P. Balasubramanian            Principal Scientist & Scientist-in-Charge Dr. Mrs. M. Jayanthi                     Principal Scientist Dr. Mrs. P. Nila Rekha                  Principal Scientist Dr. Akshaya Panigrahi                  Principal Scientist Dr. S. Kannappan                          Principal Scientist Dr. Shyne Anand                           Senior Scientist Dr. N.S. Sudheer                           Scientist Shri. I.F. Biju                                 Scientist Shri. Jose Antony                         Scientist Shri. R. Aravind                            Scientist Dr. T.N. Vinay                               Scientist