Better Management Practices
After every harvest, sundry the pond for 20-30 days till the soil cracks clean the pond bottom by scraping he organic waste and make sure no black soil remains. Plough […]
May 2017
Sustainable Shrimp Farming
Shrimp Aquaculture has provided tremendous opportunity for economic and social upliftment of rural communities in the coastal areas of our country. Over a hundred thousand farmers, of whom about 90% […]
Extremophiles and their applications in Bioindustry
Extremophiles are organisms primarily prokaryotic (archaea and bacteria), with few examples of eukaryotic. ;Most of the known extremophiles and microbes. Extremophiles are defined by the extreme environmental conditions in which […]
Seafood Sustainability Schemes Gain Momentum
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) hosted their annual Seafood Futures Forum at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels today. 2017 marks the 20th year of […]
CMFRI Opens New Regional Research Centre in West Bengal
Centre to offer research for marine fisheries of Bengal and Odisha Conservation and sustainable harvest of Hilsa fish prime focus Kochi: The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has opened […]
FAO-ICAR holds meet on Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major and serious concern world over in combating infectious diseases. To surmount this challenge is t adopt ‘One health’ approach with coordination and cooperation between […]
Seeds and Broodstock Available at RGCA for Sale
The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA) the R & D arm of MPEDA have seeds and brood stock of various commercially important species such as Asian Sea bass, Mud […]
MPEDA Awards for Aquaculturists/ Ornamental Fish Breeders for 2017
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, proposes to honour prosepective Aqua Farmers, Hatchery Operators and Ornamental Fish Breeders during […]
Industrialists urged to invest in mariculture to increase fish production
Kochi: Eminent scientists, policy makers, research managers, academicians, industrialists, bankers and administrators met at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) recently to mark 37 years of mariculture research, education […]
It’s good to promote the consumption of fish and seafood, but it’s also important to promote and ensure production
In 2016, the FAO announced that the world consumption of fish per capita surpassed 20 kilograms per year for the first time. According to the report, this is due to […]