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Title: | Brackishwater Aquaculture: Options for Livelihood Improvement of Farmers in Indian Sundarban |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | De, D., Ghoshal, T.K., Das,S., Kumar,P. and Das, U. ilable |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2022-03-01 |
Project Code: | FISHCIBASIL 202101100150 |
Keywords: | Brackishwater Aquaculture, Livelihood Options, Sundarban |
Publisher: | Springer |
Citation: | De, D., Ghoshal, T.K., Das,S., Kumar,P. and Das, U. 2022. Brackishwater Aquaculture: Options for Livelihood Improvement of Farmers in Indian Sundarban. In: Lama, T.D., Burman,D., Mandal, U.K., Sarangi,S.K. and Sen, H.S. (Eds.), Transforming coastal zone for sustainable food and income security, Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 419-432. ISBN 978-3-030-95618-9 |
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Abstract/Description: | The Sundarban delta is formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. Brackishwater area in Indian part of Sundarban is around 30000-50000 ha of which only 20-30% is under aquaculture. Brackishwater farming is mainly confined to the bherries (manmade impoundments in coastal wetlands) in Sundarbans. The Indian Sundarban region has an immense potential for brackishwater aquaculture development amidst several constraints. Adoption of modern and scientific technologies developed by research institutes and government agencies has improved the fish/shrimp production in the region and meeting the livelihood needs of the region through different livelihood options. Scientific brackishwater aquaculture in India was synonymous with tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) farming initiated during early 1990s. Growth of Indian aquaculture industry has gained its momentum with the introduction of Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) during 2009. Successful domestication of Indian white shrimp (Penaeus indicus) and farming using hatchery-produced seed by ICAR Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) showed encouraging results as an alternate species in Indian aquaculture basket. In addition, breeding, seed production and feed development of certain brackishwater fish such as, seabass, mullets, milkfish, whisker cat fish, pearlspot and hilsa have shown a lot of promise. Indian Sundarbans situated in the south-east end of West Bengal provides amiable environment for growth of different shrimps and fishes. Due to higher economic return, the fishers of Sundarban started showing their inclination to shift from fishing to aquaculture for better livelihood. Frozen shrimp and live crab are the most important export items from brackishwater aquaculture in Sundarbans. About 28% of 2.1 lakh ha potential brackishwater areas in West Bengal are under use and the state has been the Indian leader in tiger shrimp production while farmers started culturing white leg shrimp late, compared to other coastal states of India, after successful demonstration by ICAR-CIBA at its research centre at Kakdwip, West Bengal. ICAR-CIBA also demonstrated the use of cost effective formulated feed, Polyplus for brackishwater polyculture to get higher return for the farmers. ICAR-CIBA has demonstrated potential of a plankton booster derived from fish waste, Planktonplus to enhance survival and productivity in shrimp culture through increasing healthy plankton in culture ponds and thereby increasing net profit of the farmers. There is vast scope for sustainable development of brackishwater aquaculture in Sundarbans to meet the livelihood demand utilizing the unused and underused areas and adopting advanced farming practices like integrated multitrophic aquaculture, integrated livestock-horti-aquaculture, multispecies culture with suitable species combination using cost effective feed, culture of Asian seabass with formulated feed etc.. Challenges like availability of seed and species specific formulated feed, lack of proper communication facilities to reach to the market, disease outbreak, lack of cold chain facilities, frequent cyclone and natural calamities etc. faced by Sundarbans aquafarmers need to be tackled by appropriate management tools like conducting awareness program regarding availability of seed and feed, formation of aqua producers’ group, demonstration of recently developed technologies and its refinement and capacity building of aqua farmers. |
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ISBN: | 978-3-030-95618-9 |
Type(s) of content: | Book chapter |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Not Available |
Volume No.: | Not Available |
Page Number: | Not Available |
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URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/76597 |
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