Project Final Report: A strategic assessment of mud crab farming potential in brackishwater stretches between Velas and Dabhol in the Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra
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Project Final Report: A strategic assessment of mud crab farming potential in brackishwater stretches between Velas and Dabhol in the Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra |
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Vinod, K
Asokan, P K Zacharia, P U Kaladharan, P Singh, V V Dineshbabu, A P Sanil, N K Sawant, D D Anasu Koya, A |
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Farming/Culture
Aquaculture Crabs |
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The State of Maharashtra has vast stretches of estuaries, creeks and mangrove swamps which would have great potential for aquaculture. The mud crab, Scylla serraCa is one good candidate species which has great demand in local markets as well as in the export trade and commands a premium price. The lucrative price for mud crabs, both in the domestic and international markets has made many coastal communities to opt for mud crab farming as one of the enterprise. The Department of Forests, Government of Maharashtra aims to promote mud crab farming in the state of Maharashtra considering the vast natural resources like the estuaries, tidal creeks and mangrove swamps which the state is endowed with and also considering the market potential. This novel approach aims at providing livelihood support to the local communities utilizing the mangrove wetlands, and thereby the local communities also shoulder the responsibility of conservation of mangroves. In this backdrop, GIZ-CMPA Maharashtra Project on 'Conservation and Sustainable Management of Existing and Potential Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in Maharashtra' supported the programme in which the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangrove Cell of the Maharashtra Forest Department and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH are the implementing partners. |
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ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
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2016
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Monograph
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text
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en
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11630/1/Final%20Report_Strategis%20assessment_Mud%20crab%20farming%20potential_brackishwater%20stretches_Ratnagiri.pdf
Vinod, K and Asokan, P K and Zacharia, P U and Kaladharan, P and Singh, V V and Dineshbabu, A P and Sanil, N K and Sawant, D D and Anasu Koya, A (2016) Project Final Report: A strategic assessment of mud crab farming potential in brackishwater stretches between Velas and Dabhol in the Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra. Technical Report. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi. (Submitted) |
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