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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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Title Project Final Report: A strategic assessment of mud crab farming potential
in brackishwater stretches between Velas and
Dabhol in the Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra
 
Creator 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
 
Subject Farming/Culture
Aquaculture
Crabs
 
Description 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.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2016
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier 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)