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Perspectives on mariculture in India

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https://www.aquaasiapac.com/issue.php
 
Title Perspectives on mariculture in India
 
Creator Megarajan, Sekhar
Ranjan, Ritesh
Xavier, Biji
Muktha, M
Edward, Loveson
Sadhu, Narasimhulu
Ghosh, Shubhadeep
 
Subject Mariculture
 
Description The aquaculture sector in India has a long history and has
witnessed an increase in production for the last two decades
with an annual growth rate of 6-7%. This means that India is
the second largest producer of farmed fish in the world after
China. At present, freshwater aquaculture contributes to a major
proportion of the aquaculture production from India (FAO, 2014).
In India, brackish water aquaculture is a traditional practise in
natural coastal low land areas such as pokkali fields (salt resistant
deepwater paddy fields along the Kerala coast), bheries (man
made impoundments in coastal wetlands of West Bengal state),
khar lands (tidal lands in Karnataka state) and khazan lands (saline
flood plains along tidal estuaries in Goa) with varying production
capacities and depending on tidal influences and natural supply
of seeds (Kutty, 1999). After several trials, under different R&D
programs, scientific coastal farming was initiated in the early
1990s with the active involvement of different stakeholders. Since
then, shrimp farming has grown tremendously and at present,
dominates coastal aquaculture. However, the frequent problems
in shrimp culture raises the question on the sustainability of
coastal aquaculture as it is solely dependent on a single group i.e.
shrimp. Therefore, species diversification with high value marine
finfish is now being considered to develop a sustainable and ecofriendly
coastal aquaculture industry in India.
 
Date 2017
 
Type Article
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11646/1/Prespectives%20in%20mariculture_%20Aquaculture%20Asia%20Pacific_Sekar%20Megarajan_2017.pdf
Megarajan, Sekhar and Ranjan, Ritesh and Xavier, Biji and Muktha, M and Edward, Loveson and Sadhu, Narasimhulu and Ghosh, Shubhadeep (2017) Perspectives on mariculture in India. Aquaculture Asia Pacific, 13 (2). pp. 12-16.