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Perspective plan of ICAR-CMFRI for promoting seaweed mariculture in India

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Title Perspective plan of ICAR-CMFRI for promoting
seaweed mariculture in India
 
Creator Kaladharan, P
Johnson, B
Nazar, A K A
Ignatius, Boby
Chakraborty, Kajal
Gopalakrishnan, A
 
Subject Seaweed
Mariculture
 
Description Seaweed mariculture is a green and climate smart technology to assure steady and continuous supply of raw
materials for the production of algal polysaccharides, fodder, biofuels, manure, nutraceuticals etc. The perspective
plan of ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute on seaweed cultivation and utilization observes that
(a) raw materials for value added products from seaweeds should be sourced from large scale mariculture
and not from wild habitats.; (b) mariculture of species of Gracilaria and Gelidiella for agar, Kappaphycus
alvarezii for k-carrageenan and Sargassum, Ulva and Caulerpa for their nutraceuticals and other secondary
metabolites should be widely promoted; (c) seaweed mariculture can be undertaken in integrated mode with
finfish or shellfish (IMTA) to double the farmers’ income and (d) large scale mariculture of seaweeds should
be encouraged as it can help mitigate major greenhouse gas and thereby check ocean acidification, while the
farmers achieve livelihood security simultaneously.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2019
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14320/1/MFIS_240_2.pdf
Kaladharan, P and Johnson, B and Nazar, A K A and Ignatius, Boby and Chakraborty, Kajal and Gopalakrishnan, A (2019) Perspective plan of ICAR-CMFRI for promoting seaweed mariculture in India. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (240). pp. 17-22. ISSN 0254-380 X