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FIMSUL Report on Bivalve Farming Fisheries Management and Sustainable Livelihood-Component II - Bivalve Farming

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Title FIMSUL Report on Bivalve Farming Fisheries Management and Sustainable
Livelihood-Component II - Bivalve Farming
 
Creator Laxmilatha, P
Chhandaprajnadarsini, E M
Narayanakumar, R
Rudramurthy, N
 
Subject Farming/Culture
Bivalves
Fisheries Economics
Fisheries Extension
 
Description Bivalves are high quality proteinaceous sea food which have several health benefits. They are
natural bio filters that purify the ecosystem besides providing nutritional security to the fish
consuming population. However, in spite of the benefits, the consumption of these bivalves
has been confined to some coastal areas along India. Therefore, there is a continious effort
from Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) to create awareness among the
people on bivalve consumption. The CMFRI has also developed technologies for scientific
bivalve farming and CMFRI’S collateral effort with State fisheries department, the technologies
have been refined and upgraded through many location specific technology demonstrations
to make it a profitable aquaculture venture in coastal States in India. The farming practice is
simple, ecofriendly and no input cost for feed.
The coastal stretch of Tamil Nadu is endowed with large number of east flowing rivers forming
productive estuaries offering natural beds of oysters and mussels and also provides sheltered
areas for bivalve farming. Though bivalve farming has started long back in Tamil Nadu, regional
challenges such as low local market demand, limited access to the market in other States
and low market price impeded commercialisation of the technology. However, in the current
scenario there is a marginal increase in market demand for bivalves in big hotels and resorts
and also in the local market. Therefore, under livelihood programme Tamil Nadu State fisheries
Department with technical support from Madras Research Centre of ICAR-CMFRI has again
attempted to popularise the bivalve farming technology by involving local fishermen in three
fishing villages i.e. Senjiamman Nagar in Tiruvallur District and Cuddalore Chinnakuppam and
Kottaikadu village in Kancheepuram District which will facilitate additional income through
farming and enhance their socio-economic status.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2019
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13827/1/FIMSUL%20Report%20on%20Bivalve%20Farming%20Fisheries%20Management%20and%20Sustainable%20Livelihood_2019_FIMSUL_Laxmilatha%20P.pdf
Laxmilatha, P and Chhandaprajnadarsini, E M and Narayanakumar, R and Rudramurthy, N (2019) FIMSUL Report on Bivalve Farming Fisheries Management and Sustainable Livelihood-Component II - Bivalve Farming. Project Report. ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Chennai.