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Demonstration of scientific farming of flathead grey mullet among tribal fishers of Balasore, Odisha

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Title Demonstration of scientific farming of flathead
grey mullet among tribal fishers of Balasore,
Odisha
 
Creator Pradhan, Rajesh Kumar
Roul, Subal Kumar
Dash, Biswajit
Ghosh, Shubhadeep
Madhu, K
 
Subject Farming/Culture
Mullet
 
Description The flathead grey mullet Mugil cephalus has good market demand in Odisha yet the farming of this fish is
minimal. Scientific capture based farming both in cages and coastal saline ponds was initiated under a Tribal
Sub-Plan (TSP) programme operated in ICAR-CMFRI and small-scale fishers belonging to Bhumija tribe of
Jugadiha village in Balasore district of Odisha were trained for this. 3200 fingerlings of grey mullet of 20-45 g
body weight each and measuring 7-18 cm in total length were procured and stocked in ponds during October
2019. Acclimatized seeds were released in square GI cage (6 x 6 m) in November 2019. Feed prepared with
wheat flour and ground nut oilcake as well as floating pellet feed was given @ 5% of body weight. After
eight months culture period, a harvest of about 480 kg of grey mullet along with 20 kg of various local shrimp
species was obtained from the ponds which provide the tribal fish farmers an additional income of `153,000
which proved helpful during the economically tough times during COVID-19 pandemic
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14710/1/MFIS_244_R%20K%20Pradhan_2020.pdf
Pradhan, Rajesh Kumar and Roul, Subal Kumar and Dash, Biswajit and Ghosh, Shubhadeep and Madhu, K (2020) Demonstration of scientific farming of flathead grey mullet among tribal fishers of Balasore, Odisha. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical & Extension Series No. 244, 2020, 244. pp. 24-26. ISSN ISSN 0254-380X