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Milkfish, Chanos chanos A candidate species for open water stock enhancement with potentiality in augmenting fish production

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Title Milkfish, Chanos chanos A candidate species for open water stock enhancement with potentiality in augmenting fish production
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Creator Dibakar Bhakta
Ranjan K. Manna
Asit K. Bera
 
Subject Milkfish, Chanos chanos, culture aspects
 
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Chanos chanos commonly known as Milkfish, a
euryhaline benthopelagic, amphidromous, tropical
species under the order Gonorynchiformes is a
monotypic species from the family Chanidae, inhabiting
marine as well as brackish waters. Milkfish is mostly
found in offshore marine waters and shallow coastal
embayment; reported to very often enter into estuaries
and freshwater streams. In reef-associated coasts or
islands, they occur as small to large schools. Milkfish
is considered the national fish of the Philippines and
locally known as ‘Bangus’. It is considered delicious,
can grow fast, and tolerate wide ranges of salinity.
Culture of milkfish in brackishwater ponds and pens
is an age-old practice and mainly followed in the
countries like Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, and pacific island countries. During the year 2014, global milkfish
production was 10 lakh MT, and the main contributors
were Philippines, Taiwan, and Indonesia. In Indian
open waters, Milkfish is available in almost all the
brackishwater lagoons and estuaries along both the
east and west coasts of India. Culture of milkfish is done
mainly in brackish water, coastal, and estuarine water
bodies in a traditional way. Culture of milkfish mainly
depends on natural seed resources, and is not done
in an organized manner due to the non-availability of
quality seeds. Recently ICAR-CIBA successfully bred and
standardized breeding techniques of milkfish. In India,
as per the report of MPEDA (1997) at least 20 million,
wild-caught seeds of the species are collected every year
from the natural water bodies for farming purposes
which is considered one of the reasons for the depletion
of natural population stocks. Present status of Milkfish
fishery in India is discussed in this communication along
with the management strategies for its improvement.
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Date 2021-09-01T07:10:34Z
2021-09-01T07:10:34Z
2021-02-01
 
Type Magazine
 
Identifier Bhakta, D., Manna, R.K. and Bera, A.K. 2021. Milkfish, Chanos chanos A candidate species for open water stock enhancement with potentiality in augmenting fish production. Aquaculture Spectrum, 4(2): 11-21.
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Language English
 
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