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Small scale sea cage culture: A success story from Mumbai RC

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16267/
http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9017/
 
Title Small scale sea
cage culture:
A success story from
Mumbai RC
 
Creator CMFRI, Mumbai
 
Subject Cage culture
Aquaculture
Lobsters
 
Description Mumbai Research Centre fabricated
small G. I. cage frame locally with four
barrels for buoyancy. Inner diameter of
the cage frame was 3 m whereas
outer diameter was 4 m and nets
were designed in conical to provide
more space at the bottom for lobster to
rest. Cages were moored in the open
sea by means of two grapnel anchors.
200 juvenile lobsters collected from
Versova landing centers were stocked in
the cage.A total of
158 lobsters were
recovered from the
cage after four
months rearing
(average wet wt.
155 gm). Lobsters
were sold to buyers
at the rate of ` 840
per Kg after
harvesting.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2012
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16267/1/CMFRI_NL_2012_133_6.pdf
CMFRI, Mumbai (2012) Small scale sea cage culture: A success story from Mumbai RC. CMFRI Newsletter Cadalmin (133). p. 6.