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Preliminary estimates of potential areas for seaweed farming along the Indian coast

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Title Preliminary estimates of potential areas for seaweed farming along the Indian coast
 
Creator Johnson, B
Divu, D
Jayasankar, Reeta
Ranjith, L
Dash, Gyanaranjan
Megarajan, Sekhar
Edward, Loveson
Ranjan, Ritesh
Muktha, M
Xavier, Biji
Rajesh, N
Ratheesh Kumar, R
Anuraj, A
Suresh Babu, P P
Ramkumar, S
Chellappan, Anulekshmi
Nakhawa, A D
Koya, Mohammed
Ghosh, Shubhadeep
Loka, Jayasree
Jayakumar, R
Nazar, A K A
Asokan, P K
Kaladharan, P
Rohit, Prathibha
Mojjada, Suresh Kumar
Satish Kumar, M
Ignatius, Boby
Singh, V V
Gopalakrishnan, A
 
Subject Farming/Culture
Seaweed
Algae
 
Description India has enormous potential for seaweed mariculture; however, mass scale commercial farming of seaweeds
is yet to take off successfully in the country. R&D efforts over the years have resulted in techno-scientific
improvements in farming technologies such as floating rafts, net-tubes, long-lines, and cage based IMTA
systems for seaweed culture. However, a few challenges remain, particular in identifying potential sites, its
demarcation and developing suitable and sustainable spatial plans for seaweed farming on a country-wide,
commercial perspective. In view of the emerging importance of seaweed mariculture and policy thrust by the
Government of India, an all India preliminary site selection survey suitable for seaweed farming was conducted
by ICAR-CMFRI along all maritime states of India. From this survey a total of 23,970 ha area were identified
as potential seaweed farming along the Indian coast. In the present article, we present details of the suitable
sites and its demarcation on a preliminary spatial map for facilitating the imminent expansion and effective
adoption of seaweed farming in the country.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14936/1/MFIS_246_B%20Johnson.pdf
Johnson, B and Divu, D and Jayasankar, Reeta and Ranjith, L and Dash, Gyanaranjan and Megarajan, Sekhar and Edward, Loveson and Ranjan, Ritesh and Muktha, M and Xavier, Biji and Rajesh, N and Ratheesh Kumar, R and Anuraj, A and Suresh Babu, P P and Ramkumar, S and Chellappan, Anulekshmi and Nakhawa, A D and Koya, Mohammed and Ghosh, Shubhadeep and Loka, Jayasree and Jayakumar, R and Nazar, A K A and Asokan, P K and Kaladharan, P and Rohit, Prathibha and Mojjada, Suresh Kumar and Satish Kumar, M and Ignatius, Boby and Singh, V V and Gopalakrishnan, A (2020) Preliminary estimates of potential areas for seaweed farming along the Indian coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 246. pp. 14-28. ISSN ISSN 0254-380X