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Better Management Practices in Mariculture

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10695/
 
Title Better Management Practices in
Mariculture
 
Creator Imelda, Joseph
 
Subject Mariculture
Fisheries Management
 
Description The marine finfish in Asia are cultured in ponds, recirculating systems, cages or pen systems. The farming
methods mostly involve stocking of fingerlings or juveniles that are caught from the wild or hatchery raised
seed. Mariculture is not a well established activity in India, but of recent, picking up However, scope is there for
its successful emergence in the immediate future because of the interest of the farmers in diversification of
farmed species and the ongoing efforts in cage farming in the country. The high value species suitable for
mariculture in India are Asian seabass Lates calcarifer, groupers Epinephelus sp., snappers Lutjanus spp., cobia
Rachycentron canadum, silver pompano Trachinotus blochii, Indian pompano T. mookalee, grey mullet Mugil cephalus,
milkfish Chanos chanos, seer fish, pomfrets and a variety of marine ornamental fishes.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2015
 
Type Teaching Resource
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10695/1/36.%20Imelda.pdf
Imelda, Joseph (2015) Better Management Practices in Mariculture. [Teaching Resource]