Seafood Solutions

03/03/2016

Rajnagar, Feb 29: With the nesting season around the corner, endangered Olive Ridley turtles have hit the shore at Odisha’s Gahirmatha Marine Wildlife Sanctuary near Kendrapara. Though the numbers are few, it is expected to rise sharply over the next few months. According to official sources, thousands of Olive Ridley turtles have thronged the beaches along the Bay of Bengal at Babubali, Agarnashi-I, Nasi-II, Habalikhati, Barunei, Satabhaya and Pentha. [ 179 more words. ]

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Rajnagar, Feb 29:  With the nesting season around the corner, endangered Olive Ridley turtles have hit the shore at Odisha’s Gahirmatha Marine Wildlife Sanctuary near Kendrapara. Though the numbers…

03/03/2016

Raipur: Chhattisgarh government will undertake a survey using remote sensing satellite technology for mapping the location of ponds, rivers and other water bodies to encourage fish farming in the state. "The state has sufficient number of ponds, water bodies and rivers to produce fish of any variety. Therefore, the government is carrying out remote sensing survey to identify location of these water bodies to use them for fish rearing," a government official said here on Wednesday. [ 181 more words. ]

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Raipur: Chhattisgarh government will undertake a survey using remote sensing satellite technology for mapping the location of ponds, rivers and other water bodies to encourage fish farming in the s…

03/03/2016

New Delhi, March 3 : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that she held consultations with the top Sri Lankan leadership to resolve the issue of fishermen from Tamil Nadu. Intervening during the Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, she said a meeting of ministers dealing with fisheries of both countries is being convened in May to evolve a mechanism to resolve the lingering issue. [ 93 more words. ]

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New Delhi, March 3 : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that she held consultations with the top Sri Lankan leadership to resolve the issue of fishermen from Tamil Nadu. Inter…

26/02/2016

Chennai: In a major step towards achieving sustainable aquaculture, especially shrimp farming, Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) has begun the process of issuing ‘soil and water health cards’ to a group of 44 farmers hailing from Kanchipuram, Nagapattinam and Tiruvallur districts. This is the first time in the country, soil and water health cards are being issued in fisheries sector. [ 327 more words. ]

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Chennai: In a major step towards achieving sustainable aquaculture, especially shrimp farming, Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) has begun the process of issuing ‘soil and water…

26/02/2016

Kochi: Fisheries experts have recommended a greater role for women self-help groups in boosting aquaculture production in the country. In his address at the conference on Blue Economy being organised by the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), P. Jayasankar, Director of Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubaneshwar, said women aquapreneurs could play a key role in developing the fish farming sector by setting up small scale entrepreneurial initiatives in ornamental fish culture, fish seed rearing, culture of live feed for fish larve, crab fattening, crab seed rearing, shell craft industry and pearl culture etc. [ 132 more words. ]

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Kochi: Fisheries experts have recommended a greater role for women self-help groups in boosting aquaculture production in the country. In his address at the conference on Blue Economy being organis…

16/12/2015

Karnataka govt. take up Fish culture on cluster mode in four districts on a pilot basis under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna at a cost of Rs 3.44 crore for two years
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KALABURAGI: The State government has decided to take up a comprehensive Fish culture programme on cluster mode in four districts on a pilot basis under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna at a cost of Rs 3.44 crore for two years. A sum of Rs 1.72 crore has been released for 2015-16.

Official sources told on Tuesday that the programme would be implemented in Nanjangud and T. Narsipur in Mysuru district; Davanagere and Harihar in Davanagere district; Ballari and Siraguppa in Ballari District; and Bilagi and Jamkhandi in Bagalkot district.

Potential Sources said that Karnataka had a good potential for the comprehensive development of Fish culture on land which was unfit for agriculture. Farmers willing to take up Fish culture on their land would have to be updated with the latest scientific developments in the field.

As per the information available with the government, farmers have now taken up Fish culture on 1,800 hectares (ha) and in most of the cases the projects had not yielded the desired results due to lack of knowledge among farmers.

Under the proposed programme, the government proposes to train farmers in intensive production, setting up of a cold storage chain, and production of protein rich food for fish in ponds. It will also open up avenues for marketing.

The stress would be on constructing fish ponds on land which was unfit for agriculture.

The government would provide 50 per cent subsidy for the construction of fish ponds, whose cost has been fixed at. Rs 5 lakh a hectare. The maximum size limit for a fish pond is five hectares. Of the total investment of Rs. 2 lakh for taking up the fish farming in one hectare of land, the government would provide Rs. 1 lakh as subsidy. Fifty per cent of subsidy would be provided for the raising of fingerlings.

To popularise fish farming, the State government has released Rs. 77.81 lakh to the Karnataka Veterinary and Fisheries University in Bidar, and University of Agriculture Sciences in Bengaluru, Dharwad, Raichur and Shivamogga to organise Fish Melas during the annual Krishi Melas. Already some of the universities have organised Fish Melas along with Krishi Melas

15/12/2015

Exports slipped in the first half of the current fiscal to 421,385 tonnes, valued at Rs 14,505 crore. At $2.275 billion, seafood exports fell as much as 20 per cent in dollar terms. The global prices of Vannamei shrimps have fallen 25 per cent during the year.

Seafood exports from India are facing rough weather this fiscal, after a surge in the past few years catapulted shipments over 60 per cent to Rs 33,000 crore.

11/12/2015

KUFOS Moots Tie-up With UK-based Bournemouth University

KOCHI: New opportunities are unfolding before students of the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) for better academic exposure, with the varsity mooting a tie-up with UK-based Bournemouth University (BU), for academic and research exchange programmes.

At a preliminary discussion here on Thursday between Bournemouth University Centre for Ecology director Adrian Pinder, KUFOS Vice-chancellor B Madhusoodana Kurup and other top officials, it was decided to forge a tie-up between the two varsities for joint research projects and academic programmes.

As per the preliminary agreement, KUFOS will start offering P G Diploma programmes in Environment Impact Assessment and Biotelemetry. After doing first part of the course at KUFOS, the students have an option to pursue the last six months of the programme at the BU.

Besides, KUFOS and the Bournemouth University will jointly organise workshops and training programmes on relevant subjects identified by them. Under the tie-up, faculty exchange programmes and consultancy research works are also planned.

Adrian Pinder said the Bournemouth University would take every necessary step to forge a meaningful collaboration with the KUFOS in the areas of ecological studies and fishery research.

“We are already having tie-up with four Indian universities, including JNU, and IIM-Kozhikode,” he said.

Madhusoodana Kurup said the university was ready to launch specialised programmes aimed at global exposure. “Academic and research exchange programmes will definitely help strengthen fisheries and marine education in the country,” he said.

At the next meeting, formalities for executing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two universities will be outlined. BU Science and Technology executive dean Christine Maggs will represent the BU at the next meeting.

KUFOS Pro-vice-chancellor K Padmakumar, Registrar V M Victor George, controller of examinations Muraleedharan Nair, research director K V Jayachandran, director of extension Daisy C Kappen, Rajeev Raghavan and directors of various schools under the KUFOS attended the meeting.

11/12/2015

AP State Government Admits Destruction of Fish Tanks Beyond Contour 5 in Kolleru Freshwater Lake

VIJAYAWADA: The state government has admitted that fish tanks over and above contour No: 5 had been destroyed to ‘some extent’ as no geographical boundaries had been fixed for contour five when the operation took place in 2006.

Kolleru lake size has been reduced to contour five and steps had to be taken to protect the lake but not disturb any fishing activity over contour five.

AP Environment and Forest Special chief secretary AK Parida, explaining to an expert panel, deputed by the National Board of Wild Life, to study the situation at Kolleru lake for protection of wildlife, said that the fish tanks that had been destroyed were identified based on survey numbers which led to removal of tanks in area over Contour No: 5.

West Godavari District Collector K Bhaskar told the visiting expert panel that one reason for the mistake was that the tanks were quite large extending from one contour to another and when tanks in area above contour five were destroyed, those in contour five too were destroyed.

The expert panel headed by Prof Sukumar, included Vasista. The two member team after visiting the Kolleru lake area, conferred with Parida, the collector of West Godavari, Joint Collector of Krishna and conservator of forest Srinivas.

In the meeting, West Godavari collector informed the panel that 1,140 fish tanks had been destroyed in an area of 29,949 acres within the Kolleru lake area in the past. The total area had then been transferred to Forest Department on May 31, 2006. Krishna Joint Collector told the committee members that 636 tanks in an area of 17,449 acres had been destroyed.

The central committee inquired how Kolleru Lake would survive if the state government’s Polavaram Right Main Canal sucked all the water from the drains which should flow into the lake. In reply, Parida told the committee members that Pattiseema and Polavarm Left Main canal intend to divert only flood waters and that the project would not tap the regular flow of after into the lake

10/12/2015

Fish fest to mark 50 yrs of WB State Fisheries Development Corporation at Nalban Food Park in Salt Lake, Kolkata from 18-20, Dec.

The State Fisheries Development Corporation (SFDC), in association with the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and state fisheries department, will celebrate its golden jubilee by organising a three-day `Fish Fest' from December 18 to 20 at Nalban Food Park in Salt Lake. The aim is to showcase and promote the fisheries industry with an aim to increase fish productivity in the state and to attract more investments in the sector.

SFDC managing director Soumyajit Das said SFDC have been taking up a number of activities in the recent past to develop the state's fisheries sector. "The event will be organised to promote fisheries in the government and corporate sectors. There will be a food court that will serve various fish dishes, like Vietnam sheatfish, basa, apart from more familiar dishes," he said. Representatives of several other state fisheries development boards will also be present during the threeday event. Das said that fish medicine was also something they wanted to highlight at the event

Sources said that the government was very keen on developing the industry to lessen the dependency on states like Andhra Pradesh. The plan is to offer incentives, subsidies and grants to entrepreneurs investing in this sector.

10/12/2015

Floods force MPEDA to abandon international seafood show, Now held at Visakhapatnam sometime in middle of next year.

KOCHI: The floods in Chennai have forced the Marine Products Export Development Authority to abandon the India International Seafood Show which was to be held at the Chennai Trade Centre from January 22-24.

This comes at a time when India has made huge strides in marine products exports which in 2014-15 were at an all-time high. The biennial seafood show, organised by MPEDA in partnership with the Seafood Exporters’ Association of India, highlights India’s potential in the seafood sector. It is one of the major seafood fairs in Asia.

The show will now be held at Visakhapatnam sometime in the middle of next year.

The 19th edition of the show was held in Chennai in January 2014. The IIFS, which began in 1973 in Mumbai, has emerged as an important platform for stakeholders in the seafood exports sector. Apart from seafood exporters, the show attracts seafood farmers — especially vannamei shrimp producers — manufacturers of processing machines, traders and those engaged in allied sectors.

Sources pointed out that because of the floods, a crucial meeting of the organising committee, scheduled for December 2, could not be held. However, procedural delays and bureaucratic hurdles also contributed to the abandonment of the Chennai fair.