Resource Assessment 

• Updated assessment on Marine Fish Stock Status revealed more than 91% of the 135 stocks to be in healthy state
• Annual estimation of National Marine Fish Landings
• Re-validated the marine fishery potential of Indian EEZ (5.31 million tonnes), and estimation of Minimum Legal Size (MLS) for 130 commercially important marine fish species
• GIS-based mapping of fisheries resources in marine, inland and coldwater systems for effective fisheries management
• Assessment of ecology biodiversity and ecosystem-based fisheries management for open-water systems 
• Created database on All India Marine Fisheries Census 2016.

Species Diversification 

Developed breeding, seed production and culture technologies of over 80 food finfish and shellfish species:

Marine Finfish/Shellfish: Cobia, Silver Pompano, Indian Pompano, Orange-Spotted Grouper, Pink-Ear Emperor Bream, Maze Rabbit Fish, John’s Snapper, Picnic Sea-Bream, Banded Grunter, and Spangled Emperor, Indian Pearl Oyster, Edible Oyster, Green Mussel, Green Tiger Shrimp, Brown Mussel, and Blue Swimmer Crab, etc. 

                  

Indian Pompano                                                             Banded Grunter

 

                                   

Orange-spotted Grouper                                                          John Snapper

 

                        

      Cobia                                                                         Picnic Seabream

Brackishwater Finfish/Shellfish: Hilsa, Asian Seabass, Milkfish, Crescent Perch, Striped Grey mullet, Mangrove Snapper, and Goldlined Seabream, Tiger Shrimp, Indian White Shrimp, Kuruma Shrimp, Banana Shrimp, Brown Shrimp, Mud Crab and Mud Crab, etc. 

Freshwater food Finfish/Shellfish: 
Major Carps (Catla, Rohu,  Mrigal,  Silver Carp,  Grass Carp and Common Carp); Minor Carps (Kalbasu, Bata,  Reba, Pengba, Fringed-lipped Carp, Kuria Rohu, Kali Rohu,  Kalaban, Malabar Labeo, Carnatic Carp, Naadan Mushi and Pig Mouth Carp); Barb (Olive Barb, Silver Barb, Minnow, Chaguni Barb,  Kolus barb,  Large Barb); Murrels (Striped Murrel, Spotted Murrel, and Giant Murrel); Mahseer (Golden Mahseer, Chocolate Mahseer, Deep-body Mahseer and Mahanadi Mahseer); Trout (Snow Trout, and Rainbow Trout); Catfishes (Magur, Singi, Valencienees Clariid, Pangasius Catfish, Indian Butter Catfish. Climbing Perch, Pabda, Yellow Catfish, Freshwater Shark, Long-Whiskers catfish, Mahanadi Rita, Gangetic Mystus, and Nilgiri Mystus); and Others (Loach, Chitala, and Notopterus, etc); Shellfish (Giant Freshwater Prawn, Indian River Prawn, Ganga River Prawn, Freshwater Mussel, etc).  

 

Ornamental fishes: Breeding and seed production technologies have been developed for over 85 freshwater, brackishwater and marine ornamental fishes/shellfishes. 
Important ornamental finfish and shellfish are as cited under: 

Marine: Mauritian Anemone, Sebae Clown, False Clown, Orange Clown, Peacock Damsel, Maldives’ Clown, Maroon Clown, Filamentous-tail Damsel, Blue Damsel, Three-spot Damsel, Humbug Damsel, Blue-green Damsel, Sapphire Devil Damsel, Tomato Clown, Yellow Clown, Pink Skunk, Clark’s Anemone, Purple Fire-fish, Dottybacks, Red Saddle-back Clown, Black Ocellaris Clown, Yellowtail Damsel, Marcia’s Anthias, Cloudy Damsel, Sebae Clown, Sea Goldie, Four-striped Damsel, Orange Clown, Camel Shrimp, Squat Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, Anemone Shrimp, Bumblebee Shrimp, Azure Damsel, Black Bar, Yellow-belly Damsel, Black-bar Chromis and Maldives Damsel.
 

Brackishwater: 
Spotted Perch, Orange Chromide, Banded Chromide, Moon Fish, Rice Fish, Striped Panchax, Yellowfin Bream, Pearl Spot and Goldlined-spinefoot Rabbit Fish.

Freshwater: 
Dwarf Gourami, Flying Barb, Zebra Fish, Pool Barb, Two-spot Barb, Bengal Danio, Black-line Rasbora, Leopard Danio, Bronze Corydoras, Angel Fish, Chameleon Fish, Giant Danio, Golden Barb, Moustached Danio, Filament Barb, Discuss Fish, Oscar Fish, Tambraparni Barb, Barilius, Loach, Dark Mahseer, Ticto Barb, Deocata Pipefish, Golden Snakehead, Nemacheilus, Snakehead, Giant Danio, Honey Gourami, Frail Gourami, Albino Cory/Armored Catfish, Milky Carp Koi, Annandale Garra, Swamp Barb, Narayan Barb,  Sucker Head, Indian flying Barb, Shalyni Barb, Small Cyprinids, Orange-spotted Snakehead, Neon high-fin Barb, Rice Eel, Barbed-spiny Eel, Mascara Barb, Arulius Barb, Vagra Baril and Loaches.

 

Genetic Improvement

• Developed improved Rohu (Labeo rohita) through selective breeding, showing more than 60% higher growth after 12th generation
• Developed improved Catla (Catla catla) with 30% higher growth after 2nd generation 
• Developed improved magur (Clarius magur) with over 20% higher growth after 2nd generation
• Developed improved giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) GI Scampi with 50% higher growth after 13th generation

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Aquaculture-System Diversification 

• Diversification in aquaculture systems has led to development of 92 improved/new aquaculture systems that includes extensive/semi-intensive and intensive freshwater aquaculture of different fish species, cage/pen culture in inland openwaters, mariculture, open-sea fish farming, seaweed culture, brackishwater finfish/shellfish aquaculture, coldwater fish culture systems, freshwater/marine pearl culture, etc.  
• Developed and popularized new culture systems such as shrimp farming in inland saline soils; biofloc technology for shrimp nursery and growout; Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture; Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems, etc.

Open-sea Cage

Fish Nutrition and Fish Feed Development

• Developed several fish feeds for different life stages of important food and ornamental finfish/shellfish species, important ones of which are as follows: 
  
  Carps - CIFABroodTM, CIFAMA, Starter-M, SAMPUSHT, Ecofeed, CIFA- CARP STARTER, CIFA-CARP GROWER, CIFEGro, Gram-Ca-Feed, CIFA Carp Fry feed, Reshmeen, and Silvergrow 
  Catfishes - Starter Pangas, Pangas Grow- I & II, and CIFRI Cage Grow 
  Milkfish - Milkfish BroodPlus , Milkfish NurseryPlus , and MilkfishPlus
  Seabass - Bhetki Ahaar, MATSYA, SeabassPlus, Seabass NurseryPlus, and Seabass LarviPlus
  Rainbow trout and Mahseer - DCFR-Starter feed, DCFR-Grower feed, Nanhe mahseer, and DCFR-Mahfeed 
  Prawn, Shrimps and Crab – CIFAPRA, Green Shrimp BT, Shrimp LarviPlus , , ShrimplarviPlus - N, VannameiPlus and    CyllaPlus

Ornamental fish feeds: Varna, Varsha, and Kalor FishPlus

Nutraceuticals
Several nutraceuticals have been developed from the aquatic organisms and seaweeds for combating several lifestyle diseases such as arthritis/osteoporosis,  hypothyroidism, Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, NAFLD fatty liver disease, hypertension, etc. They are also used as antioxidants and as immunoboosters. 

Fish Health 

• National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD) is being successfully implemented on pan-India scale in more than 20 states involving 31 organizations. 
• Developed disease diagnostic kits for Koi Herpes Virus, Spring Viraemia of Carp Virus, Tilapia Lake Virus, White Spot Syndrome Virus and Nodavirus
• Developed vaccine against various Gram-negative bacteria
• Designed Dipicolinic acid (DPA) kit for the detection of antibiotic residues (tetracycline, oxytetracycline, beta-lactam antibiotics and chloramphenicol) in shrimp aquaculture
    
• Developed several fish health boosters, water quality enhancers, tranquilisers, and therapeutics, as given below:
  Fish Health boosters: Immunoboost-C, AQUABOOST, CIBASTIM, CIFE-Grow, CIFE Vruddhi, Synthetic neuropeptide (GnRH), and Lumiphage
  Water quality enhancer: CIBAMOX, CIBA Oxyplus, CIBA TANOX, Haryali organic fertilizer, and PlanktonPlus
  Tranquilisers:  CIFELOSTRESS, CIFECalm, AQUA-FSD, and Fish Tanavhari 
  Therapeutics: CIFAX, CIFACURE, CIFE Argunil, CIFRI-ARGCURE, OoNIL, CIBA EHP Cura, and CIBA-PARACIDE
   
• National Repository of Fish Celllines is established at ICAR-NBFGR, with state-of-art facility for development, characterization and maintenance of more than 70 celllines. 
• Developed rapid detection kit, ‘CIFTest’ to detect the presence of adulterants like formaldehyde and ammonia in fish 
• Developed Fish Freshness Indicators for checking freshness
• Developed multi-parameter water analysis kit for onsite estimation and monitoring of water quality