27th August 2022, Mandapam
Shri. Rahul Kumar Reddy, IAS, Asst. Secretary, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying visited the Mandapam Regional Centre of ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi today to study activities of the region, especially cage farming, seaweed farming and sea-ranching. He interacted with the scientists of the Centre and visited the marine hatchery complex which includes live feed production units, finfish & marine ornamental fish brooders and larviculture facilities.
He was the Chief Guest for the Sea Ranching Programme at Munaikadu, Palk Bay and visited the seaweed & the sea cage farming, and IMTA activities. A total of 0.9 million Green Tiger Shrimp seeds of PL 20 were sea ranched on the occasion. He also interacted with the seaweed & sea cage farmers.
(Source: ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi)
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