Marine ornamental fish culture: Means for economic growth

Madhu, K and Madhu, Rema and Abhilash, K S and Mohan, Mrudhula and Harikrishna, N H (2023) Marine ornamental fish culture: Means for economic growth. In: International Workshop cum Training on Fisheries and Aquaculture: African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO). CMFRI Training Manual Series No. 35/2023 (35). ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 217-223. ISBN 978-93-82263-62-3

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Abstract

The marine ornamental fish trade is a sunrise industry that has been expanding in recent years and has grown into a multimillion-dollar enterprise mainly due to the emergence of technologies for captive breeding of fishes, modern aquarium gadgets, setting and maintenance of miniature reef aquaria. Aquarium keeping is amongst the most popular of hobbies with millions of enthusiasts worldwide and the trade of marine ornamentals has been expanding in recent years and has grown into a multimillion-dollar enterprise. The recent emergence of modern aquarium gadgets and technologies for setting and maintenance of miniature reef aquaria made aquarium keeping much easier than previous. Since the marine ornamental trade is operated throughout the tropics, the global marine ornamental trade is estimated at US$ 200-330 million. India is endowed with a vast resource potential of marine ornamentals distributed in the coral seas and rocky coasts with patchy coral formations. In the context of the expanding global scenario and the increasing demand for domestic trade, it appears very lucrative for India to venture into this industry

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ornamental fish
Subjects:	Aquaculture > Farming/Culture Aquaculture > Ornamental Fishes
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	01 Jan 2024 10:46
Last Modified:	01 Jan 2024 10:46
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/17849

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