Barik, Nagesh Kumar and Kumar, Rakesh and Narayanakumar, R and Krishnan, M and Katiha, Pradeep K and Ponnusamy, K and Shyam, S Salim (2014) Freshwater Aquaculture. In: Livelihood Status of Fishers in India. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 157-189.
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Indian aquaculture has grown at a faster pace of almost 5.5 per cent per year consistently since last 50 years. In some of the years the growth rate in the aquaculture was recorded as high as 9 per cent. Indian aquaculture has demonstrated a six and half fold growth over the last two decades, with fresh water aquaculture contributing over 95 per cent of the total aquaculture production and more than half of the national fish production. The three Indian major carps, namely catla (Catla catla), rohu (Labeo rohita) and mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala) contribute the bulk of production with over 1.8 million tonnes (FAO, 2003) Average national production from fresh water ponds has increased from 0.6 tonnes/ha/year in 1974 to 2.9 tonnes/ha/year by 2009–2010 (DAHDF, 2010), with several farmers even demonstrating production levels as high as 8–12 tonnes/ha/year. For the newly introduced fishes like Pangus the production recorded was as high as 25 tonnes/ha/yr. At the national level as well as in state level, the production and productivity has been on the rise over a period of time. Backed by new policies like Fish Farmers Development Agencies (FFDA), National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and state initiatives, there are enough incentives to increase the productivity of fish per unit water areas.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Freshwater Aquaculture |
| Subjects: | Aquaculture Socio Economics and Extension > Fisheries Extension Socio Economics and Extension > Fisheries Economics Aquaculture > Tropical fish |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Socio-Economic Evaluation and Technology Transfer Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Socio-Economic Evaluation and Technology Transfer Division CMFRI-Kochi > Socio-Economic Evaluation and Technology Transfer Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Socio-Economic Evaluation and Technology Transfer Division |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2015 10:19 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2023 11:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/10325 |
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