Sasikumar, Geetha and Nataraja, G D and Sahib, Karamathulla and Mohamed, K S and Rohit, Prathibha and Asokan, P K (2016) Responsible sourcing of wild-seeds for aquaculture: spat collection in natural mussel beds along Karnataka coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (228). pp. 15-18. ISSN 0254-380 X
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Abstract
Mussel farming is a rapidly expanding coastalmariculture enterprise, being widely adopted by fishfarmers in India. Unlike other mariculture practices,mussel farming is less capital intensive and henceoffers great potential for creating livelihood andemployment opportunities to the coastalcommunities. During the year 2015, the musselfarming sector contributed 68% of the farmedbivalve production of 11,435 tonnes in the country.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Responsible sourcing; wild-seeds; aquaculture; spat collection; natural mussel beds; Karnataka coast |
| Subjects: | Aquaculture > Farming/Culture Molluscan Fisheries > Mussel culture Aquaculture Eggs and Larvae |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Calicut (Kozhikode) CMFRI-Mangalore |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2017 10:45 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Feb 2023 05:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/11419 |
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