Cage culture systems and management

Rajesh, N and Ignatius, Boby (2023) Cage culture systems and management. 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. 97-105. ISBN 978-93-82263-62-3

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Abstract

India is endowed with vast marine fisheries resources such as an 8,118 km long coastline, 193,834 km2 of territorial Sea (12 nautical miles/ 22.2 km from the shoreline), about 4.0 million marine fishers living in 3432 marine fishing villages in 66 coastal districts of 9.0 maritime states and 2.0 Union Territories, besides 2.0 Island Territories of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep. Infrastructure available includes 6 Major Fishing Harbours, 40 Minor Fishing Harbours and 1537 Marine Fish Landing Centres. The relatively shallow inshore water along the vast coastline of mainland and island territories offers scope for Sea Cage Farming. However, sheltered areas such as bays, lagoons, and semi exposed and exposed coasts having less wave action are preferable. The existing marine infrastructure and marine fisher population would be serving as complementary resources. Cage culture, a successful method for cultivating marine finfish, has been practised for many years. Since the 1950s, Australia, Norway, Chile, and various Asian countries have effectively employed cage culture. The rising demand for the cultivation of numerous marine finfish, driven by their significant consumption value, has consequently fuelled a global increase in demand for marine aquaculture. Sea cage farming in India was initiated by CMFRI with support from the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB). Sea cage farming is gaining momentum as a commercial seafood production system in the country. Several R&D programmes in cage culture, demonstrations and participatory mode of cage farming have led to the emergence of an economically viable farming method which resulted in the popularization of the technology

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