Technology for coastal cage farming of Indian pompano (Trachinotus mookalee): Towards sustainability

Megarajan, Sekhar and Ranjan, Ritesh and Xavier, Biji and Ghosh, Shubhadeep and Balla, Vamsi and Loka, Jayasree and Kizhakudan, Joe K and Gopalakrishnan, A (2024) Technology for coastal cage farming of Indian pompano (Trachinotus mookalee): Towards sustainability. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (259). pp. 36-41. ISSN 0254-380X

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Abstract

Cage farming technology is widely recognized as one of the most popular and intensive farming methods in mariculture for increasing fish production. Cage farming method is being adopted in different coastal ecosystems, among which the high saline backwater is considered as an important ecosystem for the culture of diverse species in cages. High saline estuaries are one of the unified ecosystems, considered for livelihood improvement of the selected rural populations. In India, huge estuarine resources are available bordering the coasts and these potentially available under-utilized high saline waters bodies could be efficiently utilized by culturing different species of finfish in cages installed thereof. Different species of marine finfish can be cultured in high-saline estuarine cages and the Indian pompano (Trachinotus mookalee), is one such suitable potential candidate species. Pompano is a preferred species for cage culture with the following characteristics; quick adaptability to different culture conditions, ease of accepting artificial pellet feed, tolerance to a wide range of salinity, fast growth rate, and high consumer preference.

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