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Cage Fish Farming a Huge Success

-The New Indian Express


KOCHI (Kerala): Around 2 tonnes of seabass (Kalanchi) and over 170 kg of pearl spot (Karimeen), all cultured in cages, were harvested from the fish farms at Kakkamadanthuruth and Thiruthur in the Puthenvelikkara Panchayat.

The cage culture was initiated as part of the ‘Samagra Matsyagramam' project under the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), with the support of the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), and the Kerala State Fisheries Department.

The project has turned out to be a huge success, with the fish farmers hauling in a big catch of seabass and pearl spot from eight cages installed in the backwaters.

"Such a big yield of seabass, with an average weight of 1.6 kg, is a rare achievement in cage culture," said KUFOS officials.

KUFOS vice-chancellor B Madhusoodana Kurup, who inaugurated the harvest, said that the success of the project had proved that the freshwater and brackish water bodies in the State are highly suitable for fish farming.

"The success of the project has encouraged the KUFOS to launch more fish farming projects, and to extend farming to the other areas.

The university has introduced an eco-friendly farming method to achieve sustainability of the fisheries. The project also focuses on enriching the indigenous fish stocks that are facing the threat of extinction," he said.

The project, which aims at empowering fish farmers in the panchayat, has been receiving good response from the farming community.

The KUFOS had initiated the project with focus on freshwater and brackish water fish culture, ornamental fish culture, cage culture and integrated farming, utilising the resources of public and private ponds, and the backwaters.

Daisy C Kappen, associate professor at KUFOS, is the principal investigator of the project.

The New Indian Express, 9 September, 2014, http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Cage-Fish-Far
ming-a-Huge-Success/2014/09/09/article2422147.ece