- Ecological
information and fishery potential of open water ecosystems.
- Estimates of
environmental flow in river system to sustain production function
and study fish behaviour (ethology)
- Environmental
impact assessment, fish health monitoring and bioremediation of
stressed aquatic ecosystems
- Hill fishery
resources assessment and management
- Improved
management of reservoirs and floodplain fisheries through stock
enhancement
Culture Fisheries
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Diversification of
candidate species and aquaculture systems for culture in fresh and
marine waters
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Develop
mariculture technologies
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Up scaling pen and
cage culture technology in larger water bodies and floodplain
wetlands.
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Up scaling of
breeding and culture technologies for coldwater fishes
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Breeding and
culture of cultivable high value finfishes and shellfishes
- Finfish and
shellfish health management, immunoprophylaxis and therapeutic
against common diseases.
- Organic
aquafarming
- Fish
nutrition, feed development and technology for live feed organisms
- Genetic
improvement of aquaculture species (finfish and shellfish)
- Development of
fish and shellfish Cell lines
- Ornamental
fish breeding and culture
- Water and
waste water management including water budgeting for different
aquaculture activities
- Production
models for sustainable sewage fed aquaculture system
- Culture
technologies for finfish and shellfish for utilization of inland
saline water resources
- Integrated
coastal zone management
Post-Harvest Technology
- Processing,
value addition, packaging and marketing for fishery products.
- Minimization
of post-harvest losses and effective utilization of fishing waste
from fish
- Bioactive
substances of pharmacological importance
- Sanitation,
hygiene and quality control
- Quality
management and food security
- Support for
establishing more carp feed industries
Engineering
- Development of
on board and on shore equipment for fishing and fish processing
- Bioinformatics
and IT in harvest and post harvest fisheries sector
- Development of
techniques to control seepage and evaporation in ponds
- Develop
techniques for fish farm construction in porous and loose soils
Fishery Education
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Human Resource Development in emerging areas.
Kit for Detection of
Whitespot virus in Shrimps |
Harvest of Healthy Penaeus
monodon from immuno stimulated pond |
Canoe constructed
from rubber wood |
Ornamental fish Danio
devario |
Achievements
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Developed designs
of eco-friendly and resource - specific demersal trawls, V form
otter boards, Turtle Excluder device (TED), square mesh cod ends,
FRP sheathed, untreated rubber wood canoes, prototype of a 5.22 m
LOA aluminum alloy boat for inland sector, Monoline fishing (long
lining) for reservoir fisheries.
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Designed and
constructed fuel-efficient 15.5m steel trawler, “Sagar Kripa’,
consuming 20% less fuel compared to conventional trawlers of the
same size.
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Standardised
production of several value-added products from cuttlefish, squids,
threadfin breams, Tilapia and Catla and carps.
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Developed a method
of packaging system for cooked products in retortable flexible
pouches, providing seal integrity, toughness and puncture
resistance to maintain and preserve quality of cooked products for
more than a year.
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Developed a method
for detection of White Spot Disease in shrimp as also RT-PCR
technique for detection of Yellow Head Virus.
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Captive brood
stock development and domestication of kurma shrimp Marsupenaeus
japonicus, a candidate species for diversification was achieved.
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Culture of M.
japonicus was successfully carried out in brackishwater pond
with a survival of 83% and a production of 1018 kg /ha/4 months.
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Developed captive
land-based brood stock of Seabass, Lates calcarifer and
produced F4 generation. Standardised technology package
for hatchery seed production or seabass and established a model
marine finfish hatchery.
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Successful
breeding of yellow catfish, Horabagrus brachysoma and
freshwater eel Mastacemebelus aculeatus was carried out.
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Giant Freshwater
Prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii was bred in captivity using
inland saline water and post-larvae raised with suitable ionic
amendments.
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Location and
altitude-specific composite carp farming technology has been
developed for hilly areas.
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Larval rearing
protocols were developed for honey comb grouper Epinephelus merra
and one seed production trial was successfully completed.
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In vitro
marine
pearl production through tissue culture technique was successfully
carried out in Indian Pearl Oyster
Pinctada fucata
and abalone,
Haliotis varia
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Make-up pearl
production where Pinctada fucata pearls were colour -
modified to mercurial blue and mercurial pink using heavy metals
like iron and manganese.
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Two species of
sand lobster (Thenus orientalis, Scyllarus rugosus) were
successfully bred in captivity and larval cycle completed in three
to four weeks time.
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Captive spawning
of three varieties of damsel fishes namely Dascyllus trimacultus,
Pomacentrus coelestis and Dascyllus aruanus was
achieved.
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Twelve hundred
juveniles of sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra (mean size 25
mm) bred in captivity were sea ranched.
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Duplex PCR Kit for
the detection of white Spot Syndrome Virus commercialized.
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Through selective
breeding technique, growth enhancement to the tune of 17% per
generation in rohu Labeo rohita was demonstrated and
Jayanti rohu given to farmers.
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Sperm
cryopreservation technique for endangered red tailed barb,
Gonoprocterus curmmca was standardized.
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Cryopreservation
of eggs of rohu, Labero rohita at the stage of blastomere
achieved.
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A probiotic
preparation for the control of luminescent bacteria in the hatchery
has been developed.
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Polymorphic
microsatellite and allozyme markers developed for fifteen fish
species and Macrobrachium rosenbergii.
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Microsatellite
enriched genomic libraries for Chitala chitala and
Pangasius pangasius constructed.
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Developed a
database ‘Fish Chromosome World’, containing karyomorphological
information on 126 finfish species from 34 families and 9 orders.
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Stock structure
analysis of Labeo rohita, Catla catla, Cirrhinus mrigala, Labeo
dero and L. dycheilus from different riverine system in
Indo-Gangetic plains using allozyme and microsatellite completed.
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Diagnostic
capability for exotic OIE listed pathogens by PCR was developed.
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Guidelines for
introduction of Aquatic Exotic and Quarantine in support of
national strategic plan were developed and published.
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High fish
production levels of 220 kg/ha/year has been achieved from small
reservoirs as against the national average of 20 kg/ha/year.
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