New technology developed to breed marine fish popular for its meat quality

The Central Maritime Fisheries Analysis Institute (CMFRI), just one of India’s premier investigation organisations has formulated hatchery technology for Picnic Seabream (Acanthopagrus berda), a commercially crucial marine food fish.

The breakthrough will support in the diversification of the country’s mariculture activities as the fish – Black Seabream and Goldsilk Seabream – is acknowledged for their excellent meat top quality and substantial economic worth. It has substantial desire in the domestic sector with a price tag of all-around ₹450-500 for each kg.

Domestically called Karutha Yeri, the fish is an excellent species for mariculture owing to its more quickly growth level, sturdy resistance to ailments and capability to cope up with wide variants in environmental parameters such as salinity and temperature.

The breeding technology, formulated by the Karwar Analysis Centre of CMFRI, is anticipated to open up enormous scope for the country’s mariculture ventures in close to future through species diversification, said Director of CMFRI A Gopalakrishnan.

Enhance in breeding

With the progress of hatchery technology for Picnic Seabream, there could be a new surge in an exponential maximize in marine finfish manufacturing, he said.

The up coming undertaking of the institute is to standardise the farming protocol of the fish, as no document of breeding and aquaculture of this fish is out there in the state.

Looking at the traits of the fish, the mariculture of Picnic Seabream is anticipated to be very prospective in conditions of attracting business gains and conference escalating seafood desire in the close to future, he said.

According to Gopalakrishnan, India targets to create 4-5 million tonnes of fish in the up coming 10 a long time through mariculture. Species diversification for mariculture is generally aimed at obtaining this focus on by enhancing the marine cage farming program across the coastal states of the state.

This is the seventh marine food fish for which breeding technology was formulated by the CMFRI. It took all-around three a long time for the CMFRI scientists to develop the seed manufacturing technology for this fish.

Before, the institute experienced succeeded in brood inventory progress of fishes like Cobia, Silver Pompano, Indian Pompano, Orange-spotted Grouper, Pink Ear Emperor and John’s Snapper. CMFRI would transfer these technologies to those intrigued in the business manufacturing of the seeds, he said.