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Global Fish Farming News: India

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Shrimp Industry Facing Crisis
INDIA - The Indian shrimp industry is facing a crisis as demand moves from the black tiger prawn (P. Monodon) to L.Vannamei....

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Rare Species of Shrimp in Danger
INDIA - Concern is rising in Orissa in India over the disappearance of gravid, a rare wild shrimp found in the brackish water bodies of the state....

Monday, May 12, 2008

Pisciculture Gains Popularity
INDIA - Pisciculture is becoming more popular in the Indian state of Bhubaneshwar among prospective entrepreneurs thanks to rising export demand and fish consumption....

Farm For Ornamental Fish
INDIA - India's Nation Aquaculture Society is to help finance a fish farm exclusively for ornamental fish....

Monday, May 05, 2008

Scientists Experiment with Solutions to Fishery Crisis
INDIA - What may become a sustainable solution to the world fishery crisis is being experimented by scientists in the US, according to the Financial Express. ...

Monday, April 28, 2008

Indian scientist turns prawn waste into super food
INDIA - Scientist, Renuka Karuppuswamy, was driven to resolve the problem of food waste by the stench of the huge piles of rotting seafood waste on the outskirts...

Fisheries Task Force Flags-up 69 Projects
INDIA - A report by India's task force on inland fish production and developing aquaculture, has been handed over to Fisheries Minister S Sarma. ...

Vannamei On Farms Shortly
INDIA - Shrimp farmers in India's burgeoning aquaculture business will soon be allowed to farm South American vannamei shrimp. ...

Successful Maiden Crop Paves Way for Commercial Venture
VISHAKAPATNAM - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI ) has successfully harvested its first crop from the country’s maiden demonstration project...

Friday, April 25, 2008

Marine Exports Reach Record High
INDIA - Export of marine products from India set an all time record of 612641 tons - a value Rs83.63bn and US$1852.93mn during 2006-07. ...

Thursday, April 24, 2008

EU Top Slot for Indian Seafood Exports
INDIA - Statistics show that the European Union (EU) is the largest importer of Indian marine products, accounting for 34 percent of the exports by value. ...

Monday, April 07, 2008

Loan Waiver Possible for Fish Farmers
INDIA - The government plans to set aside part of the Rs 60,000-crore farm loan waiver package for plantation loans and allied activities such as poultry producers...

Shrimp Export Now Better Placed for Returns
INDIA - India's shrimp producers are buoyant. Their produce has been recognized by international markets and the seafood sector stands to reap significant benefits....

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Seafood Industry Welcomes New SOPS
INDIA - Seafood exporters in Kerala are happy with the sops announced by the central government to bail them out. They are particularly pleased with an incentive...

Friday, March 21, 2008

Shrimp Seed Multiplication Centre to be Established
INDIA - A multi-billion shrimp seed multiplication centre is being established to produce Pathogen-free seed of shrimp. ...

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Vannamei Given the Go-ahead by May
INDIA - The farming of Vannamei, the cheapest variety of shrimp across the globe, is likely to begin in India this spring. Seafood producers have welcomed the news...

Monday, March 17, 2008

Lecture on Aquaculture
INDIA - Ornamental fish culture has the potential to create self-employment avenues, says Fisheries Development Officer, Tenali, P. Madhavi Latha, has said....

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Retail Chains Triggering a Tiger Prawn Culture
INDIA - Tiger prawns are slowly carving a niche in retail outlets and the potential for aquaculture production is growing....

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Fish to be Used to Fight Mosquitoes
INDIA - The Indian health authorities are to use fish in the battle against mosquitoes and the diseases they carry. ...

Monday, March 03, 2008

Dependence on select markets hurts fish exports
INDIA - Indian exports are extremely susceptible to the negative consequences of trade barriers because of its massive dependance on a very small number of destination...

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

India Boosts Reservoir Fisheries
INDIA - The Indian Fisheries Department is to increase inland fish production by bolstering reservoir fisheries. ...

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Call to meet challenges to aquaculture
INDIA - Asian countries need to take proper measures to save aquaculture in the region, says Dillip Kumar, Director and Vice-Chancellor of Central Institute of Fisheries...

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

SEAI Demands Help For Fisheries
INDIA - Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) has highlighted various issues dogging the fisheries sector through a memorandum to UPA chairpersons Sonia...

Monday, February 18, 2008

University Workshop Targets New Directions for Aquaculture
INDIA - A workshop focusing on new directions and dimensions in aquaculture and fisheries research is planned by the Adikavi Nannaya University (ANU), in Mumbai...

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Haryana Plans More Pisciculture
INDIA - Success in pisciculture has encouraged the Haryana government to allocate 20,000 hectares of water area to the sector. It plkans toproduce 90,000 tonnes...

Monday, February 11, 2008

Marine Sector Must Globalise
KARACHI - India's seafood exports business is facing myriad problems and it needs consolidation to emerge as a strong contender in the global competition....

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Ornamental Event Attracts Crowds
KERALA - Thousands crowded into Kerala's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for India's International Aqua Show 2008. here showcasing ...

Tax Cuts and Aquaculture Support Vital for Shrimpers, says SEAI
INDIA - The rising rupee, US anti-dumping levies and a battle against competitive shrimp species and cheap imports is plummeting India's seafood trade into crisis....

Friday, February 01, 2008

Fish Farming Improves Prospects for Kendrapada
INDIA - The Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA)is supporting an initiative to increase employment through aquaculture in Kendrapada through an awareness-cum-training...

Monday, January 28, 2008

Science Outwits Seasonality and Boosts Production Potential
ORISSA - Hot on the heels of its planned Eco- Aquarium, the Bhubaneswar-based Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) has announced a successful breeding...