Home Mariculture DIVISION

Thrust areas of research

Captive broodstock development of marine finfishes and induced breeding techniques
Development of high density larviculture techniques
Evolving protocols for diversified farming practices such as sea cage farming and coastal mariculture
Demonstration of mariculture technologies and participatory farming programmes
Development of growout feeds and health management protocols for mariculture

Ongoing Research projects

Completed Research projects (last plan period)

Significant Achievements in the last 5 years

Record of finfish seed production at Mandapam Hatchery

Technologies/Concepts/Findings

• Captive broodstock development, induced spawning and seed production of cobia Rachycentron canadum
• Broodstock development, induced breeding, larviculture and seed production of silver pompano Trachinotus blochii
• Broodstock development, induced breeding, larviculture and seed production of organge spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides
• Broodstock development, induced breeding, larviculture and seed production of Indian pompano Trachinotus mookalee
• Captive breeding and seed production techniques of selected clownfishes and damsel fishes.
• Broodstock development and breeding of cobia by photo-thermal regulation in Recirculation Aquaculture System (RAS).
• Controlled broodstock development of silver pompano through photoperiod regulation
• Isolation and culture of selected copepods as live feed for larviculture
• Designing and fabrication of low cost cages
• Protocols for nursery rearing of finfishes
• Breeding and seed production of Penaeus semisulcatus, Portunus pelagicus and Thenus unimaculatus
• Protocols for sea cage farming of cobia
• Protocols for pond farming of silver pompano
• Development of diversified farming techniques such as pen farming and integrated farming.
• Development of suitable formulations of growout feeds
• Evolving health management strategies in hatchery, nursery and growout production of marine finfishes.