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Inspirational success story of a visually impaired coastal cage farmer –an ICAR-CMFRI intervention

Shri. Shivanand G Harikant, a 40-year-old visually impaired fisher, trained at the Karwar Regional Station of ICAR-CMFRI on coastal cage farming and mussel farming has proved that farming of fishes and shellfishes is a viable and profitable self-employment for the coastal youth. Mr. Shivanand Harikant accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Usha Ganapu Harikantra, a beneficiary of the National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad funded cage farming programme implemented by the ICAR CMFRI in Karnataka, had his first training in 2017 at the Karwar Regional Station. The cage, which was deployed in Badagani Estuary of Haldipura, Uttara Kannada District was stocked with Asian Seabass. With the technical guidance and hand-holding support from the scientists of the Karwar Regional Station in every step of farming, Shri. Shivanand, a physically fit but visually challenged fisher folk, with his focused dedication and keen interest in fish farming, successfully harvested an excellent crop of the Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer from the cage. With the experience gained from the successful farming, Mr. Shivanand Harikant, continues farming of cultivable silver pompano, pearl spot in addition to the Asian seabass in cages with the technical guidance from ICAR-CMFRI.Shri. Shivanand Harikant, used to accompany his father who used to fish in the estuary with their small nonmotorized canoe. When the Karwar Regional Station announced for expression of interest from coastal personnel for farming finfishes in cages in 2017, Smt. Usha Ganapu Harikantra and her brother Shri. Shivanand G Harikant evinced interest in fin fish farming. Since then, Shri. Shivanand G Harikant has been practicing farming of finfishes with the technical guidance from the Karwar Regional Station. The farming has truly made a sea change in the life of Shri. Shivanand G Harikant, making him the bread winner for his family and setting an exemplary example in inspiring and motivating the youth in the region. Presently his farm is having three cages with various food fishes.In 2022, Mr. Shivanand had under gone a hands-on training on mussel farming at CMFRI, Karwar which inspired him to adopt the technique of IMTA wherein mussel farming can be integrated with cage fish farming for better utilization of space and feed resources. As an experimental farming, 10 seeded ropes of mussel were deployed at the periphery of the cages where silver pompano was reared. After 5 months of rearing, the mussel ropes were harvested with a total production of a total of 78 Kg mussels harvested from 10 ropes. The mussel harvest obtained through this technique is considered as an additional income by the farmer with no additional cost involved. The farmer impressed up on the production and expressed his willingness to continue IMTA in his farm

Sea ranching of the green tiger shrimp Penaeus semisulcatus under the Central Sector Scheme component of

'Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana' (PMMSY)

A total of 6.8 million green tiger shrimp seeds (PL 35) were sea ranched at Mandapam, Koyilvadi (Palk Bay) on 7th September, 2023 under the Project entitled "Sea ranching of Green tiger shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) Post Larvae (PL) in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu" funded by the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Govt. of India under the Central Sector Scheme component of the PMMSY. The shrimp seeds were released by Shri. M. Sivakumar, Assistant Director of Fisheries and Fisherman Welfare, Mandapam, Fishermen Association Leaders in the presence of Dr. K. Vinod, Head, Dr. G. Tamilmani, Principal Investigator of the project, Scientists and staff of Mandapam Regional Centre of ICAR-CMFRI. The fishermen thanked the Government of India and ICAR-CMFRI for such an initiative and expressed that this activity will be helpful in replenishing and enhancing the green tiger shrimp stock in the wild. A total of 75.34 million green tiger shrimp seeds were sea ranched in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar since the inception of the Project (February, 2022). The sea ranching programme was coordinated by Dr. B. Johnson, Senior Scientist of the Centre.

Sea ranching of the green tiger shrimp Penaeus semisulcatus under the Central Sector Scheme component of

'Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana' (PMMSY)

A total of 1.6 million green tiger shrimp seeds (PL 20) were sea ranched at Maraikayarpattianam (Gulf of Mannar) on 23rd June, 2023 under the Project entitled "Sea ranching of Green tiger shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) Post Larvae (PL) in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu" funded by Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Govt. of India under the Central Sector Scheme component of the PMMSY. The shrimp seeds were released by the staff of Mandapam Regional Centre of ICAR-CMFRI in the presence of Dr. G. Tamilmani, Head-in-Charge & Principal Investigator of the project. A total of 58.24 million green tiger shrimp seeds were sea ranched in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar since the initiation of the Project (February, 2022). The sea ranching programme was coordinated by Dr. B. Johnson, Senior Scientist of the Centre.

Hindi Workshop organised at Karwar Regional Station of ICAR-CMFRI

As a part of the Official Language Implementation, a workshop was organized by Karwar Regional Station of ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI) on 03.07.2023 on the topic "Common Hindi words used in office premises”. Shri Santhosh Seti, Hindi Teacher, Hindu School, Karwar delivered the lecture. Six Scientists and 14 employees of the station actively participated in the workshop. The programme was chaired by Dr. Prathibha Rohit, Head-in-Charge and Chairman, OLIC of Karwar Regional Station