Aquaculture Technologies For India

Aquaculture is obliged to grow more than five folds till 2050 inorder to supply adequate healthy animal food for the global population. This huge development has to be achieved by respecting environmental and social sustainability. India, a naturally blessed country suitable for diversified aquaculture practicing is yet to produce farm reared fish to its full potential. Its a bitter truth that India could not add adequate potential freshwater candidate species to our inland fish farming sector, after the introduction of six carp species for composite fish culture a few decades back. For the brackishwater aquaculture sector we need to develop viable technologies to produce seeds for more fin fishes as there is scope for introducing a number of potential candidate species in India. For mariculture, the scenario is still bleak and only recently Cobia fish has been introduced as a potential species for farming. Therefore it is imperative that we add many more potential species of native origin for farming without further delay. To put it in simple terms, aquaculture sector currently in the conventional farming status, has to be lifted up to the advanced level of technology - driven - farming status. By accomplishing these two major goals by adopting technically feasible aquaculture management practices, we can help place India on top of the list among the leading global fish producing countries.