The webinar had a special focus on shrimp aquaculture

The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying recently organised a webinar on quality seed production for brackishwater aquaculture with a special focus on shrimp aquaculture, under the chairmanship of Jatindra Nath Swain, Secretary, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

The webinar was a part of the celebrations of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. The webinar focussed on quality seed production in the brackishwater aquaculture sector. Swain highlighted the contribution of brackishwater aquaculture towards fish production of the country and the importance of the availability of quality fish seed. He briefly discussed the objectives and targets of Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) and the sub-component supported under PMMSY for the development of brackishwater aquaculture in coastal states and inland saline water in the North Indian States.

In addition to Secretary, Department of Fisheries (DoF), Swain, Joint Secretary (Inland Fisheries) and Dr J Balaji, Joint Secretary (Marine Fisheries) addressed the webinar and shared their insights about the roadmap for the development of brackishwater aquaculture in the country. Other officials of the Department of Fisheries, GoI and fisheries officials of States/UTs, faculty from state agriculture universities state animal and fisheries universities, entrepreneurs, farmers and hatchery owners across the country, a representative from the aquaculture industry participated in the webinar.

Dr A Panigrahi, Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Institute of brackishwater aquaculture made a presentation on details of quality seed required for the development of brackishwater aquaculture shrimp in particular.