Demonstration on mussel culture
Goa has an enormous water resource potential for mariculture development while only a few people are engaged in coastal mariculture. Hence effective technology transfer and management measures are the need of the hour. Keeping this view, ICAR Research Complex for Goa initiated demonstrations on Mussel culture in Goavelha and Curtorim on 29th November 2013. This program was conducted in relation with the Institute project on Development of Coastal mariculture in brackish water areas of Goa co-ordinated by Manju Lekshmi. N. (Scientist- FRM), under the technical guidance of Dr.K. K. Philipose, CMFRI Karwar centre. Sreekanth G.B. (Scientist- FRM) has supported for the overall success of the program. Dr. Narendra Pratap Singh, Director, ICAR, Research Complex for Goa has pointed out the importance of mariculture in Goa. This project targets to provide low cost technologies on mussel, oyster, small scale cage culture, capture based culture techniques and integrated farming at suitable sites for the farmer groups along Goa.