Aquaculture now dominates the fish people eat, providing 53 per cent of the total recorded by the FAO in 2016, the latest data available (excluding fish not used as human food). Farming also dominates the fishing economy, providing two-thirds of the $362 billion earned from sales at the dockside.
Pothumarru in Andhra Pradesh is credited with spawning commercial aquaculture in the state in 1980. Today, acquaculture contributes more than half to india's fish production.
A farmer could earn around Rs 1 lakh from an acre annually, growing two batches of carps, says B Seshagiri, chief scientist at the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture in Vijayawada.
A whole industry has cropped up around aquaculture. The busiest road in that village is lined with shops selling a range of aquaculture-related products like probiotic pellets and oxygen generators.
However, there are limitations to growth in aquaculture as it is practised in most parts of the country. So the National Fisheries Development Board, set up in 2006, is pushing the culture of growing fish in cages and pens in reservoirs and lakes.
Following Andhra’s success in commercial aquaculture, other states like West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha are promoting it as an alternative to crops.
Seshagiri believes farming Indian major carps is stable and sustainable. However, We don’t have the infrastructure to monitor the aquaculture industry.
Pothumarru in Andhra Pradesh is credited with spawning commercial aquaculture in the state in 1980. Today, acquaculture contributes more than half to india's fish production.
A farmer could earn around Rs 1 lakh from an acre annually, growing two batches of carps, says B Seshagiri, chief scientist at the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture in Vijayawada.
A whole industry has cropped up around aquaculture. The busiest road in that village is lined with shops selling a range of aquaculture-related products like probiotic pellets and oxygen generators.
However, there are limitations to growth in aquaculture as it is practised in most parts of the country. So the National Fisheries Development Board, set up in 2006, is pushing the culture of growing fish in cages and pens in reservoirs and lakes.
Following Andhra’s success in commercial aquaculture, other states like West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha are promoting it as an alternative to crops.
Seshagiri believes farming Indian major carps is stable and sustainable. However, We don’t have the infrastructure to monitor the aquaculture industry.
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