FISHERIES COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THOOTHUKKUDI
DEPARTMENT OF AQUACULTURE
- To offer courses for U.G., P.G. and Ph.D. programmes
- To undertake research on aquaculture of finfishes and shellfishes
- To carryout extension in the field of aquaculture of finfishes and shellfishes
S.No |
Title |
Investigator(s) |
Funding agency |
Budget (Lakhs) |
| 1. | National Agricultural Technology Project on Fish and Shrimp Health Management | Dr.M.J.Prince Jeyaseelan | ICAR, New Delhi | 21.17 |
| 2. | Molecular epidemiology of white spot disease in penaeid shrimps | Dr.K.Riji John | DBT, New Delhi | 24.38 |
| 3. | Development and characterisation of fish cell lines from warmwater fishes | Dr.K.Riji John | ICAR, New Delhi | 10.48 |
| 4. | Evolving marine immunostimulants eco-friendly shrimp aquaculture | Dr.S.Felix | ICAR, New Delhi | 10.80 |
| 5. | Prototyping of race way third generation shrimp production technology | Dr.S.Felix | DBT, New Delhi | 27.21 |
| 6. | Establishment of an Integrated Fish fodder livestock farm | Dr.T.Francis | SLUB, Chennai | 16.79 |
| 7. | Polyculture of brackishwater shrimp Penaeus monodon and carps in freshwater pond | Dr.N.Ramanathan | ICAR, New Delhi | 5.28 |
| 8. | Establishment of Fisheries Biotechnology Centre | Dr.S.Felix | Govt. of Tamil Nadu | 37.21 |
- Preparation of teaching and training manuals
- Training programmes on composite fish culture, ornamental fish culture, shrimp farming and fish disease management to the farmers, scientists and entrepreneurs
- Publication of popular articles in Tamil and English for the benefit of farmers and entrepreneurs
- Epidemiology of EUS in Tamil Nadu was studies and preventive measures to control this epizootic disease suggested to the Tamil Nadu State Fisheries Department. The aetiological agent was found to be a fungus, Aphanomyces sp. that was demonstrated histopathologically.
- PCR based molecular diagnostic technique for White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) was standardized and samples analysed.
- Clarias batrachus was successfully spawned in captivity with ovaprim and ovatide injection. Ovaprim at dosage of 1.0ml to 1.7 ml/kg and ovatide at a dosage of 1.5 ml/kg for females and 0.1 ml of ovaprim or ovatide/male induced successful spawning.
- The feed for Macrobrachium rosenbergii in nursery system formulated by balancing the essential aminoacid composition (EAA) in the protein level, so as to attain better growth performance in low protein diet (30%) itself, in addition to savings on cost of feed.
- Prawn farmers who resort to farm made aquafeeds for Macrobrachium rosenbergii may adopt 25% protein diet (with similar EAA balance, lipid to carbohydrate ratio, n-6: n-3 ratio and additive addition) for growout rearing of M. rosenbergii at 4 juveniles/m2 density in a growout system without aeration facilities.
- A control measure for the ciliate attack in the freshwater prawn hatchery using formalin at a dose of 175 ppm was standardized.
Dr. S.Felix, Professor and Head (MRC)
Dr. M.J.Prince Jeyaseelan, Professor
Dr. R.Suresh, Professor
Dr. N.Felix, Associate Professor
Dr. J.Stephen Sampath Kumar, Associate Professor
Dr. T.Francis, Associate Professor
Dr. B.Ahilan, Associate Professor
Dr. K.Karl Marx, Associate Professor
Dr. J.Jaculine Pereira, Assistant Professor