A specimen of large

scaled tongue sole Cynoglossus

macrolepidotus (Bleeker),

larger than hitherto reported

size, was collected by trawl at

Mandapam in Oct. ' 9 1 

Jayasankar, P

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KVK Seventeen training courses were organised on different topics such as prawn farming, fish farming, eradication of predators from culture fields, prawn seed collection and post harvest technology. 267 villagers including 173 women were trained in these disciplines. Three training courses on poultry farming, poultry diseases and quail farming were also organised and 93 women were given training. Under Home Science, eight training courses covering fruit preservation, nutrition, health and hy-giene and handicrafts, were conducted and 1 1 5 women were trained. Besides training programmes, extension activities including demonstrations in the method-ologies involved in the topics on which trainings were given, and 7 film and 3 video shows were also organised. In connection with the International Farm Womens Day, a training programme focusing on the 'Role of Women in Integrated Farming' was organised. TTC * A training course on 'Post Harvest Technol-ogy in Fisheries' was organised from 3-13 Dec. '91 for the extension officials nominated by the Fisheries Departments of AAaharashtra, West Bengdl and U.T. of Lakshadweep. This training was conducted at CIFT, Kochi. Record Size Tongue Sole Fish Recorded from Mandapam Largest Specimen of Large scaled Tongue Sole fish A specimen of large scaled tongue sole Cynoglos-sus macrolepidotus (Bleeker), larger than hitherto reported size, was collected by trawl at Mandapam in Oct. ' 9 1 . The total length of the specimen was 442 mm and it weighed 4 2 0 gm. According to FAO identification sheets (western Indian ocean), the largest size of this species hitherto reported is 380 mm. The only avail-able two estimates of asymp-totic (L„) lengths of this species are 345 mm from west coast of India and 4 1 0 mm from Kuwait waters. The present record of the fish is the largest size of the species. This was reported by Dr. P.Jayasankar, Mandapam Regional Centre of CMFRI. CMFRI NEWSLETTER 

Record size tongue sole fish recorded from Mandapam

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Record size tongue sole fish recorded from Mandapam

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