Cutting remains from Fish Cutting Centres - A feed source for fish farming in estuaries of Karnataka

Abstract

Demonstration of small scale cage culture of finfishes in coastal waters initiated by Mangalore Research Centre of ICAR- CMFRI during 2008- 2009 period has resulted in large scale adoption of the technology (Fig.1). The fish production through finfish culture in small cages in Uppunda village of Udupi district in Karnataka increased from an estimated 1.2 tonnes (t) during the 2009-10 period to 14 t in 2013-14. The success of cage farming in estuarine areas which was launched as a pilot project in Uppunda village of Udupi district has extended to other estuaries