'Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi'
Abstract
The Mandapam Regional Centre of ICAR-CMFRI selected
Puthukudi village, Thondi in Ramanathapuram district of
Tamil Nadu for implementation of Scheduled Caste Sub-
Plan (SCSP) a programme fully funded by Government
of India. This village has 97 per cent of SC families in the total village population and majority of them are involved in fishing. Moreover, this village is located near to the sea shore and mariculture activities like cage farming, marine ornamental fish seed rearing and seaweed farming can be easily adopted by them