1 day ago
2
A squad from the Fisheries Department has collected samples of dormant food and h2o astatine Boyapadu successful Anakapalli territory to find what caused a wide food termination astatine the coastal colony implicit the weekend. The samples person been sent to the State Institute of Fisheries Technology (SIFT) successful Kakinada for analysis.
The probe was carried retired nether the National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD) connected the directions of the Commissioner of Fisheries. It is portion of a broader, ongoing inaugural to guarantee the wellness and sustainability of the region’s aquaculture sector. The superior objectives of the NSPAAD programme see the continuous monitoring of aquatic carnal health, the aboriginal detection of illness outbreaks to forestall accelerated spread, and the proviso of timely method guidance to section farmers to enactment sustainable aquaculture development.
Investigation details
Speaking to The Hindu, an NSPAAD typical said the probe was initiated connected the instructions of the Principal and Additional Director of the State Institute of Fisheries Technology (SIFT), Kakinada, and carried retired nether the supervision of District Fisheries Department officials.
“Our squad visited the tract to find the origin of the deaths, collecting samples of dormant food and water, which person been sent to the SIFT laboratory successful Kakinada for technological analysis,” helium said.
An Environmental Engineer collecting samples astatine the Boyapadu formation successful Anakapalli territory to measure dissolved oxygen levels and different chemic analysis. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Expanded surveillance
In summation to the probe astatine Boyapadu, the squad expanded its surveillance efforts crossed the territory arsenic portion of the ongoing NSPAAD programme. Samples were collected from respective shrimp ponds successful Bangarammeta and Pentakota areas to trial for the beingness of pathogens, specifically ‘Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei’ (EHP) and White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV).
The tract operations progressive a squad comprising Assistant Director of Fisheries (ADF) P. Kiran Kumar, Young Professional-II (YP-II) N.N. Chaitanya, Junior Consultant (JC) P. Srinivas and Village Fisheries Assistants (VFA) Shivaji, J. Purnima (D.L. Puram) and K. Trinadh Babu (Pentakota).
CMFRI assessing the situation
Meanwhile, speaking to The Hindu connected Monday (June 22, 2026), Joe K. Kizhakudan, Principal Scientist and Head of the Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), said a associated squad comprising CMFRI and Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) officials held preliminary discussions astatine their bureau to measure the imaginable causes down the wide food deaths. The elaborate post-mortem study is expected to beryllium released successful the adjacent fewer days.
