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NAGAPATTINAM
World Fisheries Day was observed by Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University (TNJFU) astatine Vizhundamavadi colony successful Nagapattinam territory connected November 21, with a programme aimed astatine sensitising section food farmers to improved aquaculture practices.
The lawsuit was inaugurated by TNJFU Vice-Chancellor N. Felix, who addressed food farmers connected the opportunities successful freshwater aquaculture. In his keynote, helium outlined simple, farmer-friendly technologies susceptible of generating higher returns, and stressed the value of adopting modern, sustainable methods.
As portion of the programme, 1,000 fingerlings of Indian large carps — catla, rohu and mrigal — were stocked successful section workplace ponds. The inaugural drew beardown involvement from village-level food growers.
A cardinal item of the time was the harvest objection conducted nether a seven-month interaction survey task implemented done the University’s Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK). Gift tilapia (weighing astir 900 g) and koduva (barramundi, astir 750 g), which had been stocked earlier successful ponds astatine Vizhundamavadi village, were harvested successful the beingness of the Vice-Chancellor and made disposable for merchantability to residents and section traders.
More than 50 farmers participated successful the programme. A. Gopalakannan, Director of Extension Education, TNJFU, Nagapattinam, and V. Senthilkumar, Project Coordinator, KVK, spoke.
