Cage Aquaculture in India

On 28^th January, 2022, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, organized a webinar on “Cage Aquaculture in Reservoir: Sleeping Giants” as a part of “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”.

• Cage aquaculture is when fish are reared from fry to fingerling, fingerling to tablesize, or table size to marketable size while captive in an enclosed space that maintains the free exchange of water with the surrounding water body.

Impact/Significance: Cage culture is suitable to a wide range of open freshwater ecosystems. Its other advantageous features include:

• Efficient Exploitation: It efficiently exploits water bodies, tapping their natural productivity and ....