Fingerling
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: TH
Context: As part of the artificial reef project under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), the State Fisheries Department in Kerala launched a sea ranching initiative by releasing 20,000 pompano fingerlings off the Vizhinjam coast.
About Fingerlings:
• Scientific name: Pompano: Trachinotus blochii Cobia: Rachycentron canadum
• Pompano: Trachinotus blochii
• Cobia: Rachycentron canadum
• Ministry involved: Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying in collaboration with the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB).
• Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying in collaboration with the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB).
• Scheme: Implemented under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
• Implemented under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
• Budget: ₹3 crore allocated for the current phase in Thiruvananthapuram. Proposed extensions: ₹29.76 crore for Kollam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, and Thrissur districts; ₹25.82 crore for northern districts.
• ₹3 crore allocated for the current phase in Thiruvananthapuram.
• Proposed extensions: ₹29.76 crore for Kollam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, and Thrissur districts; ₹25.82 crore for northern districts.
• Aim: Replenish marine fishery resources. Promote sustainable fishing practices by enhancing biodiversity.
• Replenish marine fishery resources.
• Promote sustainable fishing practices by enhancing biodiversity.
• Features of Fingerlings: Pompano and cobia fingerlings stocked and reared at Ayiramthengu fish farm. Fingerlings weigh between 8 to 10 grams. 10 lakh fingerlings planned for release across 10 artificial reef locations off the Thiruvananthapuram coast.
• Pompano and cobia fingerlings stocked and reared at Ayiramthengu fish farm.
• Fingerlings weigh between 8 to 10 grams.
• 10 lakh fingerlings planned for release across 10 artificial reef locations off the Thiruvananthapuram coast.
About Mission Fingerling:
• Launch year: 2017
• Ministry: Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
• Aim: Achieve the Blue Revolution by promoting the holistic development and management of fisheries. Increase fisheries production from 10.79 MMT (2014-15) to 15 MMT by 2020-21.
• Achieve the Blue Revolution by promoting the holistic development and management of fisheries.
• Increase fisheries production from 10.79 MMT (2014-15) to 15 MMT by 2020-21.
Insta links:
• Mission-fingerling