Portable fish hatchery commissioned in Kakinada
A new portable fish hatchery has been commissioned in Kakinada to boost fish production across 750 local ponds. The initiative includes training for cooperative societies to manage the breeding and distribution of fish seed.
Why it matters
This project aims to improve local food security and support the livelihoods of fishermen through technological intervention in aquaculture.
The portable fish hatchery at the fish farm of the State Institute of Fisheries Technology (SIFT-Kakinada) was commissioned recently. It is expected to increase fish production across the 750 local ponds in Kakinada district.
Fisheries Department Commissioner Rama Shankar Naik, Additional Director of Fisheries and SIFT Principal S. Anjali and District Collector M. N. Harendhira Prasad released fish seed into a fish farm near Kakinada city.
The scientists of the SIFT-Kakinada and the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT-Vijayawada) will train members of the cooperative societies on maintaining the six ponds, where officials released fish seed.
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