Health management issues in the development of mariculture: an Indian perspective- Winter School on Recent Advances in Breeding and Larviculture of Marine Finfish and Shellfish

摘要

Achieving food safety in terms of valuable protein for the ever growing population of Indian subcontinent is audmajor challenge in the 21st century. In this endeavour ‘Aquafarming’ is to play a major role, as agriculture and animaludhusbandry has been slowing down in growth. The strength of Indian aquaculture lies in (a) large water bodies suitableudfor aquaculture, (b) tropical Climate, (c) species diversity and (d) availability of cheap labour. While the weaknessudinclude (a) unregulated development, (b) disease problems and (c) lack of scientific approaches. It is estimated thatudabout 5 million tones of aquatic animal products can be produced annually through aquaculture in India