Our Strengths
The Institute has emerged as a major International Centre for Freshwater Aquaculture, with potentials and capabilities of offering consultancies and advisory services to the world aquaculture community. They could be in aspects of research, education, training, establishment of laboratories, hatcheries and farms on a turn-key basis. The important technologies of freshwater aquaculture on which CIFA offers consultancies are as follows:

 

• Multiple carp breeding and hatchery management.
• Carp seed production.
• Semi-intensive carp culture.
• Intensive carp polyculture for 10-15 t/ha/yr.
• Aquatic biofertilization and organic farming.
• Breeding and culture of freshwater catfish, magur (Clarias batrachus) and singhi (Heteropneustes fossilis).
• Seed production and culture of freshwater prawns,Macrobrachium rosenbergii and M. malcolmsonii.
• Production of triploid and gynogenetic carps.
• Stock improvement through genetic selection.
• Freshwater pearl culture.
• Integrated fish farming including sewage-fed fish culture.
• Wastewater treatment through aquaculture.
• Cage and pen culture.
• Formulation of fish/shellfish feeds.
• Fish disease diagnosis and their control with special reference to EUS.
• Design and construction of fish farms and hatcheries for carps,catfishes and prawns.
• construction of fish farms