India s first Aquatic Rainbow Technology Park, an ultra modern exclusive facility for ornamental fish equipped with multi-species hatchery and live feed culture units, would become operational at Chennai in three months. After its completion, it would be handed over to ornamental fish breeders and farmers on lease for three years, MPEDA had been a part of the steering committee for the project. The Rs 10 crore facility, being funded by the Tamil Nadu Innovation Initiatives of the state government, would be equipped with advanced infrastructure and technical expertise for boosting production of high value ornamental fish species. It would also develop breeding technologies for high value indigenous ornamental fish species and ensure quality fish seeds in bulk quantities, he said. The Centre had recently launched a pilot project on ornamental fisheries under the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) with an outlay of Rs 61.89 crore.

Source: dna May 16, 2017 15:10 UTC