Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Prawn farming project in Kilinochchi launched by NAQDA

The National Aquaculture Development Authority of the Ministry of Fisheries has launched a large scale brackish water prawn farming project in the Kilinochchi District. This natural prawn farming project has been launched in the Chundikulam reservoir by the Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Douglas Devananda by releasing 25 million post larvae obtained from different breeding centres in the island into the reservoir. The reservoir extends over 32,500 acres and holds a massive volume of brackish water.

The Northern Province Governor Major General GA Chandrasiri has allocated Rs15 million (US$131,688.688), to start the project. 14 co-operatives have been established with a membership of about 1,500 to manage the project. NAQDA officials informed that a fully grown prawn will weigh about 100 grams and harvest could be obtained in a period of 3½ months. They said that unlike fresh water prawns, these brackish water prawns do not need special food or supplying of oxygen as they solely feed on micro organisms found in the water. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of  'PPLAPP' click here.
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