{"id":229576,"date":"2023-03-03T19:28:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T13:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=229576"},"modified":"2023-03-03T19:28:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T13:58:36","slug":"ornamental-fish-aquaculture-to-help-lakshadweep-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ornamental-fish-aquaculture-to-help-lakshadweep-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Ornamental fish aquaculture to help Lakshadweep women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cOrnamental fish aquaculture to help Lakshadweep women\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>The Hindu <\/b>on <b>3rd March 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community-based ornamental fish aquaculture, using local resources is expected to help women in the Lakshadweep islands to take the first step towards self-reliance through concerted activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is O<\/b><b>rnamental Fish Aquaculture?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ornamental fish culture is the culture of attractive, colourful fishes of various characteristics, which are reared in a confined aquatic system. The culture of ornamental fishes is called as aquariculture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ornamental fishes are also known as living jewels. There are more than 30,000 fish species reported around the world, of this about 800 belong to ornamental fishes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the ornamental fishes survive in freshwater.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Ornamental Fish Culture in India<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ornamental fishes of India are contributing about 1% of the total ornamental fish trade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has great potential in Ornamental fish production due to the presence of rich biodiversity of species, favourable climatic conditions and availability of cheap labour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal mainly practice ornamental fish farming in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How is Ornamental Fish Culture helping women in Lakshadweep?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Lakshadweep, 82 islanders, 77 of them women were selected and underwent intensive traini<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ng on ornamental fish aquaculture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have formed groups for ornamental fish aquaculture with technical support from the ICAR\u00ad National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources(NBFGR).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These groups have successfully been raising ornamental shrimps to marketable size, and they have completed four cycles to generate substantial income.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cOrnamental fish aquaculture to help Lakshadweep women\u201d published in The Hindu on 3rd March 2023. What is the News? Community-based ornamental fish aquaculture, using local resources is expected to help women in the Lakshadweep islands to take the first step towards self-reliance through concerted activities. 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