Four days’ skill development training program was conducted on the topic “Production of value added Fishery products” for the subject matter specialists (trainers of various fields) of Karaikal along with the Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) of Karaikal, who also sponsored for this training section during 25 th June 2019 to 28 th June 2019 at Fish Processing Incubation Facility, College of Fisheries Engineering, TNJFU, Nagapattinam.
The skill development program for training the trainers was inaugurated by chief guests Mr. P. Mohamed Dasir, Project Director ATMA, Karaikal and Dr. R. Jayanthi, Deputy Project Director, ATMA, Karaikal along with G. Latha Mangeskkar, Joint Director, Animal Husbandry and Animal Welfare, Karaikal and also with K. Senthilkumar, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Karaikal. The felicitation address was given by Dr. K. Rathnakumar, Professor and Head, Department of Fish Process Engineering, College of Fisheries Engineering in which he spoke about the scope that are available in the fisheries sector. The presidential address was given by Dr. R. Rajendran, Dean of College of Fisheries Engineering, Nagapattinam, who spoke about the business opportunities that are present in this field and also about the necessity of value added products. He also encouraged the trainees to take this opportunity to learn the fish processing and value added technologies.
Trainers were taught about scope and nutritional value of seafood products, various value added fishery products, manufacture of fish powder, hands on training on hygienic handling of fishes, retort processing of fish and prawn curry, production of bakery products (fish incorporated cake, fish incorporated cookies), production of dry fish products (salted dry fish, masala coated dry fish), production of extruded products (fish corn puff and fish pasta), production of fish and prawn pickles, etc. Trainees were also exposed to the various fish processing machinery and packaging techniques.
The valedictory session was headed by Dr. R. Rajendran, Dean, College of Fisheries Engineering. In the feedback, the trainees said that they have gained knowledge in the manufacture of fishery products in various methods that would be both attractive to the children and customers. They also mentioned that they have gained good insight of hygienically handling the fishery products. The training certificates were also distributed to the trainees by the chief guest. Dr. P. Karthickumar, Assistant Professor proposed the vote of thanks.
