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Aquaculture

Introduction:

The Department of Aquaculture at Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri started functioning with effect from 14.11.2014 to perform teaching, research and extension activities in aquaculture. The department is equipped with Faculty and Facility to impart quality education, perform cutting edge research and provide efficient extension and advisory services to the fish farming community. The Department of Aquaculture has state-of-art aquaculture research farm and laboratory facilities at its functional research centers for freshwater and brackish water aquaculture. Three instructional farm centres are at present functioning viz. Advanced Research Farm Facility, Madhavaram, Brackishwater Research Farm Facility, OMR campus, and Pulicat Field Farm Facility, Pazhaverkadu. The PG and Ph.D. programmes in Aquaculture were initiated from the academic year 2016-17 with intake capacity of 4 Nos. of student/year.

Objectives of the Department:

• Education: To offer courses UG degree (B.F.Sc) and PG degree programmes (M.F.Sc and Ph.D ) in Aquaculture through teaching and learning process to the students.
• Research: Perform basic and strategic research to develop sustainable technologies for aquaculture development and to evolve suitable scientific, standardising and design and operation of Advanced Aquaculture Systems (AAS), eco-friendly and practices for the benefit of the aquafarmers.
• Extension:Dissemination of developed technologies for the benefit of the aqua farming community through trainings, publications and on-field demonstrations.

Teaching – Courses offered in department of aquaculture:

UG COURSES

PG COURSES

Ph.D COURSES

Research Projects

Ongoing Research Projects:

Completed Research Projects:

Outreach/Extension activities

Infrastructure:

Achievements

• Biofloc Technology-Indoor and Outdoor
• Breeding and Propagation of native ornamental fish species (Western and Eastern Ghats)
• Standardization of Breeding of Jewel fish
• Standardization of Breeding of Blue morph
• Standardization of Breeding of Pangasius
• Standardization of Breeding of Puntius conchonius
• Induced breeding trial of Puntius filamentous
• Breeding and Propagation of Etroplus suratensis in freshwater and brackish water systems (indoors and Outdoors)
• Breeding and Indoor rearing of ornamental fishes (Freshwater fish species) in Raceways and RAS
• Nursery rearing of GIFT in Raceways
• Indoor rearing of Sea bass in RAS/Raceways
• Culture of Vannamei in outdoor lined ponds
• Ornamental fish feed formulations (cost effective formulations for backyard rearing) Aquaponics
• Mass Culture of Chlorella in Indoor tanks
• Mass Culture of Rotifers and Cladocerans in Indoor Systems
• Mass culture of copepod, Thermocyclopshyalinus in Indoor Systems
• Azolla culture in lined ponds as backyard enterprise

Current Focus:

• Aquaponics- Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) and Deep Water Culture (DWC).
• Cost effective feed formulations for brood stock (commercially important ornamental fish)
• Live food enrichment for larval rearing (edible fish/ egg layer ornamental fish)
• Shelf storage studies of preserved live foods for larval rearing
• Breeding and Propagation of edible loach
• Breeding and Propagation of murrel
• Standardising feed formulations for murrel and Etroplus
• Grow out of freshwater prawn ( M.rosenbergii) in lined ponds
• Seaweeds as immunostimulants- feed trials in GIFT

Research Papers (2018 Onwards)

• Yuvaraj, Cheryl, Gopalakannan and Mahadevi, 2021. Effect of Distillery Spent Wash as Carbon Source in Biofloc System on nutrient profile of GIFT tilapia. Indian Journal of Animal Research, B-4321, August 2021 Pg. No. 1-5
• Pandi M, Cheryl Antony, Bharathi S, Mahadevi N, Mangesh M. Bhosale., July 2021. Successful breeding of the endemic cyprinid fish Dawkinsiarohani in controlled condition—First report., Aquaculture Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.15303
• Sathish, S., Chidambaram, P., Uma, A., Yuvarajan, P., 2021. Prevalence of parasites in Tilapia farm and management practices in Tamil Nadu. Journal of Entomology and Zoology studies 9 (2) : 678 -689.
• S. Bharathi, Cheryl Antony, C. B. T. Rajagopalsamy,nA. Uma, B. Ahilan et al.2020. Partial replacement of fishmeal with soybean meal and distillers dried grain solubles (DDGS) as alternative protein sources for milkfish Chanoschanos (Forsskal, 1775) fingerlings . Indian J. Fish. 67(4): 62-70.
• Mahadevi, Felix S., Ahilan, B. Rajagopalasamy, C.B.T. and Samuel Moses, T.L.S. 2020. Induced Breeding and Developmental Biology of Endemic Western Ghats Fish Dawkinsiafilamentosa (Valenciennes, 1844) under Captive Conditions, Indian Journal of Animal Research. 54(9): 1069-1077
• Mahadevi, N., S. Felix, B. Ahilan and C.B.T. Rajagopalasamy. 2020. Evaluation of reproductive performance in indigenous endemic ornamental fish Sahyadriadenisonii using hormones under captive environment. J. Environ. Biol., 41, 549-555
• Elangovan Prabu, N. Felix, A.Uma, B. Ahilan and Cheryl Antony, 2020. Metabolic responses of juvenile GIFT strain of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) to dietary L‐tryptophan supplementation, Aquaculture Nutrition 2020 Pg 1-11
• Rumisha Benedicto Christopher, B. Ahilan, Cheryl Antony and Moses Samuel, 2020. Sunflower meal as an alternative protein source to replace soybean meal Mahadevi*, S Felix, Cheryl Antony, M M Bhosale, A Gopalakannan and K Gnanavel, 2018. Induced breeding of telescopic eye gold fish (Carassius auratus auratus) using synthetic hormone (WOVA-FH). Journal of Entomology and Zoological Studies, 6(3): 1368-1373. NAAS 5.53
• V Ezhilarasi, S Felix, T L S Samuel Moses & S Selvaraj.2020. A study on growth, feed efficiency and hematological changes in Pearlspot, Etroplussuratensis (Bloch, 1790) in response to varied salinities in raceway-based culture system. Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences
• Yuvarajan P. 2020. Study on floc characteristics and bacterial count from biofloc-based genetically improved farmed tilapia culture system. Aquaculture Research. 00: 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.15030
• B. Kannan, M. Balaganesan, N. Felix and P. Yuvarajan. 2019. Gonadal development of freshwater ornamental fishes with respect to nutrition and feeding. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India. Vol.22, No.2
• Mahadevi*, P. Yuvarajan, V.V. Lakshmi, NeerajPatak and Somusunder Lingam. 2019. Masculinisation of Tilapia using modern endocrine techniques. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India. Vol.22, No.2, pp. 779-786.
• Mahadevi*, S. Felix, K. Ravaneswaran, P. Yuvarajan and Monica, K.S. 2019. Indian Almond Tree (Terminalia catappaLinn.) as Herbal Biomedicine in Aquaculture Industry. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8(07): 2406-2409. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.807.295.
• P. Yuvarajan*, S. Felix, Mahadevi, NeerajPatak, Dushyant Kumar Damle and B. Kannan. 2019. Enrollment of Advanced Aquaculture Technologies to Alleviate the Glitches of Aquaculture in Indian Journal of Experimental Zoology, India. Vol.22, No.2, pp. 773-777.
• Menaga, M., Felix, S., Charulatha, M., GopalakannanandPanigrahi, A.A..2019.Effect of in-situ and ex-situ biofloc on immune response of Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Vol.92:698-705
• P. Yuvarajan*, S. Felix, A. Uma, Mahadevi, B. Ahilan and P. Banupriya. 2019. Role of Gene Expression Techniques in Fisheries and Aquaculture.International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 8(07): 2435 – 2438 pp.
• Prabu, E., N. Felix, B. Ahilan, C. Antony and A. Uma. 2019. Effects of Dietary Supplementation of DL-Methionine on Growth and Whole Body Amino Acid Profile of Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia. Journal of Coastal Research,86(sp1):90-95
• Prabu, E., Felix, N., Uma, A. and Praveenraj, J.2019.Effects of dietary L-lysine supplementation on growth, body composition and muscle-growth-related gene expression with an estimation of lysine requirement of GIFT tilapia.Aquaculture Nutrition.26:568– 578
• Ruby P, Ahilan B, Felix S and Samuel Mosses TLS. 2018. Effect of photoperiod on pearl spot (Etroplus suratensis) seed production under hatchery conditions. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies.
• P Yuvarajan*, S Felix, Cheryl Antony, A Gopalakannan, M Menaga and S Ezhilmathi. 2018. Nursery intensive rearing of GIFT tilapia in outdoor lined pond utilizing aerobic microbial floc technology (AMFT). Journal of Entomology and Zoological Studies 6(3), 705-709.
• Mahadevi*, S Felix, Cheryl Antony, M M Bhosale, A Gopalakannan and K Gnanavel, 2018. Induced breeding of telescopic eye gold fish (Carassius auratus auratus) using synthetic hormone (WOVA-FH). Journal of Entomology and Zoological Studies, 6(3): 1368-1373.

Publications

• Felix, S., Antony Jesu Prabu, A. Gopalakannan and Rajaram, R. 2015. Studies on nursery rearing of Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) in Biosecured raceway system in India. Indian Journal of Fisheries Association, 42: 1-10.
• P. S. B. R. James And B. Sundaramoorthy, 2015. Chemoreception Studies In Feeding Responses In Shrimp-I-influence Of Salinity Levels On The Feeding Responses.J. Exp. Zool. India Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 83-87, 2015 – ISSN 0972-0030
• P. S. B. R. James And B. Sundaramoorthy, 2015. Determination of feeding stimulants in shrimp using a solid matrix bioassay. Biochemical & Cellular Archives .Vol 15.No.1 pp.259-264, 2015ISSN 0972-5075
• S.Felix and Sundaramoorthy, B.2015. Studies on the location and evaluation of feeding chemoreceptor sites in marine shrimps Fenneropenaeus indicus, H.Milne Edwards and Metapenaeus dobsoni ,Miers. Biochemical & Cellular Archives.Vol 15.No.1 pp.219-224, 2015 ISSN 0972-5075
• S.Felix and Sundaramoorthy, B.2015. Studies on the chemosensory structures in the marine shrimp Fenneropenaeus indicusH.Milne Edwards. Biochemical & Cellular ArchivesVol 15.No.1 pp.237-242, 2015.ISSN 0972-5075
• P. SelvaMuthuKumaran, and B. Sundaramoorthy, 2015. Selectivity of hooks for seer fishes in the long line fishery of Thoothukudi coast, Tamil Nadu, India. Indian J. Fish., 62(2): 77-80, 2015
• T.L.S. Samuel Moses, S. Felix and T. Vaideshwaran. 2016. Induced breeding, egg and embryonic development of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) under hatchery conditions of north Tamil Nadu (Chennai). International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture, 4(2): 388-392.
• S. Selvaraj, S. Felix, T.L.S. Samuel Moses .2016. Manipulation of Reproduction in Farmed Fish, , Indian Journal of Research, 5 (11) :479-480
• S. Felix, S. Selvaraj, T.L.S. Samuel Moses .2016.Fecundity of Pulicat Lake Pearl Spot (Etroplus Suratensis). Indian Journal of Research 5 ( 12) : 476-477
• Selvaraj, S., Felix, S. and Samuel Moses, T.L.S. 2016. First record on multiple spawning of pearl spot (Etroplus suratensis) reared in small FRP tanks. Journal of Fisheries and Life Sciences, 2016,1(1): 24-25
• Felix, S., Selvaraj, S., Samuel Moses, T.L.S., Gopalakannan, A., 2017. First report on natural spawning of native Asian cichlid fish, pearl spot (Etroplus suratensis) maintained in FRP tanks in Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 5 (1): 314-318.
• Selvaraj, S., Felix, S., Samuel Moses, T.L.S., Durairaja, R., 2017. Preliminary report on minimum size at first maturity in Pulicat lake pearl spot (Etroplus suratensis), Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 5(2): 20-22
• Felix, S., Selvaraj, S., Samuel Moses, T.L.S. 2017.First report on induced spawning of Indian pearl spot (Etroplussuratensis). Journal of Entomology and zoology Studies.5(6): 709-713
• Felix. S and Sonia. V. 2016.Utilization of Bio-methanated Distillery Effluent (Spent Wash) as a potential substrate in vermiculture of Eudriluseugeniae.Journal of experimental zoology. India. 19: 1245
• Sonia,V, Felix,S , and 2016. Comparative study of growth and reproduction of earthworm Eudriluseuginaein different organic substrate.International journal of Applied Sciences.4(1):61-68
• Menaga, M., S. Felix and A. Gopalakannan. 2017. Distillery wastage as a noval carbon Source for aquaculture. The Indian Veterinary Journal, 94(12):15-17
• Ruby.P., Athithan,S. and Ahilan.B..2017. Influence of biofloc meal the growth performance of white shrimp. Biochem. Cell Arch.17 (2):439-445
• Mangesh M Bhosale, S Felix, Mahadevi, S Aruna, and A Gopalakannan. 2017. Induced breeding of African Jewelfish Hemichromis bimaculatus (Gill, 1862) using gonadotropic signaling molecular analogue WOVA-FH. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies.5 (6): 2547-2551.