While the country develops some 34,000 tons of algae in 2021, the ICAR-Central Institute of Marine Fisheries Research (CMFRI) has known 342 hatcheries for cultivation, totaling more than 24,167 hectares with a prospective production of 9. 7 million tons (wet weight) consistent with the year. An official said Wednesday.
ICAR-CMFRI director Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan, in his remarks at a national crusade on “unconventional aquaculture systems, organized through CMFRI as a component of Azadi Ka Amirt Mahotsav, cited a global production of 35 million tons, valued at $16. 5 billion in 2022 soArray to show that India is behind.
“The country is taking all measures to increase its production as the Centre has invested Rs 640 crore exclusively to announce algae cultivation with an expected production of more than 11. 2 lakh tonnes until 2025, as a component of Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY),” he said.
“CMFRI has succeeded in standardizing the practice of multitrophic embodied aquaculture (IMTA) that cages or bivalve farming, as well as algae farming in coastal waters. Algae farming can generate carbon credits in a number of ways,” he added.
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