Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2019

June 19 - 21, 2019

Chennai Tamil Nadu - India

FEASIBILITY STUDIES ON CAGE CULTURE OF ORANGE SPOTTED GROUPER Epinephelus coioides IN WEST COAST OF INDIA

*1Jayasree Loka, 1Praveen Dube, 1Navanath, K., 1Vaidya N.G., 1Anuraj, A and 1Suresh Babu, P.P., 2Imelda Joseph, 2Boby Ignatius and 2Gopalakrishnan, A.
 
Karwar Research Centre, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, P.B.No.5, Karwar, Uttar Kannada, Karwar -581302, Karnataka
 
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Post Box. No.1603, Ernakulam, North P.O. Kochi, Kerala - 682018
 
*email:lokasree@gmail.com
 

Feasibility studies on the cage culture of orange spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides was undertaken in 6m dia. GI cage in the marine farm at Karwar and studied the growth performance in marine waters of west coast, India. Nursery reared groupers were stocked in 6 m dia. steel cage with an initial biomass of 0.2 kg m-3. Growth and environmental parameters were monitored at regular intervals for a period of 300 days. The study revealed a high growth rate and attained an average marketable size of 0.5 kg in 6 months culture period. The final biomass at 300 days of culture was 8.5 kg m-3. The study indicated that the Epinephelus coioides is a potential mariculture species for cage farming along west coast of India.