Kanyakumari Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture

Kanyakumari Ganapathipuram Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (KKG CeSA)

An exclusive Centre for focusing research in shrimp brood bank has been established in the west coast of Tamil Nadu near Kolachal in Kanyakumari Dt. The Centre has been established along the coastline in 8 acres of land. This site is located between Ganapathipuram and Azhikal coastal villages and boarded with Arabian Sea. The Centre presently has two quarantine buildings, primary and secondary quarantine building coupled with Nucleus Breeding Centre in a modest way.

There are some more facilities like, multiplication centre for the production of SPF Brood stock and Families segregation and maintenance facilities are to come up in the Centre. This centre is presently focussing at development of SPF Broodstock for the Indian Penaeid species with special attention on Black Tiger Shrimp. In addition to supplying brood stock, this centre will impart training to develop technical manpower among the local fisherfolk community to augment alternate livelihoods and also offer technical services to the needy farmers in advanced broodstock management

Objectives of the Centre

The Centre has the following objectives to contemplate:

To establish a shrimp brood bank in Kanyakumari Dt
To produce selectively bred Penaeus shrimp brood stock (mother shrimps)
To set up multiplication centre for high quality shrimps for producing seeds which should exhibit fast growth and high survival in commercial shrimp farms

Faculty and Technical personnel in the Centre

Name	Designation	Email
Dr.Cheryl Antony	Director	cheryl@tnfu.ac.in
Dr.N.Daniel	Asst.Professor	danielfnft@gmail.com

Research Projects

Sl. No.	Title	Year	PI & Co-PI	Fund (in lakhs)	Funding agency
1.	Establishment of Shrimp Brood Bank at Kanyakumari	2014-15	Dr. J. Stephen Sampath Kumar &Dr. E. Suresh	198.91	NADP
2.	Strengthening of regional stations at DCeSA<	2016-17	Dr. J. Stephen Sampath Kumar	274.54	NADP

Special programs done in the Centre

Sl. No.	Program	Date
1.	Training on “Preparation of value added fishery products”	05.07.2017
2.	Interactive meeting on “Career opportunities in aquaculture” in commemoration of Fish Farmers Day	10.07.2017
3.	International Workshop on Marine Biotechnology and Shrimp Genetics Research	27.10.2017
4.	Awareness lecture in “Fisheries- future scope for mankind” in commemoration of World Fisheries Day	21.11.2017