"Harnessing the Science of Fisheries for Food, Nutrition and Livelihood"
The centre imparts training on marine ornamental finfish breeding and seed production with a focus on breeding of the clownfish. The trainees are exposed to the availability of marine ornamental finfishes in this region, collection, transportation, rearing, sourcing of accessories for finfish rearing, breeding and seed production. The centre so far conducted 10 training programme right from its inception. As a part of its educational programme the centre is also involved in imparting hands-on training to the fisheries graduates on scaling-up of livefeed, raising Artemia biomass, breeding and seed production of Clownfish. The centre also works in close connection with the Department of Fisheries by providing technical information on farming of finfish. The details of the training programme conducted by this centre are as follows
| Sl. No | Name of the Training Programme | Location and Date | Funding Agency | No. of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marine ornamental Fish Culture | Mariamman Nagar, Ervadi Dt.30.03.2016 | National Agricultural Development Programme | 34 |
| 2 | Marine Ornamental Fish Culture | Devipattinam North. Dt.21.04.2016 | National Agricultural Development Programme | 18 |
| 3 | Marine Ornamental Fish Culture | Pudumadam Dt. 31.05.2016 | National Agricultural Development Programme | 27 |
| 4 | Marine Ornamental Fish Culture | Ramakrishnapuram, Dt. 9.06.2016 | National Agricultural Development Programme | 32 |
| 5 | Marine Ornamental Fish Culture | Periyasamypuram, Dt. 22.10.2016 | National Agricultural Development Programme | 27 |
| 6 | Cluster Formation on Marine Ornamental Fish Culture | RceSA Campus, Dt.23.03.2017 |
National Agricultural Development Programme | 34 |
