‘Seafood Techno Park- Thoothukudi’ is a unit of the Department of Fish Processing Technology, Fisheries College and Research Institute (FC&RI), Thoothukudi located at Staff Quarters, FC&RI, Teachers colony, Thoothukudi. SFTP has been established under the NADP funding support to take up the venture successfully which shall later promote them to have their own self-employment. This facility is being used to popularize different types of fish and fishery products among children and other people and to increase the consumption fish.
Ready to Eat products like Fish pickle, Prawn pickle, Fish Kure, Prawn Kure, Fish curry fish meal, Prawn meal, Fried fish, Fish soup and Ready to Cook products like spiced dry fish and dried fish are being produced and sold commercially. Fish-based meal and snack foods are available during afternoon and evening, respectively in the SFTP.
The establishment of “Seafood Knowledge Highway” will strengthen the concept of creating fish processing parks at regional levels. This facility will help to promote fish processing activities at Thoothukudi by small scale entrepreneur to later to the domestic needs.
Sr. No. | Name | Designation | E - Mail |
1 | Dr. P. Velayutham | Dean i/c | velayutham@tnfu.ac.in |
2 | Dr. D. Sukumar | Professor and Head | sukumar@tnfu.ac.in |
3 | Mr. P. Ganesan | Assistant Professor | ganesan@tnfu.ac.in |
4 | Mr. F. Parthiban | Assistant Professor | parthiban@tnfu.ac.in |
5 | Mr. V. Vijayarahavan | Assistant Professor | vijibfsc@gmail.com |