Relevance of disease management with special reference to sustainable fisheries and mariculture. In: Winter School on Impact of Climate Change on Indian Marine Fisheries held at CMFRI, Cochin 18.1.2008 to 7.2.2008

When the ability of the traditional food production systems such as a agriculture and animal husbandry has shown stagnation in the new millennium, India need to find alternative food production systems to feed the ever growing population. In this endeavour ‘aqua farming’ on land and farming in sea is to play a major role, considering vast potential of water bodies and seas of India, where fish farming can be practised. It is estimated that about 5 million tonnes of aquatic animal products can be produced annually through land based aquaculture in India, and the potential of seafarming could be many fold