CMFRI develops high value fish seeds Deccan Chronicle dated 26th April 2017

The Kochi-headquartered Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) successfully developed the seed production technology of a food fish, a marine ornamental fish and a marine ornamental shrimp which has huge commercial value in the exportmarket. It took the scientists two years to develop these at the Thiruvananthapuram-based Research Centre of the CMFRI at Vizhinjam, using the Re circulating Aquaculture System (RAS) facility. A scientific team led by M.K. Anil, scientist-in-charge of Vizhinjam Research Centre of CMFRI, developed the breeding technology which is expected to boost the mariculture industry and seafood exports