Secretary, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Dr Abhilaksh Likhi visited Kalinga Pattinam, Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh and interacted with Shrimp farmers in an effort to perceive the grass root stage issues confronted by the saline water shrimp farmers.

Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi interacted with the shrimp farmers who knowledgeable that new expertise with 4-step farming with Bio-floc expertise is being adopted for producing larger and high quality shrimp. This innovation and superior tradition system established consists of utterly lined ponds in excessive bio-secured circumstances together with superior applied sciences like auto feeder, central drainage/ sludge removing, IoT primarily based water parameters monitoring to handle the high-density intensive farming system for concentrating on elevated productiveness from much less tradition space and excessive stocking densities.

Srikakulam District is among the prime shrimp producing districts in India, it has been in a position to persistently keep the most effective shrimp high quality as your complete tradition space has been developed within the elevated space as in comparison with different areas. The district contributes to a serious share in India’s shrimp export to different nations.

Present shrimp tradition space in Kalinga Pattinam is greater than 1000 acres and is properly related to many feed firms. All the farms are positioned close to Srikakulam Sea coast below excessive bio secured circumstances. Approximately, 40,000 tons of shrimp with common physique weight of shrimp is 20 gms is being produced yearly from these farms that result in an approximate annual incomes of almost Rs 10,000 crore. The farms have engaged almost 600 farmers and roughly 5000 folks work immediately at these farms for his or her livelihood.

One of the foremost farms is OWJANYA AQUATICS positioned at Tonangi village, Gara Mandal, Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh is owned by the progressive farmer Shri Datla Venkata Laxmipathi Raju who operates in cluster farming masking an space of greater than 1000 acres involving almost 600 farmers in and round Srikakulam District.

(With Inputs from PIB)