The growth of aquaculture at the global level involves an increase in area under cultivation, a higher density of aquaculture installations and species cultured, with greater use of formulated feed resources. When unregulated and badly managed, aquaculture creates negative impacts on the environment. This necessitates engineering new aquaculture systems that offer increased environmental sustainability, economic stability, lower production costs, multiple species culture options, societal acceptability and risk reduction while ensuring improved outputs. The EAA (Ecosystem Approach for Aquaculture) promotes the efficient use of nutrient resources, as well as the opportunity of diverse products and benefits while reducing impacts, and therefore integrated aquaculture becomes a very important practical way to implement EAA (FAO, 2008). Beneficial environmental effects to bio mitigate waste production and to utilise resources effectively by farming multiple species will increase the resilience of the operation with reduced risks. Integration of fish with aquatic plants and vegetable production has been practised for centuries. In 1970s, John Ryther reignited the interest in IMTA (Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture) systems in which advantages of synergistic interactions among species and environment was appraised. He is considered as the grandfather of modern IMTA for his seminal work;‘ ‘‘Integrated waste-recycling marine polyculture systems’’, for combining polyculture, integrated mariculture or aquaculture, ecologically engineered aquaculture and ecological aquaculture. Later in 2004, Jack Taylor combined integrated aquaculture and multi- trophic aquaculture into the term integrated multi-trophic aquaculture............. Read this story to know more……….. To read full article Subscribe too

The United Nations forecasts that the population of the world will reach 9.8 billion by 2050. Many experts are concerned about the earth’s ability to feed so many people. Land-based agricultural resources increasingly struggle to meet this huge increase in demand and fish farming is growing dramatically to fill the gap.…..……....... Read to know more…... To read full article Subscribe too

Corydoras or cory catfish are small, bottom-dwelling freshwater ornamental fish that are incredibly popular among aquarists. The name ‘Corydoras’ is composed of the Greek words ‘cory’ meaning helmet and ‘doras’ meaning skin. Hence Corydoras are also called ‘armored catfish’, due to the hard bony plates present along the sides of their bodies. Cory are easy to breed and hardy, thereby rendering itself, suitable for a beginner aquarist. These fish love to inhabit in schools and tend to pine when kept alone. Cory fish has an interesting behavior. These fish can move their eyes quickly downwards, creating the illusion that they can blink despite not having any eyelids. Read to know more.......…....... ... To read full article Subscribe too