CHENNAI: Researchers in ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) have established a seed manufacturing technologies for captive reproduction of mangrove red snapper, and it can be a highly desired fish for intake among customers. Based on CIBA investigators that the technology opens up range for the nation’s brackishwater aquaculture ventures in the not too distant future. In a discharge, CIBA stated due to the exceptional meat quality and flavor, red snapper has an extremely significant consumer taste and a constant demand from the customers provides a steady market cost in the array of Rs 400 and Rs 600 a pound. The institute required five decades of studying to come up with the technology to get its fish, which will be known as seppili in Tamil and also chembally at Malayalam. “With this accomplishment, the CIBA has introduced yet another candidate species for brackishwater aquaculture diversification and diversification”, stated Dr K K Vijayan, manager of CIBA. “Today, the bass farmers have diversified choices to select on their candidate species for aquaculture. The effort will greatly increase the national production through brackishwater aquaculture in the state”, he added. Before the CIBA had created the most hatchery engineering of sea bass, milkfish and gray mullet. CIBA researchers stated mangrove red snapper has enormous capacity for brackishwater aquaculture due to its rapid growth rate, simple adaptability to culture requirements, speedy approval of feed, agreeable look and great meat quality. It’s an perfect candidate species acceptable for different rearing systems like pens, ponds and cages. This species that easily accepts devised feed may increase marketable size of 300-500 gm in under half a year, which makes this fish even a farmer’s pick. The magician gave large impetus to come up with a comprehensive hatchery technologies for red snapper since the aquaculture of the fish was quite restricted in the nation because of unavailability of hatchery made quality seeds at constant foundation for stocking in toddlers and grow-out systems, Dr Vijayan said adding that crate and pond based aquaculture of red snapper are popularised in close future. Dedicating the tech to the state, J K Jena, deputy director general of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), described the growth as a landmark in Indian brackishwater aquaculture industry. The accomplishment in captive breeding could been the backbone for bulk scale hatchery established seeds in forthcoming years that are significantly advantageous to the farming area. The very first batch of fingerlings consumed by CIBA was spread to chosen fish farmers out of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. “The farmers will expand the fingerlings in their various farms and certainly will return the chosen broodstock into CIBA to a buyback style for additional breeding at the hatchery”, stated Dr Kailasam, that headed the group of investigators to develop the technologies. He expected that private players will return to embrace this hatchery technology to ensure seed production can be climbed up.