Abundance of natural fish seed resources prioritized for mariculture in theKali estuary

Mariculture is a promising fish producing industry in India with cage farming of marine finfish and shellfish becoming popular along the entire coast. Fish seed availability is the need of the hour for sustaining and supporting expansion of cage farming of fishes in India. Capture Based Aquaculture (CBA), can be considered as an economic activity for fishermen communities to practise where by accessing natural fish seed resources for culture, it enhances the fish production, yield and market value.