COLLEGE OF FISHERIES CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (IMPHAL) Lembucherra,

PROFILE OF DEPARTMENT OF AQUACULTURE

1. BRIEF OVERVIEW The department of aquaculture is one of the core departments of the College of Fisheries, CAU(I) and is at the forefront of sustainable aquaculture technologies and augmentation of aquaculture productivity in the northeastern region which is greatly deficit in both local fish production as well as food & feed grain production. In this regard, the department is actively engaged in UG & PG teaching and research as well as capacity building of the line department officials and master trainers of NGOs. Emphasis is always on to make all these programme relevant to field conditions. The department currently offers eight (8) courses comprising 20 (12+8) credits and additional 20 (0+20) credits under “Student READY” for the undergraduate students. In particular, the department has developed a well synchronized semester-long “Experiential Learning Program” module on “Integrated Semi-intensive Aqua-farming” for UG students. The programme has consistently generated profits between Rs.3-5 lakhs. The department has been offering “Master of Fisheries Science (Aquaculture)” programme w.e.f. Academic Year 2010-11 (Intake: 5) as per the model PG syllabus of ICAR, New Delhi while Ph.D. (Aquaculture) program will be starting w.e.f. Academic Year 2020-21. The main focus of research efforts of the department of aquaculture is to develop, evaluate and refine aquaculture technologies and/or package of practices for food and ornamental fishes utilizing local aquatic and agro-bio-resource that can be adopted by farmers of the northeastern region. Towards this, the department has developed/is developing complete package of seed production, nursing, rearing and grow-out practices and feed and feeding of priority food and ornamental fishes with local bio-resources so as to make the production and productivity enhancement sustainable in true sense. 2. MANPOWER 2.1 Faculty position S. No. Post Sanctioned In Position 1 Professor 01 01 2 Associate Professor 01 01 3 Assistant Professor 03 03 Total 05 05

2.2 Faculty in position with qualification and specializations

S. Name of Faculty Designation Qualification Area of specialization No.

Professor B.F.Sc., M.Sc. (AQC) Fish Nutrition, Aquaculture 1 Dr. Arun Bhai Patel & Head Ph.D. Post Doc. (Japan) Environment & Management

Associate B.F.Sc., M.F.Sc. (AQC) Diversification, 2 Dr. Gusheinzed Waikhom Professor Ph.D. Post Doc. (USA) Endemic Species Assistant B.F.Sc., M.F.Sc. (AQC) & Ornamental Fish 3 Dr. Pradyut Biswas Professor Ph.D. Post Doc. (Japan) Seed Production

Alternative Feed Resources, Assistant B.F.Sc., M.F.Sc. (AQC) 4 Dr. Soibam Khogen Singh Live Feed Production, Professor Ph.D. Nutritional Biotechnology

Assistant B.F.Sc., M.F.Sc. (AQC) Organic Aquaculture, 5 Dr. Sampa Baidya Professor Ph.D. Integrated Farming System

2.3 Technical staff members

S. No. Name of Staff Designation Qualification

1 Mrs. Sampa Deb Livestock cum Farm Assistant B.F.Sc., M.F.Sc.

2 Dr. S. Gita Livestock cum Farm Assistant B.F.Sc., M.F.Sc., Ph.D.

3 Mr. Siddhartha Pratim Datta Field cum Laboratory Assistant M.Sc. (Zoology)

4 Mrs. Barnali Chaudhary Field cum Laboratory Assistant M.Sc. (Env. Sc.)

5 Mr. Bipul Debnath Multi-Tasking Staff Intermediate (10+2)

6 Mr. S. Barman Multi-Tasking Staff Matriculate (10)

3. ACADEMIC PROGRAMS & COURSES 3.1 B.F.Sc. S. No. Code Course Name Credit hr. 1. AQC 111 Principles of Aquaculture 2 (1+1) 2. AQC 112 Fundamentals of Biochemistry 3 (2+1) 3. AQC 121 Freshwater Aquaculture 3 (2+1) 4. AQC 122 Aquaculture in Reservoirs 2 (1+1) 5. AQC 211 Fish Food Organisms 2 (1+1) 6. AQC 212 Ornamental Fish Production and Management 2 (1+1) 7. AQC 221 Coastal Aquaculture and Mariculture 3 (2+1) 8. AQC 222 Fish Nutrition and Feed Technology 3 (2+1) Total 20 (12+8) Student READY Component 1. Experiential Learning on “Integrated Semi-Intensive 13 (0+13) Aqua-farming” 2. Hands-on training (HOT) / Skill development 4 (0+4) training 3. Students Projects & Seminar 3 (0+3) Total 20 (0+20) Grand Total 40 (12+28)

3.2 M.F.Sc. (Aquaculture) (Intake: 05)

Code Course Name Credit hr.

Major (Core) courses

AQC 501 Sustainable Aquaculture 3 (2+1)

AQC 502 Soil and Water Quality Management in Aquaculture 3 (2+1)

AQC 503 Nutrition and Feed Technology 3 (2+1)

AQC 504 Freshwater Aquaculture 3 (2+1)

Major (Optional) courses

AQC 505 Seed Production and Hatchery Management of Finfishes 3 (2+1)

AQC 506 Seed Production and Hatchery Management of Shellfishes 2 (1+1)

AQC 507 Applied Genetics in Aquaculture 3 (2+1)

AQC 508 Non-Food Aquaculture 2 (1+1)

AQC 509 Coastal Aquaculture 3 (2+1)

AQC 510 Aquatic Health Management 3 (2+1)

AQC 511 Larval Nutrition and Culture of Food Organisms 2 (1+1)

AQC 512 Aquaculture Engineering 3 (2+1)

Research

AQC 591 Master’s Seminar 1 (1+0)

AQC 599 Master’s Research (Two Semesters) 20 (0+20)

Supporting courses

STM 501 Statistical Methods 3 (2+1)

STM 502 Research Methodology 2 (1+1)

3.3 Ph.D. (Aquaculture) Starting from Academic Year 2020-21

4. LABORATORY/FACILITIES S. Name of the Lab / Facility Major Equipments available/Particulars No. 1 UG Teaching Lab Inorganic nutrient flow-analyzer, Kjeltec, Soxtec, Fibertec, YSI multi-water quality sonde, UV-VIS Spectrophotometer, DO-meter, pH-meter, Lux- 2 PG Research Lab meter, Hot Air Oven, Muffle Furnace, Electronic Balance, Microscopes etc. 3 Wet Lab / Ornamental Fish FRP Tank (1000 L) – 50 nos. Lab FRP Tank (500 L) – 30 nos. Glass Aquariums – 130 nos. of different sizes 4 Freshwater Fish Farm Eleven (11) Earthen Ponds of different sizes with total water area of 1.3 ha, Paddle Wheel Aerators, FRP boat, Integrated Fish Farming Models with Pig and Poultry sheds, Water pump sets, Nets etc. 5 Outdoor Research Facility Cemented Tanks (2.5 sq.m) – 26 nos. Cemented Tanks (20 sq.m) – 54 nos. 6 Feed Mill Twin-Screw Extruder, Grinder, Mixer, Dryer, Oil Sprayer, Drum Roller etc.

7 Biofloc Demonstration Unit One Unit

8 Pabda Broodstock Unit Cemented Pools (10,000 L) – 3 nos. (Shared facility with Dept. of FRP Tanks (500 L) – 12 nos. FGR)

5. RESEARCH 5.1 Research Thrust/Priority Areas 1. Production and productivity enhancement in NEH region of 2. Performance evaluation of location specific aquaculture species, feed resources and culture systems in NE region 3. Optimization of stocking density, fertilization, nutritional level in fish feed and feeding management under semi-intensive culture system. 4. Evaluation of reproductive performance and attribute enhancement of indigenous food and ornamental fishes in captive conditions.

5.2 Research Projects 5.2.1 Ongoing

S. Funding Title of the Project Duration No. Agency

Externally Funded Projects Sub-components of Centre of Excellence in Fisheries DBT, New 1 3 Yrs & Aquaculture Biotechnology (Phase II) Delhi 5.2.2 Completed

S. Funding Principal Title of the Project Duration No. Agency Investigator

Intramural Research Projects

Mapping of the indigenous ornamental Fish resources of and CAU, 1 1 Year Dr. S.C. Mandal identification of the potential species for Imphal commercial production

Evaluation of growth performance of silver cap (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Hamilton) CAU, 2 1 Year Dr. M.K. Datta in acidic water based polyculture system in Imphal Tripura

Performance evaluation of water harvesting CAU, 3 structure in upland of Tripura for rearing of 1 Year Dr. M.K. Datta Imphal carps seed

Effect of feeding strategies on captive breeding of indigenous ornamental fish CAU, 4 1 Year Dr. S.C. Mandal species, Colisa fasciata and Danio rerio of Imphal Tripura

Evaluation of different larval feeds and live CAU, 5 foods for larval development of Pabda 1 Year Dr. P. Biswas Imphal ( bimaculatus, Bloch, 1794)

Externally Funded Projects

Techno-socioeconomic evaluation of (Late) Prof. 1 aquaculture practices and identification of 2 Year ICAR M.C. strategies to ensure fish for all in Tripura state Nandeesha

Assessment of the utility of periphyton based aquaculture systems in enhancing Dr. S. 2 3 Year ICAR productivity through farmer participatory Munilkumar research

5.3 Research Publications (Only numbers, till April 2020) - 120 Nos.

6. EXTENSION AND CONSULTANCY SERVICE 6.1 Training 6.1.1 Major areas of training being provided • Aquaculture Production Management • Aquaculture Systems and Species Diversification • Fish Nutrition and Feed Technology • Ornamental Fish Breeding and Management 6.1.2 Training conducted

S. Funding Title of the Project Duration Target group No. Agency 1 Fish Nursery Development and 15-20 Jul, Fish Farmers of JRDTT, Management Practices 2011 North Tripura Mumbai (13 person) through RGVN (NGO) 2 Aquaculture Production 1 Dec, 2011 to Unemployed -Do- Management and Value Addition 31 May, 2012 youths of (Vocational Manipur training) (8 nos.) 3 Supplementary Feed and Feeding 14-18 Feb, Mid & senior NFDB, Management in Aquaculture with 2012 level fisheries Hyderabad Special Reference to NE officials of NE Aquaculture region (14 nos.) 4 Grow-out Production Practices for 6-10 Aug, Unemployed -Do- Small Scale Fish Farmers of North 2012 youths Tripura (21 nos.) 5 Grow-out Production Practices for 21-25 Sep, Unemployed -Do- Small Scale Fish Farmers of North 2012 youths Tripura (24 nos.) 6 Fish Farming Techniques 15-19 Oct, Community Tripura JICA 2012 Organizer & Project, Livelihood Coordinator (25 nos.) 7 Fish Farming Techniques 5-9 Nov, 2012 -Do- -Do- (26 nos.) 8 Diversification of Aquaculture 6-8 Aug, 2013 Officials from ICAR, ZPD, Practices in NE Region KVKs of NE NE Region, Region Umiam (23 nos.) 9 Diversification of Aquaculture 22-26 Apr, Mid & senior NFDB, Species and Practices in NE Region 2014 level fisheries Hyderabad officials of NE region (20 nos.) 10 Demonstration of Common Carp 12-14 Jan, Fish farmers of -Do- Breeding 2015 Tripura (16 nos.) 11 Recent Advances in Aquaculture 13-17 Jan, Mid-level -Do- 2015 fisheries officials of Tripura (11 nos.) 12 Fish Based Integrated Farming 17-21 Feb, Mid-level -Do- Systems 2015 fisheries officials of NE Region (12 nos.) 13 Floating Aqua feed Production 24-28 Feb, Mid-level CAU, Imphal Using Local Ingredients 2015 fisheries officials of NE (16 nos.) 14 Ornamental Fish Culture 2- 4 Mar, Fish farmers of CAU, Imphal 2015 Tripura (17 nos.) 15 Ornamental fish culture and 10 Mar - 9 Unemployed CAU, Imphal aquarium management Apr, 2015 youths of (Vocational Tripura training) (12 nos.) 16 Scientific Aquaculture Production 15-17 Jul, Staffs of IGDC IGDC, & Management 2015 (23 nos.) Agartala 17 Breeding & Seed Production of 12-14 Aug, Fish farmers of CAU, Imphal Pabda 2015 Tripura (23 nos.) 18 Advances in fish farming 16-18, Sep, Mid-level CAU, Imphal Management Practices 2015 fisheries officials of NE (25 nos.) 19 Aquaculture production & its 29 Oct, 2015- Unemployed CAU, Imphal management (Vocational) 29 Jan, 2016 youths of NE (15 nos.) 20 Species diversification in NE 23-29 Feb, Fish farmers of CAU, Imphal aquaculture & management 2016 Tripura (17 nos.) 21 Organic farming/natural farming 23-27 Mar, Unemployed ICAR 2017 youths (23 nos) 22 Community managed 28-30 Apr, Community NERLP intensification of table fish 2017 organizers through SDS production in ponds of Tripura (21 nos) (NGO) 23 Skilled development program on 5-30 Jun, Fish farmers NFDB aquaculture technician 2018 (27 nos) 24 Agri Pulse’18 an accelerator 25 Aug, 2018 Fish farmers DST programme for NE region (23 nos.) 25 Integrated semi intensive 6 Mar - 5 Jun, Fish farmers PFC, New aquaculture 2019 (9 nos.) Delhi 26 More from less through GMP in 17-21 Sep, Trainers ICAR- aquaculture 2019 (9 nos) ATARI 27 Rural aquaculture management for 25 Sep, 2019 Trainers Tata Trust program staff of Tata Trust (14 nos) 28 Scientific interventions in pond 26-28 Feb, Fish farmers of NABARD culture for enhanced productivity 2020 Tripura through (22 nos.) BAPCL

6.2 Consultancy services • Line Departments of Govt. of Tripura, Govt. of Manipur • Farmers of NE region on various fish production related services 6.3 Extension publications S. No. Title Year published A. Vocational Training Manual 1 Aquaculture production management & value addition 2012 2 Ornamental fish culture & aquarium management 2015 3 Aquaculture production & management 2016 4 Skill development program on aquaculture technician 2018 5 Skill development program on Integrated semi intensive 2019 aquaculture B. Short-term Training Manual 1 Sustainable aquaculture development 2006 2 Fish nursery development and management practices (RGVN) 2011 3 Supplementary feed and feeding management in aquaculture with 2012 special reference to N.E. aquaculture (NFDB) 4 Grow out production practice for small scale fish farmer of North 2012 Tripura (RGVN) 5 Fish farming technique (JICA) 2012 6 Diversification of aquaculture practices in N.E region (CAU) 2013 7 Diversification of aquaculture species and practices in North East 2014 region (NFDB) 8 Recent advance in aquaculture (CAU) 2015 9 Fish based farming system 2015 10 Floating aqua feed production using local ingredients (CAU) 2015 11 Demonstration of common carp breeding (CAU) 2015 12 Ornamental fish culture (CAU) 2015 13 Recent advance in aquaculture 2015 14 Fish based farming system 2015 15 Floating aqua feed production using local ingredients 2015 16 Scientific aquaculture production management (IGDC) 2015 17 Advances in fish farming management practices (CAU) 2015 18 Species diversification in N.E. Aquaculture and management 2016 19 More from less through GMP in aquaculture 2019 C. Leaflet/Booklet 1 Demonstration of common carp breeding 2015 2 Breeding and seed production of pabda: a high valued cat fish 2016 3 Induced breeding and seed production of indigenous medium carp 2016 Pengba 4 Breeding & larval rearing of gold fish 2016 5 Breeding & seed production of pabda 2016

7. LIST OF STUDENTS AWARDED M.F.Sc. (Aquaculture) DEGREE S. Name Title of Thesis Year No. 1 Ms. Sampa Baidya Effect of Wolffia arrhiza (L.) inclusion on fish 2012 flesh quality and water quality in a semi intensive culture system 2 Ms. Shilpishikha Gogoi Efficacy of un-boiled rice bran as 2012 supplementary feed ingredient on growth performance and digestibility in minor carp, Cirrhinus reba (Hamilton, 1822) 3 Mr. Precious S. Suting Effects of different dietary lipid sources on the 2012 reproductive performance of Guppy, Poeicilia reticulata 4 Ms. Lakshmi Chanu Studies on fish growth and feed utilization in 2012 an integrated Wollfia arrhiza-fish production system 5 Ms. Gangemei Landimlu Evaluation of probiotic potentiality of 2012 Lactobacillus fermentum and Micrococcus luteus on growth, survival and physiological response of Labeo bata fingerlings 6 Mr. Jumli Karga Effect of different feeds on growth, survival 2013 and reproductive performance of Zebrafish, Danio rerio (Hamilton, 1822) 7 Mr. Kennedy Lamare A comparative study on growth performance of 2013 common carp strains (Cyprinus carpio var. communis and Cyprinus carpio var. haematopterus) as candidate species under monoculture in Tripura 8 Mr. Hariom Verma Comparative performance of mrigal Cirrhinus 2013 mrigala (Hamilton, 1822) and Amur Carp Cyprinus carpio haematopterus (Martens, 1876) in carp polyculture system in Tripura 9 Mr. Bhrigumani Dewan Evaluation of Wolffia meal as a local plant 2013 protein feed stuff for supplementary carp feed in NE region 10 Ms. Arunima Deka Effect of Processing Methods on Biochemical 2014 Composition and Utilization of Taro corms for Amur common carp, Cyprinus carpio 11 Mr. Biswajyoti Bardoloi Evaluation of extruded floating and sinking 2014 fish feeds supplemented with fresh Wolffia arrhiza (L.) in semi-intensive polyculture of Carps 12 Mr. Deisaulungbe Pame Evaluation of performance of Silver barb, 2014 Puntius goniotus (Bleeker) as an additional candidate species in polyculture of carps 13 Ms. Lalremsangpuii Growth evaluation of gaint freshwater prawn, 2015 Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Deman) in biofloc system using different carbohydrate source 14 Mr. Ahanthem Rawat Evaluation of dietary Wolffia arrhiza meal as a 2015 substitute of fish meal for Pengba (Osteobrama belangeri, Valenciennes) 15 Mr. Ajay Kumar Yadav Evaluation of dietary protein requirement of 2015 reba carp, Cirrhinus reba) (Hamilton, 1822) fingerlings using semi-purified diet 16 Ms. Shilpika Gogoi Effect of dietary Wolffia arrhiza and Spirulina 2016 platensis on performance and pigmentation of Botio Dario (Hamilton ,1822) 17 Ms. Man kumara Subba Interactive effects of stocking density and 2016 dietary protein level on growth performance of Amur common carp (Cyprinus carpio) under semi-intensive culture system 18 Mr. Manmohan Kumar Evaluation of tapioca tubers as local starch 2016 source in fish feed of Osteobrama belangeri (Valenciennes, 1844) 19 Mr. Satyajit Das Effects of larval and fry stocking on growth 2016 performance of butter catfish, Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1974) 20 Mr. Naresh Raj Keer Standardization of stocking density of spawn 2016 and fry of Cirrhinus reba (Hamilton, 1822) under semi-intensive culture system 21 Ms. N. Surjobala Devi Evaluation of optimum dietary protein level for 2017 fingerling Osteobrama belangeri (Valenciennes, 1844) using semi purified diet 22 Ms. Atiya Niyazi Standardization of stocking density for seed 2017 rearing of Osteobrama belangeri (Valenciennes, 1844) 23 Mr. Atul Sinha Evaluation of mixed feeding schedule using 2017 artificial feed and fresh Wolffia arrhiza for Osteobrama belangeri (Valenciennes, 1844) 24 Mr. Nikhlesh Ghritlahre Evaluation of fresh Wolffia arrhiza (L.) as 2017 replacement of artificial feed in carp polyculture system 25 Ms. Priya Rawat Evaluation of different feed attractants on seed 2017 seed rearing performance of Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794) 26 Mr. Alok Kumar Jena Effect of stocking density on growth 2018 performance, survival and production of pabda, Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794). 27 Mr. Manoj Kumar Effect of fertilization on growth performance, 2018 biochemical composition and nutrient uptake efficiency of Wolffia globosa (L.) 28 Mr. Rajkumar Debarjeet Evaluation of performance of Osteobrama 2018 Singh belangeri (Valenciennes, 1844), Cyprinus carpio haematopterus and Gibelion catla (Heckel, 1843) under semi-intensive monoculture and polyculture systems. 29 Ms. Amrita Pradhan Effect of feeding select carp fry with live 2018 Wolffia globosa and formulated feed on survival and growth performance under semi- intensive rearing system. 30 Ms. Kalpana Arambam Effect of photoperiod and light intensity on egg 2018 hatching and larval rearing performance of Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794). 31 Ms. Purnapriya Suara Interactive effects of stocking density and 2019 water depth on growth performance of Pengba, Osteobrama belangeri ((Valenciennes, 1844) 32 Mr. Ritesh Evaluation of semi-intensive polyculture 2019 Chandravanshi system of pengba (Osteobrama belangeri) and pabda (Ompok bimaculatus) 33 Ms. Anamika Debnath Effect of dietary L-tryptophan on survival, 2019 growth and cannibalism of Ompok bimaculatus post larvae 34 Mr. Rohit Kumar Effect of Protein/ Lipid ratio in diets on 2019 growth, feed utilization and flesh quality on Ompok bimaculatus 35 Mr. Shubham Sahu Effect of dietary L-tryptophan on maturation 2019 and GnRH gene expression in silver barb, Barbonymus gonionotus (Bleeker, 1849)