Policy Notes - TNAU Agritech Portal

This can be very useful for the farm animalslike cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goats inperforming complicated large animalsurgeries.RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS IN FISHERIESSCIENCES Development of Sperm BankMale fishes from different regions have beenutilized for milt collection which will be used forcryopreservation. Through the cryopreservedspermatozoa of outbred stock, we can preventinbreeding and improve hatchability. This willresult in the production of genetically improvedquality seeds for further development intobroodstock. In due course, the geneticimprovement can be brought in the seedsproduced in hatcheries of Tamil Nadu. Lobster production through fatteningtechnology for women empowerment insouthern districtsSeven training programmes were organizedfor eleven groups of women from different SelfHelp Groups and entrepreneurs of foursouthern coastal districts of Tamil Nadu viz.Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveliand Kanyakumari. Two hundred and eighteenmembers of SHG belonging to the abovecoastal areas participated in the training.Analysis of fishing practices of Gulf ofMannar Biosphere ReserveQuantitative and qualitative data on bycatch oftrawl net fishing were documented. Thirty fivegenera of fishes were recorded from trawl netbycatch from Thoothukudi coast. Saurida spp.,Upeneus spp., Leiognathus spp., Odonusspp., Therapon spp., Chirocentrus spp. andJohnius spp. were dominating in the bycatch.Trawl catch discards were recorded 60-70percent from the catches below 50m depthand 40-50 percent from the catches above50m depth.Employment generation for rural Self HelpGroup women through training onornamental fish cultureA total of 170 rural women Self Help Groupmembers of Thoothukudi, Alwarthirunagari and124125