Efforts from India's CMFRI boosts clam production in Vembanad Lake

Published 2021년 12월 13일

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The Molluscan Fisheries Division of CMFRI has initiated a project to boost clam production in the Vembanad Lake by relaying baby clams, with the goal of increasing production seven-fold to 1,500 tonnes. This initiative, which involved re-laiding 200 tonnes of baby black clams in suitable areas, has already helped fishers harvest around 10 tonnes of clam per day. The project aims to improve livelihoods of the nearly 5,000 fishermen involved in clam fishery in the Vembanad Lake, who have been struggling due to declining clam production and the pandemic's impact.

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CMFRI’s initiative of relaying baby clams in various sites in the Vembanad facilitated increasing the clam production which in turn helped fishers harvest around 10 tonnes of clam per day from two areas of the Lake. Aimed at boosting the clam fishery and enhancing livelihood options for the clam fishers in the region, the Molluscan Fisheries Division of CMFRI re-laid (stocked) baby clams after identifying suitable areas on the northern side of the Thanneermukkom Barrage. As part of this initiative, which was under a project on "Rejuvenation of Clam" taken up by the Fisheries Department of Kerala using the District Panchayat Scheme, approximately 200 tonnes of baby black clams were re-laid in Keecheri and Chakkathukadu areas of the Vembanad Lake under the technical guidance of CMFRI. According to the CMFRI scientists, the initiative is expected to bring out a production of nearly 1,500 tonnes from these sites which is more than seven-fold of the re-laid baby clams. The long ...

Source: Thefishsite