Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture

The Central Institute of Brackish Water Aquaculture is one of the research institutes under Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi to serve as the nodal agency for catering to the needs of the brackishwater aquaculture research in India. The institute is headquartered at Santhome High Road, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai with a research centre at Kakdwip in West Bengal and an experimental field station at Muttukadu, roughly 30 km to the south of Chennai. The institute works under the Ministry of Agriculture, India.Service ProfileThe Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture assists small aqua farmers in optimising their finfish and shrimp farming by providing suitable modern technologies. They also offer study courses and research facilities for students, farmers and entrepreneurs.CIBA regularly conducts farmers’ meet, trainings, exhibitions, workshops, and brainstorming sessions.Mandate of CIBACIBA was formed, under Indian Council of Agricultural Research, with a mandate to: conduct research for development of techno-economically viable and sustainable culture systems for finfish and shellfish in brackish water. act as a repository of information on brackish water fishery resources with a systematic database undertake transfer of technology through training, education and extension programmes provide consultancy servicesDivisionsThe organization has the following research divisions for the development of marine scienceCrustacean Culture Division (CCD)The Division deals with research on crustaceans such as: Maturation and seed production Nursery rearing and culture Area development and impact assessment Molecular approach in disease diagnostics and species identification