Bottlenecks in the Application of Advanced Technologies in Indian Aquaculture

Aquaculture is the generations of rearing practice where aquatic animals such as finfish, crustaceans, molluscs, and aquatic plants, primarily algae and seaweeds, were raised in freshwater, seawater, brackish water, and inland saline water. Aquaculture offers benefits like food, nutrition, employment and income generation which convinced many of the maritime and non-maritime countries to promote aquaculture at commercial venture. In the case of Indian aquaculture, the industry is heavily depending on traditional fish culture systems like pond culture and composite fish culture for producing the fish. The successful operation of any fish farming depends on multiple factors and it starts with proper planning and construction, quality seed stocking and rearing, water quality and health monitoring, etc. Above all, the type of farming and system practiced are highly influence the successful operation of fish farming. The Indian scientist and farmers have developed numerous technologies to boost the aquaculture production, however, those technologies were not evenly implemented among the farmers due to various issues. The present article discusses about the technological interventions and their bottlenecks in effective implementation of modern technologies at farmer’s level.