Kanyakumari - Parakkai Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture

Kanyakumari Parakkai Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (KKP CeSA)

Kanyakumari District is situated in the southernmost part of the Indian subcontinent. It is bounded by a coastal line of 72 km. The district has 42 fishing villages along the coastline and fishing is their main occupation. The fishing population of the district is 143388 with 73471 men and 69917 women. The Centre was established initially as Veterinary University Training and Research Centre (Fisheries) (VUTRC (F)) at Parakkai, Kanyakumari District under Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University during 2002. Later it was renamed as Fisheries Training Research Centre, Parakkai when it was transferred to Tamil Nadu Fisheries University during 2013.

In 2017, the FTRC, Parakkai was attached with the Directorate of Sustainable Aquaculture as one of the production units of DSA and renamed as Kanyakumari Parakkai Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (KKPCeSA). The Centre was established to uplift the socio-economic status of farmers and fishing community in Kanyakumari District and disseminate the latest technologies in inland fish farming and marine fisheries to the stakeholders. The centre caters to the needs of not only Kanyakumari district but also the adjoining districts like Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi. There were training programmes in the Centre in which entrepreneurs from all over the Tamil Nadu came and participated.

Mandates of the Centre

The Centre has the following objectives to contemplate:

To undertake research programmes in aquaculture relevant to the District.
To conduct training programmes in aquaculture, ornamental fish culture and fish processing to the fisherfolk and entrepreneurs of Kanyakumari District.
To offer guidance to the fishery entrepreneurs in aquaculture.
To work in coordination with the State Fisheries Department for the benefit of the stakeholders in fisheries in the district.
To disseminate the technology through exhibitions and distribution of pamphlets on fisheries technologies.

Teaching

PG Courses

Sl. No	Course No	Title of the Course	Credit Hours
1	FRM.501	Inland Fisheries Resources	2 +1

Research Projects

Ongoing Research Projects:

Sl.No	Title of the Project	Year	PI & Co- PI of the Project	Funds (in Rs)	Funding Agency
1	Aqua One Centre	2019 - 2021	Mr.P. Velmurugan	20 lakhs	NFDB
2	Upgrading Sustainable Aquaculture production Centres of TNJFU for operation through Private-Public Partnership for Integrated Agriculture Development	2019 - 20	Mr.P. Velmurugan	8.5 lakhs	TN – Under NADP

Research Project proposal submitted;

Sl.No	Title of the Project	Year	PI & Co- PI of the Project	Funds (in Rs)	Funding Agency
1	Multiplication and Enhancement facility for SPF seeds of indigenous shrimps	2019	Mr. N. Daniel	500.00 Lakhs	DBT

Completed Research Projects:

Sl.No	Title of the Project	Year	PI & Co-PI of the Project	Funds (in Rs)	Funding Agency
1	Mass breeding and Production of Ornamental fishes and Major carp seeds	2012 - 2014	Dr. S. David Kingston	111.80 Lakhs	NADP
2	Empowerment of SC & ST Population of Kanyakumari Dt.	2012 - 2016	Dr. S. David Kingston	13.23 Lakhs	DPT
2	Demonstration and Training for Farmer’s Capacity Building at Regional Outstations of CeSA in TNFU.	2017 - 2018	Dr. K. Ravaneswaran	100.534 lakhs	NADP

Extension Activities

Sl. No	Program & No Conducted	Year	Beneficiary
1	Ornamental fish culture-09 Composite fish culture-07 Value added fishery products-14	2013	225 209 278
2	Ornamental fish culture-07 Composite fish culture-03 Value added fishery products-05	2014	116 38 111
3	Ornamental fish culture-04 Composite fish culture-3 Value added fishery products-07	2015	127 62 197
4	Ornamental fish culture-03 Composite fish culture-05 Value added fishery products-04	2016	49 93 111
5	Ornamental fish culture-04 Composite fish culture-01 Value added fishery products-05 Loach fish farming-03	2017	78 12 133 50
6	Ornamental fish culture-01 Composite fish culture-02 Value added fishery products-02 Loach fish farming-04	2018	19 50 45 89
7	Ornamental fish culture-04 Freshwater fish culture-02 Loach fish farming-03	2019	58 45 51

Infrastructure

The Centre is located at Parakkai village on the Nagercoil – Manakudi road in 0.45 acres of land. The Centre has one building of 3000 ft, housing one training hall with 40 numbers capacity and other training hall with 100 numbers capacity, office room and exhibition hall. Fish processing Hall, 2 numbers of ornamental fish culture units, ornamental fish breeding unit, live feed culture unit, glass aquarium unit, carp hatchery, Rearing and breeding tanks for carps and ornamental fishes, loach breeding unit, loach culture tank and water aeration and recirculatory system.

Achievements

A simple low cost model unit for the production of Tubifex was designed.
Culture of loach was undertaken in a small lined earthen pond and found successful for propagation.
Breeding of loach in an artificially simulated system was tried and found successful.
Polyculture of loach with carps was attempted and found to be viable.

Current Focus

Increasing ornamental fish production
Breeding of more varieties of ornamental fishes
Establishment of live feed culture unit
Establishment of loach breeding unit
Periodical conduct of training programmes
Guest lectures in fisheries and aquaculture

Faculty Staff and Support Staff

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	E-mail	Telephone / Mobile
1	Mr. P. Velmurugan	Assistant Professor	pvelmurugan@tnfu.ac.in	8332085844
2	Mr. N. Daniel	Assistant Professor	danielfnft@gmail.com	7208636348
3	Mrs. P. Viji	Assistant	vijianjali.2011@gmail.com	7598188562
4	A. Sunilkumar	Attendant	Sunilsnow26@gmail.com	9524429990

S.No.	Title of the Project	Year	PI & Co- PI of the Project	Funds (in Rs)	Funding Agency
1	Converting low value fish marketing to high value fish marketing among the marginalised fisherwomen in the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu	2014-2016	PI	6,80,000	ICSSR
2	Application of Information and Communication Technologies for 2015 Co-PI Fisheries Development	2015	Co-PI	-	-