Murrel Seeds, For Fish Farming

Murrel culture : To popularizes commercial murrel culture among fish farmers and unemployed youths earthen ponds of different dimensions (15m x 5m x 1m) have been excavated at the CARE aquafarm. These earthen ponds are cement pasted at the sides and filled with clay at the bottom (25 cm). They are filled with water for a maximum depth of 1m during the north east monsoon (Oct). Fingerlings of equal size (8 cm-10 cm; 5.8-12.0 g weight) (12,000-15000/ha) are released into these ponds during October and are fed on boiled chicken intestine (5-10% body weight).