Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Giriraj Singh launched the Online Course Mobile App “Matsya Setu” for Fish Farmers.
“Matsya Setu” app was developed by the ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), Bhubaneswar, with the funding support of the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad.
The online course app aims to disseminate the latest freshwater aquaculture technologies to the aqua farmers of the country.
Matsya Setu app has species-wise/ subject-wise self-learning online course modules, where renowned aquaculture experts explain the basic concepts and practical demonstrations on breeding, seed production and grow-out culture of commercially important fishes like carp, catfish, scampi, murrel, ornamental fish, pearl farming etc.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister stated that capacity building of fish farmers is a very vital part of spearheading the Technology-led Aquaculture Development in the country.