AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES PROGRAMME

NARC, Islamabad

OBJECTIVE

• Development and problems -solving production oriented research for promotion of aquaculture in the country.

• Development of cost-effective floating pelleted fish feed for carps and catfish.

• Introduction of valued fish in the fresh water farming system of Pakistan.  

MAJOR RESEARCH AREAS

• Breeding of carps and catfish

• Fish Nutrition

• Fish Health Management 

EXISTING FACILITIES

• One Tube Well (10000 liters cap./hour)

• Two commercial ponds of 0.5 ha each

• One Reservoir (0.5 ha)

• One Growing Pond (0.3 ha)

• Eight Growing Ponds (0.08 ha each)

• Six Nursery Ponds (0.02 ha each)

• Ten Concrete Raceways (12 tons capacity each)

• Twenty Fiber Glass, Circular Tanks (2 tons capacity each)

• One Fish Hatchery

• One Wet Lab with 24 aquaria, for fish holding and subsequent trials

• Three functional Research Labs

SALIENT ACHIEVEMENTS

• Induced Breeding Technology of Thaila, Catla catla in Potowar Region.

• Production of small-head, fast growing Rohu x Catla hybrids.

• Successful breeding and larval rearing of fresh water commercial prawn, Macrobrachium malcolmsonii under laboratory conditions and its culture at farms level.

• Diagnosed Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) in Pakistan.

• Technological development of Reservoir Fishery Management.

• Formulation, development and improvement of Trout Feed.

• Formulation and development of pelleted feed for carps.

• Formulation and development of floating feed for carps.

• Introduction of American Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus in Pakistan.

ONGOING PROJECTS

PROJECT-1: Studies on biology, reproductive performance stress in relation to environmental changes in "Bighead Carp, (Aristichthys nobilis)" imported for aquaculture into Pakistan. (Core budget funded)

PROJECT-2: Cost-effective "Floating Fish Feed" for commercially important carps. (Core budget funded).

PROJECT-3: "Studies on the prospects of introducing "American Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)" in pond fish culture system of Pakistan - A pilot project" ALP funded.

PROJEC-4: Effect of Civic Pollution on Fish and Fisheries in the Reverine System ALP funded.

PUBLICATIONS

RESOURCE PERSONS

Scientific Staff

1. Abdul Rab, (SSO)

2. Muhammad Ramzan Ali, (SSO)

3. Mrs. Lubna Nadeem, (SO)

4. Farhan Khan, (Research Fellow)

5. Sultan Mehmood, (Research Fellow)

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