Aspirants 2.0

National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture
▪ National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA) is an extension arm of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Ministry of Commerce & Industry Govt. of India.
▪ The objectives of NaCSA are to encourage and uplift the small and marginal farmers through organization of clusters and maintaining Best Management Practices in shrimp culture.
▪ The primary advantage of cluster approach to shrimp farming is that it contributes to substantial reduction in cost of production.
▪ It also enables participating farmers to organize:
◦ The schedule of farm operations,
◦ Quality seed procurement,
◦ Simultaneous stocking,
◦ Water exchange
◦ Harvesting regimes