Inauguration of 3 AOCs at Krishna District

17 May 2021: With the establishment of AOCs, the major farming areas will be totally covered & NaCSA will provide complete farm level analysis on water quality

Three Aqua One Centres (AOCs) in Krishna District were inaugurated by Shri A. Md. Imtiaz, I.A.S, Hon’ble Collector and District Magistrate, Krishna District. The AOC at Machilipatnam was inaugurated physically by Hon’ble Collector & District Magistrate in presence of CEO, NaCSA, Fisheries Officialsand NaCSA officials. The other two Aqua One Centres located at Nagayalanka and Koduru were inauguratedvirtually from MPEDA, HO, Kochi in the presence of Shri K. S. Srinivas, IAS, Hon’ble Chairman, MPEDA & President, NaCSA on 17-05-2021 at 11.00 am. Felicitations were done by Dr. M. Karthikeyan, Director, MPEDA HO &Shri. K. S. Pradeep, IFS, Secretary, MPEDA, HO and NaCSAGC Members.

Around 3644 farmers are engaged in shrimp/sea-bass & crab farming in Krishna district with a total WSA 3449under NaCSA Aqua farmers Welfare Societies. The details are given below:

  1. There are 1411 farmers with a total WSA of 1330 Hectares at Machlipatnam. 
  2. In Nagayalenka there are 1469 farmers with a total WSA of 1499 Hectares&
  3. in Koduru there are 764 farmers with a total WSA of 620 Hectares.

With the establishment of AOCs, the major farming areas will be totally covered. NaCSA will provide complete farm level analysis on water quality and to cover major chunk of Aqua farmers both inland and brackish water areas thus reduces the cost of production with right advisory inputs during culture. This will increase the efficiency of farms by monitoring their seed and water quality from stocking to harvest at regular intervals for high survival rate and better production.