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Kerala must use its sprawling kole fields as prawn farms, considering that these wetlands remain submerged six months every year, the Marine Products Exports Development Authority (MPEDA) suggested at an investment meet.
Such an initiative will work in the coastal State that is endowed with water bodies and enjoys high domestic demand for prawns, MPEDA Chairman KS Srinivas said at Ascend Kerala 2019. The State also has a strong segment of labourers with high technical expertise in prawn cultivation, he pointed out at a session titled ‘Opportunities in the MSME and Food Processing Sectors’. For better pisciculture, Kerala must emulate Andhra Pradesh by implementing a law that forbids use of antibiotics, the MPEDA chief said.
Kerala’s fishing harbours warrant better infrastructure and such developmental projects can be carried out on PPP or BOT basis, he added.
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