Grouper fishes have been considered as commercially important candidate species for aquaculture. Among them, the Tiger grouper (Epinepheleus fuscoguttatus) is one of the most relished finfish that demands an excellent price in the fish markets of Southeast Asia. Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), has launched a project on breeding, seed production and grow out farming of grouper at Andaman & Nicobar Islands (ANI). The project developed technology for breeding and grow-out farming of Tiger grouper, which is widely distributed in Andamans and also form a candidate species for captive breeding and sea cage culture. Its wild catches are extremely limited and insufficient to meet the huge market demands. Hence, development of a standard technology for the seed production of Tiger grouper is an imperative to boost the country’s export revenue. The paper presented here, is one such initiative by RGCA on seed production and cage culture of E. fuscoguttatus.

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印度安达曼和尼科巴群岛的老虎石斑鱼Epinephelus fuscoguttatus（Forsskal 1775）的孵化场种子生产和网箱养殖

石斑鱼被认为是水产养殖的重要商业候选物种。其中，老虎石斑鱼（Epinepheleus fuscoguttatus）是东南亚鱼类市场中价格最优惠的最有鳍的鱼类之一。拉吉夫·甘地水产养殖中心（RGCA）在安达曼和尼科巴群岛（ANI）启动了一个有关石斑鱼的繁殖，种子生产和成年养殖的项目。该项目开发了老虎石斑鱼的繁殖和成年养殖技术，该技术在安达曼群岛广泛分布，并成为圈养和海网箱养殖的候选物种。其野生渔获物极为有限，不足以满足巨大的市场需求。因此，开发老虎石斑鱼种子生产的标准技术对于提高该国的出口收入势在必行。此处介绍的论文是RGCA在E. fuscoguttatus的种子生产和网箱培养方面的一项举措。