A three-day international symposium on Genomics in Aquaculture, organised by the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) in association with the Association of Aquaculturists (AoA) here and the Asian Fisheries Society Indian Branch (AFSIB), Mangalore, began at Kausalyaganga on the city outskirts on Thursday.
ICAR DDG (Fishery Science) Dr JK Jena inaugurated the symposium.
More than 150 noted researchers in the field of fish genomics from all over the world have participated in the seminar. A total of 30 oral, 45 posters, 12 lead lectures and a key note presentation will be featured at the three-day symposium.
The seminar will have discussions on four major themes, molecular breeding; genomics in fish health, reproduction and nutrition; population genomics; and genome informatics. Scientists and researchers from the ICAR Fisheries Institute, State agricultural universities, fisheries and animal science universities, fisheries universities and other research organisations will share their views on the themes.
CIFA Director and AoA president Dr P Jayasankar is the convener of the symposium.