News Excerpt:

ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI) achieves captive breeding of high-value marine fish golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus).

About Golden Trevally Fish:

• Description: It is a silver-grey fish with a yellowish colouration on the belly, scattered black patches, and all fins coloured yellow with a black tail.
• The juveniles are more golden in colour with black bands, giving them an attractive look, and making them desirable for aquarium keeping.
• It is a reef-associated fish and lives in the company of larger fishes like skates, sharks, and groupers.
• Juveniles of this species act as pilots for sharks.
• In India, the golden trevally is predominantly found at reef area fishing grounds in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, Karnataka, and Gujarat.
• It is an ideal candidate species for mariculture (marine aquaculture) due to its faster growth rates, good meat quality, and huge market demand for both consumption and ornamental purposes.

Significance of Golden Trevally Fish:

• Golden trevally is ideal for sea farming due to its desirable qualities. 
• Given the declining trend of its landings, the success in captive breeding of this fish has greater significance. It will offer opportunities for sustainable fish farming through mariculture practices, including sea cage farming.