Thursday, February 24, 2011

Know your Marine animals!!!


Indian Green Mussels are large mussels, commonly 8 centimeters long and occasionally reaching a size of about 16.5 centimeters. Its shell is elongate, roughly triangular in outline with one end swollen and pointed (anterior) and the other, rounded and compressed (posterior).The present invention relates to the use of Indian Green Mussel (Perna viridis) as a source of anti-HIV activity. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of an extract of Indian Green Mussel as a source of anti-HIV activity in vitro.

EVENT ALERT


International trade fair for shipbuilding and marine technology from 7 to 9 April 2011 at Bombay exhibition centre  Mumbai , India

-ILDEX India 2011 from 15 to 17, September 2011 at Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India.

-8th Symposium on diseases in Asian aquaculture from 21 to 25 November 2011, at Mangalore, India

-9th Indian Fisheries Forum from 19 to 23 December 2011 at Chennai, India.

Vaastu Fish bringing good luck!

Hotel owner Srinivas, has turned to fish to bring him good luck. "After I purchased an Arowana vaastu fish, I saw a lot of improvement in my business. I then bought one more gold Arowana fish and have kept it there," he told.

He's not the only one in the twin cities who are putting their chips on fish and suddenly these vaastu fish are in huge demand here. These rare species are on sale at the Hubli fish market near Ganesh Peth. People throng the aquarium and some people place orders of their choice well in advance.

These vaastu fish are priced between Rs 40 and Rs 1.5 lakh. But people don't mind shelling out a steep price as they believe it brings them good fortune.

Matsyotsavam 2011- One of its Kind

On the eve of Matsyotsavam-2011, the first-of-its-kind Fish Festival hosted by the State Fisheries Department, Putharikandam Maidan, on Wednesday, was abuzz with stalls getting erected and aquariums being installed, to be filled with water and aerated to receive the aqua guests due to reach the venue by morning.Next-door marine neighbours from Lakshdweep and Tamil Nadu, fresh water friends from Kochi and from the outskirts of the city are all on their way, said Santhosh Kumar, Technical Assistant, ADAK, on behalf of the festival organisers.

In case any of them reach early, and the aquariums are not ready, the fish can have a whale of a time swimming in either of the two mammoth open air pools set up on the premises

Techie turns to Prawn Farming


Kedarnath Reddy has a point to make regarding his trade: “Get rid of the middleman.” The owner of Farm Fresh Prawns and Prawn Crunch added, “If there’s something I’ve learnt all these years, as a farmer, it is this: If a farmer can directly deliver to the customers, they get it at much cheaper rates, and the farmer is satisfied too.”
Drawing huge crowds at the ongoing ‘Matsya Mela’ at Palace Grounds, Kedarnath is no ordinary farmer. It took Kedarnath 10 years to build his name. “Today I have 800 home customers that include the Rajkumar family and Veerappa Moily. In five years, I hope to turn this to 8,000 home customers.”

Indian Chilly Prawn

Rituparno Sengupta's Favourite recipe

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Ingredients:

2 Cups prawns , 2 Onions , 2 Capsicums , 2 tsp Pepper , 1 tbsp Soy sauce , 2 tbsp Spring onion,  4 tbsp Maida , 4 tbsp Corn flour , 2 Garlic flakes , 2 Eggs , 1 Pinch ajinomoto, Salt to taste, Pepper and sugar to taste , Oil for frying

How to make Chilly Prawn:

Chop the onions, capsicum, green chillies, garlic and ginger. Clean the _6 3prawns. Mix Wheat flour , corn flour, eggs, salt, pepper and sugar to make a batter.Heat the oil. Dip the prawn pieces in the batter & fry them till reddish brown in colour. Drain & keep it aside. Heat the oil. Add chopped ginger, garlic , chopped vegetables & green vegetables. Toss them well. add prawns. Mix salt, sugar, pepper, ajinomoto, & soy sauce. Toss the mixture by adding water. Once the mixture is half cooked , ad spring onions. Mix it well & chilly Prawn is ready.