
Rural Fisheries Work Experience programme for BFSc students from KUFOS, Kochi
Rural Fisheries Work Experience programme (RFWE) designed by the fisheries universities of the country focuses on the exposure to farms/fields/natural ecosystems/technologies in the field of fisheries and agriculture sectors for students pursuing their final year Bachelor of Fisheries Science (BFSc) programme. The Institute organized a ten days RFWE programme for four final year BFSc students (5 girls, 3 boys, 2 SC students and 1 ST category) from Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala from 5th to 19th January 2026 (15 days period). At the institute, the students were exposed to fisheries section field units (wet laboratory, pond culture, hatchery sections and integrated pond culture systems), Integrated farming systems (low land and upland), Animal science units, Mango and cashew germplasm blocks, Soil and Water conservation units, Agro- meteorology station, Agro-eco-tourism unit and rice fields. They were given hands-on training on pond fish culture, water quality and plankton analysis, cage culture, ornamental fish culture, value added fish products, food and feeding biology of fish, and biodiversity analysis software, conventional morphometry, truss morphometry and QGIS software. They were also given awareness on the research actively carried out in the institute laboratories such as Animal Health, Soil Science and Crop Science. In addition to this, field exposure visits were arranged in farmer’s fields/fish markets/fishermen villages/ natural ecosystems such as cage culture farm in Curtorim, Khazan agro-ecosystem in Merces, Ornamental fish culture, and vertical mud crab culture with Recirculatory system at Cuncolim, integrated farm at Porvorim and mussel culture at Carambolim. The RFWE programme was co- ordinated by Dr. Sreekanth G.B., Scientist (Fisheries resource management) and Shri Trivesh Suresh Mayekar, Scientist (Fish genetics and breeding).