National Research & Development Centre for Aquaculture
Gelephu, Sarpang Dzongkhag
Background
VISION
That
there is available in Bhutan a range of easily adoptable and sustainable
aquacultural technologies having the potential to contribute positively to
realizing the national aspiration of securing livelihood and nutrition, and
reducing import of essential aqua-commodities.
MISSION
Generate
through research easily adoptable and sustainable aquacultural technologies
that are amenable to being adopted at all scales of operation for producing
essential aqua-commodities such as fish.
Spearhead
the dissemination of aquacultural technologies in the country.
Spearhead
the development of end users’ competence to adopt and gainfully utilize
aquacultural technologies.
Make
available high quality live inputs – such as fingerlings – of aquacultural
technologies and facilitate access to them by end users.
MANDATES
Spearhead aquaculture research to
generate aquacultural technologies;
Coordinate the production and
distribution of aquaculture live inputs (fingerlings);
Engage, as a collaborator, in any
other activities related to production or utilization of aqua-commodities,
cultured or natural, including their import and export;
Contribute directly to the
preservation of the natural aquatic environmental integrity.
Contribute directly to the conservation of
the endangered Golden Mahaseer (Tor putitora).