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OLD GOA: TERI, in partnership with Syngenta, organized a half-day training programme to create awareness and encourage the fishing community of Gaundalim-Cumbharjua to cultivate green mussels (Perna viridis) using the rope cultivation technique. Fishermen of St Estevam, Divar, Goltim Navelim and Corlim were also present.
Dr Fraddry D’Souza, area convenor, the Coastal Ecology and Marine Resources Centre of TERI, welcomed while Martin Ghosh, site manager from Syngenta inaugurated the programme. Dr Z A Ansari, NIO scientist presented an overview of various mussel cultivation methods that could be practiced in Goan waters.
