Tuticorin: A project on export-oriented marine value chain for farmed seafood production using Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) through rural entrepreneurship was sanctioned by National Agricultural Innovation Project. It would be done at a cost of Rs.264.89 lakh. Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) would be the Consortium Leader, Central Institute of Brackish water Aquaculture (CIBA), Chennai, and Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi, at Mandapam would be the partners of the project. V.K. Venkataramani, Dean, Fisheries College and Research Institute, said here on Friday that the project was to evolve appropriate farming methods for fish production using raceways, marine floating cages, coastal lined ponds, developing ideal processing technologies to market meat in domestic and export markets through