Wikipedia:Fish farms and aqua tourism centres, Vypin

Fish farms and aqua tourism centres at Vypin, are an aqua tourism project by the Matsyafed, the apex federation of fisherman co-operative societies in Kerala. There are two farms under this project, which are located at Malipuram and Njarakkal within a distance of three kilometers between them, at the Vypin island. Spread over an area of 91 acres when combined, it is one of the first of its kind eco-tourism project in the state of Kerala.

History
In the late 2000's, the Matsyafed decided to start aqua tourism projects in its fish farms. As a part of this proposed plan, the fish farm at Njarakkal was opened in 2010 and was turned into an aqua-tourism centre in 2016. The fish farm at Malippuram was also subsequently opened later. Along with these two farms, the Malyafed also operates one more fish farm at Palaikkari in Kottayam near the border of Ernakulam district.

Fish farms
The Njarakkal farm is located 14 km from Kochi, where the 45-acres of area was converted into three ponds to nurture various varieties of fish. In the west, it is surrounded by Arabian Sea and by Vembanad Lake in the east. The waterbodies are also enclosed by mangroves over 15 acres, which is owned, maintained and protected by the Kerala government. Two among the three fish ponds in the centre are more deeper and is specially preserved for farming fish varieties.

Malipuram farm is located at three kilometers from Njarakkal. Situated near the Chappa beach, it is spread over an area of 46 acres. This centre is also covered by Mangroove forests like that at Njarakkal. One of the main attraction at Malipuram farm is the Poomeenchattam where Poomeen (one variety of fish in the farm), jumps from water into the air. This phenomenon is also known as Meenmazha (Fish rain) among the locals.