CMFRI offers Consultancies on……
CMFRI offers consultancy services to Public/Private organizations. The main themes under which we offer consultancy are given below. The procedure for taking consultancy projects is simple and we follow ICAR rules and guidelines on this aspect.
Theme | Brief details | |
1 | Environment Impact Assessment Study | Monitoring of abiotic and biotic parameters; preparation of Environment Management Plan; Baseline surveys, Continuous/ short term monitoring of impact sites |
2 | Artificial Reef | Site selection, community level interactions for creating awareness, design, fabrication and installation of ARs, impact assessments of AR on fishery and ecosystem |
3 | Setting up of Aquarium | Fabrication and setting up of aquarium with filters and other necessary accessories |
4 | Mariculture | Site selection, design, fabrication of and mooring of cage for finfish/ lobster farming, ornamental fish culture |
5 | Finfish Hatchery | Design and technical operation including various components of hatchery |
6 | Pearl culture | Hatchery technology, seed production and farming Black lip pearl oyster seed production Mabe pearl production |
7 | Biodiversity Evaluation | Baseline survey, identification of various taxa and biomass estimates; |
8 | Socio-Economic Evaluations | Social and economic impacts of natural disasters/new technology interventions on coastal communities, valuation of ecosystem services |
9 | Specimen identification | Fishes, Crustaceans, Molluscus, Corals, Sponges, Marine Macrophytes, Echinoderms |
10 | Imparting Training | Short /Long term National/ International training programs on Methodologies in Fishery biology, taxonomy, SCUBA diving, resources assessments and mariculture |
11 | Biotechnology | Feed formulation, disease investigation etc. |
12 | Under water SCUBA diving | Survey/ Assessment of health of habiats/ other EIA |
13 | Library | Modernization of library |
Total number of consultancy projects signed : |
Since the formation of CPC in 1997 - 128 Consultancy projects completed so far - 117 Total amount of consultancy fee from projects - Rs.21.09 crores |
Ongoing Consultancy Projects
Project Title | Name of Client | Nature of project |
Installation of artificial reefs in the inshore waters of seventeen villages along Tamil Nadu coast | Director of Fisheries, Dept. Of Fisheries, Tamil Nadu | Artificial Reef assisted Aquaculture |
Consultancy on livelihood enhancement of fishermen through deployment of AR in inshore waters along the six districts of TN. | The Project Director IFAD assisted PTSLP TN Corpn. for development of women, 100 Anna Salai Rd, Guindy, Chennai | Artificial Reef assisted Aquaculture |
Artificial fish habitat based marine ecosystem restoration in the inshore areas off Bhadreshswar, Kutch District, Gujarat. | Commissioner of Fy. Commissionerate of Fy. Third Floor, Block No.10, Jivraj Mehta Bhavan, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat | Artificial Reef assisted Aquaculture |
Setting up of Modern Aquarium at Dept. of Fisheries, UT of Lakshadweep, Kavaratti | Chief Executive Officer, Dept. of Fisheries, UT of Lakshadweep, Kavaratti- 682 555 | Setting up of modern Aquarium |
Impact study of proposed Vadhavan Port on coastal fisheries | Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Mumbai | EIA |
Sea water and treated effluent monitoring of M/s MRPL | MRPL Mangalore | EIA |
Marine water quality monitoring at SPM area of M/s MRPL-3 | MRPL Mangalore | EIA |
Site selection and deployment of artificial reefs in inshore waters along the coast of Six districts in Tamil Nadu | Project Director, IFAD assisted PTSLP, Guindy, Chennai | Artificial Reef assisted Aquaculture |
Baseline study on impact of coastal road on fisheries and fisher livelihood, Maharashtra | Municipal Corpn of Greater Mumbai | EIA |
Survey and identification of sites for artificial reefs in inshore waters along the coast of six districts in Tamil Nadu. | The Project Director IFAD assisted PTSLP TN Corpn. for development of women, 100 Anna Salai | Artificial Reef assisted Aquaculture |