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 |
Members of Consultancy Processing Cell
Name | Position | |
Dr.V Kripa | Chairperson | vasantkripa@gmail.com |
Dr. K.S. Mohamed | Member | ksmohamed@gmail.com |
Dr.R. Jeyabaskaran | Member | jbcmfri@gmail.com |
Shri. C. Muralidharan | Member | muraldharancherat@gmail.com |
Shri. A.V. Joseph | Member | avjoseph2009@yahoo.com |
Shri. P.S. Anilkumar | Member Secretary | anilcmfri@gmail.com |
Total number of consultancy projects signed : |
Since the formation of CPC in 1997 - 107 Consultancy projects completed so far - 100 Total amount of consultancy fee from 107 projects - Rs.11.14 crores |
Ongoing Consultancy Projects
Name of Client | Title | Nature | Date of start |
The Project Director IFAD assisted PTSLP TN Corpn. for development of women 100 Anna Salai Rd, Guindy, Chennai | Consultancy on artificial reefs in inshore waters of two districts of Tamil Nadu | Artificial Reef Assisted aquaculture | June 2011 |
The Project Director IFAD assisted PTSLP TN Corpn. for development of women 100 Anna Salai Rd, Guindy, Chennai | Consultancy on artificial reefs in inshore waters of four districts of Tamil Nadu | Artificial Reef Assisted aquaculture | December 2011 |
Commissioner of Fisheries, Dept. of fisheries, Govt. of TN | Installation of artificial reefs in inshore waters of two villages in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu | Artificial Reef Assisted aquaculture | December 2011 |
Director of Fisheries, Dept. Of Fisheries, TN | Installation of artificial reefs in the inshore waters of seventeen villages along Tamil Nadu coast | Artificial Reef Assisted aquaculture | April 2012 |
Koteswara Rao Joint Director of Fisheries, Visakhapatnam,, AP | Installation of artificial reef at a selected site off Visakhapattanam, Andhra Pradesh | Artificial Reef Assisted aquaculture | September 2013 |
Mr. Edgar Endrukaitis, Director, Biodiversity Programme, A-2/18, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi – 110 029 | Assessment of eco-labeling as tool for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala (Southwest coast of India) | Biodiversity | December 2013 |
MD, VVIDC Ltd., Thiru’puram Kerala | Pre feasibility study of Sea Life leisure Park at Kappil, Varkala | EIA | June 2014 |