Thrust areas of research
• Assess the exploited marine finfish stocks following suitable models integrated with ageing techniques and formulate sustainable fishery management plans / policy advisories
• Forecast fishery of finfish resources affected/impacted by fishery dependent and independent (including climate change) factors
• Maintain spatio-temporal database on life-histories of exploited marine finfish resources and their habitats
• Human resource development through training, education and extension activities on marine finfish resources and their fisheries
Ongoing Research Projects:
a. In-house Projects
SI.No. | Project title & Code | Principal Investigator |
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1 | Resource Assessment and Management Framework for Sustainable Marine Fisheries of Gujarat | Vinayakumar Vase |
2 | Resource assessment and management framework for sustainable marine fisheries of Karnataka and Goa. | Prathibha Rohit |
3 | Resource Assessment and Management Framework for Sustainable Marine Fisheries of Kerala | T.M. Najmudeen |
4 | Resource assessment and management framework for sustainable marine fisheries of Lakshadweep | Mohamed Koya |
5 | Resource Assessment and Management framework for sustaining Marine Fisheries of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (PEL/RMS/08). | Shoba Joe Kizhakkudan |
6 | Resource Assessment and Management Framework for Sustainable Marine Fisheries of Andhra Pradesh | Muktha Menon |
7 | Developing management plans for sustainable exploitation and conservation of elasmobranchs in India | Sujitha Thomas |
8 | National fishery management framework for large pelagic resources | E M Abdussamad |
9 | Marine eggs and larval studies along the Indian Coast (PEL/EL/40) | Prathibha Rohit |
Completed Projects (last plan period)
SI.No. | Project title & Code | Principal Investigator |
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1 | Pilot scale demonstration and feasibility study of lobster Fattening in integration with pompano and seaweed in the Lagoons of Lakshadweep (NFDB) | K Mohamed Koya |
2 | Cage Culture demonstration of Indian pompano (Trachinotus mookalee) in Chandipur Odisha NFDB) | Shubhadeep Ghosh |
• Database on resource composition of finfishes landed along the Indian coast by different gears on spatio-temporal platform. |
• Database on biology, including length distribution, reproductive and feeding characteristics of prioritized species. |
• Spatio-temporal distribution and abundance of fish eggs and larvae along the Indian coast being documented. |
• Live bait abundance and spawning sites along Lakshadweep Islands identified and mapped. |
• Fishery forecasting protocoles for Indian oil sardine along the south-eastern Arabian seas standardised, |
• Impact of MLS enforcement along the Kerala coast assessed and report to Government of Kerala with advisories. |
• Stock status of major exploited species harvested along the Indian coast have been estimated and “Marine fish stock status of India, 2022” with advisories for sustainable harvest proposed. |
• Non-Detriment Findings (NDF) of the following CITES listed species i. Mako sharks - Isurus spp., ii. Bowmouth guitar fish - Rhina ancylostomus, iii. Devil rays - Mobula spp. and iv. Wedge & Guitarfishes Rhynchobatus spp. & Glucostegus spp. published. |
Technologies/ concepts/ findings