Molluscan Fisheries

Activities

• Assessment of fisheries (gear-wise catch-effort, species composition) of molluscs all along the Indian coast.
• Conduct studies on the biology of major commercial molluscan resources ( squids, cuttlefishes, octopus, bivalves and gastropods)

• Monitoring and assessing the molluscan fisheries resources of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and to understand the stock and its dynamics in relation to environment and human interventions

• Developing and commercializing hatchery and production system technologies for molluscs.

• Developing fisheries management plans for the  maritime state of Andhra Pradesh  for sustaining and enhancing the resources

• Building trophic models and fisheries management simulations for the Indian Seas: Northwest coast and Gulf of Mannar

• Developing value chain approach for high value bivalves and cephalopods.

• Conduct training and front-line demonstration for dissemination of knowledge and technologies.

 Ongoing in-house projects (2007-2012)

• MF/IDP/02 - Application of trophic modeling in marine fisheries management. (Click to view details) 
• MF/IDP/01- Developing management advisories for sustaining marine fisheries of Andhra- Pradesh. (Click to view details)

 Ongoing externally funded projects

• MoES /CMLRE - Farming and pearl production in the black lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera.( Click to view details) 
• World Bank - NAIP - Utilization strategy for oceanic squids (Cephalopoda) in Arabian Sea: A value chain approach. (http://www.oceanicsquids.naip.org.in/)           
• World Bank - NAIP - A value chain on high value shellfishes from mariculture systems. (http://www.oysterandlobster.naip.org.in/)

 Completed projects in the last 5 years

• DST - Development of shallow water grow-out techniques for the venerid clam, Paphia malabarica (Chemnitz) and the corbiculid clam, Villorita cyprinoides (Grey)
• MPEDA - Demonstration of responsible fishing practices for the trawl fisheries of Gujarat State (Click to view details) 
• ICAR-AP Cess  - Assessing the impact of fisheries on the biodiversity of marine fish resources of Southwest coast of India (Click to view details)

 Significant achievements in the last 5 years

• Significant achievements - Molluscan capture (Click to view details)
• Significant achievements - Molluscan culture (Click to view details)
• Technologies Developed and Commercialized (Click to view details)