Thrust Areas of Research:
evaluation of the fishery and resource characteristics of exploied pelagic resources
growth, migration and stock assessment of major exploited pelagic fishery resources-by direct
development of fisheries management advisories for Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Orissa and West Bengal and Lakshwadeep.
development of management strategies for sustaining the pelagic fish stock and yield at optimum levels.
Ongoing Research Projects:
a. In-house projects :
Development of fishery management plans for sustaining marine fisheries of Karnataka and Goa |
Development of strategies to sustain the stock and fishery of large pelagics in Indian waters. |
Development of Fishery Management Plans for sustaining Marine Fisheries of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry |
Development of Fishery Management Plans for Sustaining Marine Fisheries of Gujarat |
Trawl fishery of the North east coast of India: An appraisal |
b. Sponsored Projects
Assessment of the demersal fishery resources of the Indian continental slope and Central Indian Ocean (Funding - CMLRE -Ministry of Earth Sciences) |
Satellite Telemetry Studies on Migration patterns of Tunas in the Indian Seas ‘SATTUNA’(funded by INCOIS) |
c. Consultancy Projects
NIL |
Completed Research Projects (last plan period):
a. In-house Projects
Management advisories for sustaining marine fisheries of Kerala and Lakshadweep |
Management Advisories for sustaining marine fisheries of Karnataka and Goa. |
Strategies for sustaining the tuna fisheries along the coast of India |
b. Sponsored Projects
A Value Chain on Oceanic Tuna Fisheries in Lakshadweep Seas (Funding - NAIP ICAR). |
Assessment of Myctophid resources in the Arabian Sea and development of Harvest & Post-harvest Technologies (Funding - CMLRE -Ministry of Earth Sciences). |
Assessment of deep-sea fishery resources of the Indian continental slope (Funding - CMLRE -Ministry of Earth Sciences) |
c. Consultancy Projects
Impact of the discharge of the high saline effluent on the various biological entities with M/s Chennai Water Desalination Ltd., Chennai. |
Installation of the artificial reefs in five of the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu with Department of Fisheries, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Chennai |
Significant Achievements in the last 5 years
Technologies/Concepts/Findings