Thrust Areas of Research
Inventorying, stock assessment and monitoring of marine fisheries resources and environment of Gulf of Mannar
Breeding & seed production of commercial/endangered mollusks; tissue culture of marine mollusk for in-vitro pearl production
Live feed culture for fin-fish and shell fish larval rearing
Assessment of fisheries economics and marketing
Training and manpower development in fish stock assessment, SCUBA diving, environmental monitoring & cultured pearl production
Ongoing Research Projects
a. In-house Projects
Remote sensing assisted biodynamic forecasting paradigm for Indian Marine fishery resources |
Assessment of elasmobranch resources in the Indian seas |
Development of strategies for sustaining large pelagic along the coast of India. |
Development of Fishery Management Plans for sustaining marine Fisheries of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. |
GIS based resource mapping of distribution and abundance of finfishes and shell fishes off Indian coast for suggesting operational based strategies for fisheries management |
Development of Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) for the bivalve fisheries of India |
Evaluation of ornamental gastropod fisheries and assessment of shell craft industry |
Sustainable molluscan mariculture practices |
Bio inventorying and biodiversity valuation of marine organisms in selected marine eco systems along the Indian coast |
Investigation on vulnerable coral reef ecosystems of Indian waters with special emphasis on formulation of management measures for conservation |
Assessment of fishing impacts on biodiversity loss, with special reference to the threatened species to formulate management options for their protection |
Ecosystem process of critical marine habitats and development of protocols for restoration” |
Pollution and litter in the coastal and marine ecosystem and their impact |
Economics of Marine fisheries and sustainable management policy issues and interventions |
An Input Output economic optimization model for marine fisheries at Tuticorin Fishing Harbour |
Supply chain management of marine fisheries sector in India |
Development and standardisation of seed production technologies of selected high value finfishes and shellfishes |
Innovations in sea cage farming and coastal mariculture |
Aquatic feed biotechnology for mariculture and aquariculture |
Genetics, Genomics and biotechnological applications in mariculture and fishery resources management |
Development of tissue culture technology for invitro production of pearls from the blacklip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera and refinement of in vitro pearl formation in Pinctada fucata |
Derivation and characterization of embryonic (ES) and induced pluripotent (iPS) stem cell from selected marine fish species aimed at mariculture/conservation |
Assessment and valuation of Island Biodiversity |
b. Sponsored Projects
Seed Production in Agricultural Crops and Fisheries-Microalgae |
National Initiative on climate resilient agriculture (NICRA)- Marine Fisheries |
Mapping and resource assessment of pearl oyster banks of Tuticorin (Central Division) of Gulf of Mannar. |
Assessment of Myctophid Resources in the Arabian Sea |
Resources assessment and barcoding of elasmobranchs |
Completed Research Projects
a. In-house Projects
Management advisories for sustaining marine fisheries of Kerala and Lakshadweep |
Strategies for sustaining tuna fisheries along Indian Coast |
Management advisories for sustaining marine fisheries of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry |
Recruitment dynamics of penaeid shrimps along the Indian coast |
Impact of anthropogenic activities on coastal marine environment and fisheries |
Impact and yield study of environmental changes on the distribution shifts in small pelagic along the coast |
Technology development for seed production of shellfish |
Technological up gradation of molluscan mariculture |
Technology Development of brood stock, captive breeding and seed production techniques for selected marine food fishes and ornamental fishes ii) Breeding and seed production of Grouper i) Live feed culture |
Mariculture of selected species of conservation importance |
Understanding the threatened coral reef ecosystems of Southern India and designing interventions aimed at their restorations |
Sustainability profiling of major fisheries off Kerala – a multi-dimensional scaling approach . |
b.Sponsored Projects
Demonstration and transfer of technology of marine pearl culture (Pinctada fucata) |
Significant Achievements in the last 5 years
Technologies/Concepts/Findings