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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

Seed production and cultured pearl farming techniques of pearl oysters, Pinctada fuctata and P. margaritifera.
Seed production and farming techniques of edible oyster, Crassostrea madrasensis;
Seed production and farming techniques of clams, Anadara granosa, Meretrix meretrix, M. casta, Paphia malabarica & Marcia opima.
Technology for seed production of sea cucumbers, Holothuria scabra and H. spinifera
Breeding and rearing of cephalopods i.e., Sepiella inermis
Breeding and rearing of mud crab i.e., Scylla serrata
Breeding and seed production of conservation important gastropods
Basic techniques for tissue cultured pearl production
Documentation of rare/endangered/vulnerable species from Gulf of Mannar

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