Thrust Areas of Research:
Marine Fisheries Policy for Andhra Pradesh
Impact of climate change on marine fisheries for the north-east coast
Spatio-temporal mapping of resource distribution and abundance along the north-east coast
Induced spawning and seed production of commercially important marine finfishes
Innovations in cage culture and capture based aquaculture of commercially important finfishes and shellfishes
Ongoing Reserch Projects:
a. In-house projects :
1. Development of Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) for sustaining marine fisheries of Andhra Pradesh |
Trawl fishery of the North east coast of India: An appraisal |
Development of strategies to sustain the stock and fishery of large pelagics in Indian waters |
Assessment of Elasmobranch Resources in the Indian Seas |
Remote sensing assisted biodynamic forecasting paradigm for Indian marine fishery resources |
GIS based resource mapping of distribution and abundance of fin fishes and shellfishes off Indian coast for suggesting operational based strategies for fisheries management |
Pollution and litter in the coastal and marine ecosystem and their impact |
Bio inventorying and biodiversity valuation of marine organisms in selected marine ecosystems along the Indian coast |
Investigations 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 |
Development and standardization of seed production technologies of selected high value fin fishes and shellfishes |
Innovations in Sea Cage Farming and Coastal Mariculture |
Health management in selected finfish and shellfish for mariculture and aquariculture & bioprospecting from marine resources |
Genetics, genomics and biotechnological applications in mariculture and fishery resources management |
b. Sponsored Projects
National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) |
Satellite Telemetry studies on migration patterns of tunas in the Indian seas |
Stock Characterization, Captive Breeding, Seed Production and Culture of Hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) |
Resource assessment and barcoding of elasmobranchs |
c. Consultancy Projects
1. Installation of artificial reef at a selected site off Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh - Client : NTPC – Simhadri Thermal Power plant, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and Dist Admn (Dept of Fisheries) |
Completed Research Projects:
a. In-house Projects
Development of management advisories for sustaining marine fisheries of Andhra Pradesh |
Strategies for sustaining tuna fishery along the coast of India |
Technological up gradation of Molluscan mariculture |
Technology development for seed production of shellfish |
Development of regional Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) for the clam Fisheries of Southern India |
Evaluation of ornamental gastropod fisheries in India and assessment of shell craft industry |
Sustainable molluscan mariculture practices |
Resource damage assessment in marine fisheries: impact of selective fishing of juveniles, bycatch and discards in trawl fisheries on stock |
Recruitment Dynamics of Penaeid Prawns |
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 Indian coast |
Development of Fisheries Ecosystem restoration plans for critical marine habitats |
Species variation |
Broodstock development, captive breeding and seed production techniques for selected marine finfishes and ornamental fishes |
Innovations on sea cage farming and development of sustainable Capture Based Aquaculture (CBA) systems |
Pathogen profiling, diagnostics and health management in maricultured finfish and shellfish |
b. Sponsored Projects
Strengthening of database and GIS for the Fisheries Sector-Marine Fisheries Census - 2010 |
Open Sea floating cage demonstration farm for R&D in marine finfish & shellfish production |
Development of library of putative probionts of the genus Bacillus, Pseudomonas and Micrococcus for use in mariculture systems |
c. Consultancy Projects
Study on the use of fly ash for the manufacture of artificial reefs (Reel Balls) |
Significant Achievements in the last 5 years
Technologies/Concepts/Findings
Capture Fisheries