Indian Council of Agricultural Research
CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  • Threadfin bream catch at Munambam Fisheries Harbour
  • Silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis
  • Long line catch of blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus
  • Central fish biology laboratory at Kochi

Home FINFISH FISHERIES DIVISION

Thrust areas of research

• Assess the exploited marine finfish stocks following suitable models integrated with ageing techniques and formulate sustainable fishery management plans / policy advisories
• Forecast fishery of finfish resources affected/impacted by fishery dependent and independent (including climate change) factors
• Maintain spatio-temporal database on life-histories of exploited marine finfish resources and their habitats
• Human resource development through training, education and extension activities on marine finfish resources and their fisheries

 

Ongoing Research Projects:

a. In-house Projects

SI.No.

Project title & Code

Principal Investigator

1

Resource Assessment and Management Framework for Sustainable Marine Fisheries of Gujarat

Vinayakumar Vase
2

Resource assessment and management framework for sustainable marine fisheries of Karnataka and Goa.

Prathibha Rohit
3

Resource Assessment and Management Framework for Sustainable Marine Fisheries of Kerala

T.M. Najmudeen
4

Resource assessment and management framework for sustainable marine fisheries of Lakshadweep

Mohamed Koya
5

Resource Assessment and Management framework for sustaining Marine Fisheries of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (PEL/RMS/08).

Shoba Joe Kizhakkudan
6

Resource Assessment and Management Framework for Sustainable Marine Fisheries of Andhra Pradesh

Muktha Menon
7

Developing management plans for sustainable exploitation and conservation of elasmobranchs in India

Sujitha Thomas
8

National fishery management framework for large pelagic resources

E M Abdussamad
9

Marine eggs and larval studies along the Indian Coast (PEL/EL/40)

Prathibha Rohit

Completed Projects (last plan period)

b. Externally funded projects

SI.No.

Project title & Code

Principal Investigator

1

Pilot scale demonstration and feasibility study of lobster Fattening in integration with pompano and seaweed in the Lagoons of Lakshadweep (NFDB)

K Mohamed Koya
2

Cage Culture demonstration of Indian pompano (Trachinotus mookalee) in Chandipur Odisha NFDB)

Shubhadeep Ghosh

Significant Achievements

• Database on resource composition of finfishes landed along the Indian coast by different gears on spatio-temporal platform.
• Database on biology, including length distribution, reproductive and feeding characteristics of prioritized species.
• Spatio-temporal distribution and abundance of fish eggs and larvae along the Indian coast being documented.
• Live bait abundance and spawning sites along Lakshadweep Islands identified and mapped.
• Fishery forecasting protocoles for Indian oil sardine along the south-eastern Arabian seas standardised,
• Impact of MLS enforcement along the Kerala coast assessed and report to Government of Kerala with advisories.
• Stock status of major exploited species harvested along the Indian coast have been estimated and “Marine fish stock status of India, 2022” with advisories for sustainable harvest proposed.
• Non-Detriment Findings (NDF) of the following CITES listed species i. Mako sharks - Isurus spp., ii. Bowmouth guitar fish - Rhina ancylostomus, iii. Devil rays - Mobula spp. and iv. Wedge & Guitarfishes Rhynchobatus spp. & Glucostegus spp. published.

Technologies/ concepts/ findings

  • Three new finfish species identified and one species was resurrected from Indian waters with detailed comparative taxonomic and phylogenetic descriptions.
  • Ageing protocols for tropical teleost fishes using hard parts standardized. It can be used for precise understanding of their biology and ecology of the species.
  • Ornaments using otoliths designed and popularized, and which has large potential in the jewel industries.

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