Thrust areas of research
Advisories for sustainable management of marine fisheries in Tamil Nadu
Lobster seed production and farming technology development
Popularizing cage farming techniques
Coastal habitat enhancement and restoration/Artificial reef in Tamil Nadu
Socio- economic studies and community empowerment
Ongoing Research Projects
a. In-house Projects
GIS based management advisory support information system for the marine fisheries sector. |
Remote sensing assisted biodynamic forecasting paradigm for Indian marine fishery resources. |
Assessment of Elasmobranch Resources in the Indian waters. |
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. |
GIS based resource mapping of distribution and abundance of finfishes and shellfishes 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 in India and assessment of shellcraft industry. |
Pollution and litter in the coastal and marine ecosystem and its impact. |
Investigation on the ecosystem process of critical marine habitat and development of protocols for restoration. |
Economics of marine fisheries and sustainable management: Policy issues and interventions. |
Supply Chain management of marine fisheries sector in India. |
Development and standardization of seed production technologies for selected high value finfishes and shellfishes. |
Innovations in sea cage farming and coastal mariculture. |
Health management in selected finfish and shellfish for mariculture and aquariculture and bioprospecting for marine resources. |
Aquatic feed biotechnology for mariculture and aquariculture. |
Genetics, genomics and biotechnological applications in mariculture and fishery resources management. |
Development of tissue culture technology for in vitro production of pearls from the black lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera and the refinement of in vitro pearl formation in Pinctada fucata. |
Critical assessment of reproductive strategies and growth patterns of selected high value finfishes for mariculture. |
b. Sponsored Projects
National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)- Marine Fisheries. |
Bar coding of Elasmobranchs (Ministry of Earth Sciences). |
c. Consultancy Projects
Installation of artificial reefs on the inshore waters of 17 villages along TN coast (with Dept. of Fisheries, Govt. of Tamil Nadu). |
Installation of artificial reefs on the inshore waters of 2 districts of Tamil Nadu (IFAD). |
Installation of artificial reefs on the inshore waters of 4 districts of Tamil Nadu (IFAD). |
Installation of artificial reefs on the inshore waters of 2 villages in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu (Tamil Nadu State Fisheries Dept.). |
Installation of artificial reefs in the inshore waters of 12 villages in 6 districts of TamilNadu. (IFAD) |
Completed Research Projects (Last Plan Period)
a. In house Projects
Development of knowledge based information system for marine fisheries sustainability. |
Decision support system for marine fisheries management. |
Management advisories for sustaining marine fisheries of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. |
Strategies for sustaining tuna fishery along the coast of India. |
Carbon sequestration potential of Indian seaweeds. |
Resource damage assessment in marine fisheries: impact of selective fishing of juveniles and by-catch and discards in trawl fisheries. |
Application of trophic modeling in marine fisheries management. |
Technology development for seed production of shellfish. |
Development of diversified mariculture systems. |
Innovations in sea cage farming and development of sustainable Capture Based Aquaculture (CBA) systems. |
Formulation and evaluation of larval and growout feed for marine crabs, lobsters, ornamentals and cage farmed finfish. |
Pathogen profiling, diagnostics and health management in maricultured finfish and shellfish. |
Biotechnological applications in mariculture and conservation. |
Impact of anthropogenic activities on coastal marine environment and fisheries. |
Impact and yield study of environmental changes on distribution shifts in small pelagics along the Indian coast. |
Development of fisheries ecosystem restoration plans for critical marine habitats. |
Benefit cost analysis of marine fishery business and alternative investment options. |
Impact of WTO regulations on Indian fisheries trade: A policy perspective. |
Total factor productivity analysis of marine fisheries in India. |
b.Sponsored Projects
Impact, adaptation & vulnerability of Indian marine fisheries to climate change (ICAR). |
Studies on marine mammals of IndianEEZ & contiguous seas (Ministry of Earth Sciences). |
A Value-chain on high value shellfishes from mariculture systems (NAIP) (Completed in 2014). |
Empowering women through fishprocessing and marketing in Kerala (NAIP). |
c. Consultancy Projects
Marine Rapid EIA study for Sindya Power Generating Company Ltd‘s Coastal Thermal Power Project at Perunthottam Village Sirkazhi Taluk, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu. |
Significant Achievements in the last 5 years
Technologies/Concepts/Findings