Thrust Areas of Research
Assessment of marine fishery resource characteristics.
Stock assessment of marine fish stocks of Kerala and Lakshadweep
Preparation of policy briefs for marine fisheries management of Kerala and Lakshadweep.
Captive breeding and seed production of commercially important fin and shell fishes.
Development of sustainable mariculture practices for bivalve farming.
Assessment of carrying capacity of water bodies for farming of bivalves.
Ongoing Research Projects
a. In-house Projects
Development of fishery management plans for sustaining marine fisheries of Kerala and Lakshadweep > |
Development of strategies to sustain the stock and fishery of large pelagics in Indian waters |
Assessment of elasmobranch resources in the Indian seas. |
GIS based resource mapping of distribution and abundance of finfishes and shellfishes off Indian coast |
Development of Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) for the bivalve fisheries of India |
Pollution and litter in the coastal and marine ecosystem and their impact. |
Ecosystem processes of coastal marine habitats and development of protocols for restoration. |
Development and standardisation 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 |
Sustainable molluscan mariculture practices. |
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. |
b. Sponsored Projects
“A value chain on Oceanic tuna fisheries in Lakshadweep Sea”. (NAIP). – Final Report submitted. |
“Utilization Strategy for Oceanic Squids (Cephalopoda) in Arabian Sea”: A Value Chain Approach”. (NAIP). – Final Report submitted. |
Towards developing models for prediction of recruitment success in major Indian marine fish stocks (CMLRE-MoES) |
Eco-biological investigations on major pelagic fishes & ecological modeling of epipelagic habitat off Kerala & Lakshadweep. (INCOIS-MoES) |
National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD) – NFDB funded project. |
Participatory management for conservation of seahorses in the Gulf of Mannar, south-east coast of India (BOBLME funded project). |
Significant Achievements in the last 5 years
Technologies/Concepts/Findings