About Symposium

The 1^st The first International symposium of SAFARI (Societal Applications in Fisheries and Aquaculture using Remote Sensing Imagery) was held in Kochi during February 2010 and was organized by the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, one of the seven fisheries Institutes of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. The first international symposium to bring together the scientific communities working on various aspects of fisheries and remote sensing, the first SAFARI symposium attracted more than 150 participants. It led to a special issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science. SAFARI was recognized early as an activity of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and is now ...

To review the recent advancements in the remote sensing technologies in fisheries and ecosystem analysis.
To identify constraints and research needs of the remote sensing imagery in fisheries.
To identify and appraise new sremote sensing technologies in fisheries and ecosystem analysis .