Focus of Research :
- Sustainabilityand Management of Indian Marine Fisheries
- Fishtaxonomy and biology
- Fishbreeding
Background :
In 2014, I joined theAgricultural Research Service (99th FOCARS at NAARM, Hyderabad) and posted inICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute in April 2014. I joined CMFRI,Kochi, as a Scientist with a Masters in Fisheries Resource Management. Imoved to the Mandapam Regional Centre of the CMFRI in October 2014, and then in2017, I went to the Vizhinjam Regional Centre of the ICAR-CMFRI in Trivandrum,Kerala. I am now focusing on the taxonomy, fisheries biology, stock assessment,and breeding of pelagic and demersal fishes along the Southern Kerala coast.
Education :
- Ph.D 2023 Fisheries Resource Management, CIFE, Mumbai
- M.F.Sc 2011, Fisheries Resource Management, CIFE, Mumbai
- B.F.Sc 2009, KUFOS, Panangad
Current Research Projects :
No | Project Details | Name of funding agency |
1 | Resource Assessment and Management Framework for Sustainable Marine Fisheries of Kerala (DEM/RMS/07) Status: Co-Principal Investigator | ICAR |
2 | National fishery management framework for large pelagic resources Status: Co-Principal Investigator | ICAR |
3 | Resource Assessment and Management Framework for Sustainable Marine Fisheries of Lakshadweep (PEL/LAK/06) Status: Co-Principal Investigator | ICAR |
4 | Developing management plans for sustainable exploitation and conservation of elasmobranchs in India Status: Co-Principal Investigator | ICAR |
5 | Marine eggs and larval diversity and its distribution along the Indian coast Status: Co-Principal Investigator | ICAR |
6 | All India Network Project on Mariculture Status: Co-Principal Investigator | ICAR |
7 | Enhanced production of Silver pompano through the establishment of broodbank and supply of larvae to states for seed production Status: Co-Principal Investigator | NFDB |
8 | E.G. Silas Centre of Excellence and innovations (EGS- CoEI) in Marine Fish Microbiome and Nutrigenomics Status: Co-Principal Investigator | DBT |
9 | Scheduled caste Subplan project Status: Co-Principal Investigator | ICAR |
10 | Estimation of marine fish landings from the potential impact zones of Vizhinjam International Sea port, India Status: Principal Investigator | AVPPL |
Awards & Recognitions :
Professional Affiliatios
Member, Working partiesof FAO- IOTC for tuna and billfishes
Publications:
Best 5 Publications :
1.Surya, S and Rohit, Prathibha andAbdussamad, E M and Asha, T L and Santhosh, B and Nayak, B B and Karankumar, Rand Mini, K G and Kingsly, H Jose and Anil, M K (2022) Habitat suitability ofIndo-Pacific sailfish Istiophorusplatypterus (Shaw, 1792) in the Arabian Sea. Indian Journal of Fisheries,69 (2). pp. 19-29.
2.Anil, M K and Rohini Krishna, M V andGomathi, P and Surya, S and Ambarish, Gop P and Santhosh, B and Siju, R andAnand, V and Krishna Priya, P M and Shalin, O and Raju, B and Madhu, K andGopalakrishnan, A (2022) Recent advances in marine ornamental breeding and seedproduction at Vizhinjam Regional Centre of CMFRI India. Frontiers in MarineScience. pp. 1-16.
3.Jeena, N S and Rahuman, Summaya andRoul, Subal Kumar and Abdul Azeez, P and Vinothkumar, R and Manas, H M andNesnas, E A and Margaret Muthu Rathinam, A and Surya, S and Rohit, Prathibhaand Abdussamad, E M and Gopalakrishnan, A (2022) Resolved and Redeemed: A NewFleck to the Evolutionary Divergence in the Genus Scomberomorus Lacepède, 1801 (Scombridae) With Cryptic Speciation.Frontiers in Marine Science.
4.ShailaPrasad, R and Santhosh, B and Abraham, K M and Jasmine, S and Surya, S andSaleela, K N and Benziger, V P (2021) Length-weight, length-lengthrelationships and condition factor of obtuse barracuda Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829 (Pisces: Perciformes) fromVizhinjam coast, Kerala, India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 68 (1). pp.102-108.
5.Surya,S and Johnson, B and Jeena, N S and Anikuttan, K K and Rajkumar, M and Remya, Land Shanmuganathan, K and Nazar, A K A (2018) Examination on the biologicaleconomics of inshore shore seine fishery: A case study from Dhanushkodi Island,Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 47 (10). pp. 2049-2055.
