Achievements
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Fisheries Statistics and Stock Assessment | |
Developed, standardised and implemented the Multistage Stratified Random Sampling Design for collection and estimation of marine fish landings in India. | |
Quinquennial Frame Surveys have been carried out for determining the fisherfolk population, craft, gear and other infrastructure details. | |
Maintenance of database on a large number of species of pelagic and demersal fishes, crustaceans and molluscs over space and time. | |
Developed methods for estimating vital statistics for stock assessment. | |
Developed software for analysis of marine fish landings in India. |
Developed Management Reference Points for rational exploitation of the resources. | |
Identified potential fishing grounds through onboard surveys. | |
Carried out stock assessment of 47 commercially important finfish and shell fish resources . | |
Formulated fishery forecast models. | |
Suggested strategies for the conservation and management of the endangered/threatened stocks such as the marine turtles, marine mammals, certain finfishes, crustaceans and corals. |
Prepared appraisal reports on the status of marine fisheries in each maritime state. | |
Developed fish aggregating devices/artificial reefs to attract and hold fish schools and transferred this technology to the fishermen. | |
Monitored the marine pollution in the coastal waters and identified the hot-spots. | |
Economic evaluation of the different sectors in the marine fisheries was carried out. | |
Estimated optimum fleet size for each maritime state. | |
Conducted a rapid census on all India basis for estimation of number of craft and gear. |
Recent
Breakthroughs
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Hatchery development of the groupers | |
Breeding and seed production of clown fish | |
Breeding of spineless cuttle fish Sepiella inermis | |
Artificial insemination in shrimps | |
Prediction of oilsardine fishery |
Future Thrusts
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Intensification of research to develop technologies for breeding and seed production of groupers, seabreams and marine ornamental fishes. | |
Enhanced research thrust on physiology, nutrition, pathology, genetics and endocrinology of cultivable species. | |
Upgradation of hatchery technologies of marine prawns, crabs, lobsters, seacucumber, pearl oyster, clam and mussel. | |
Strengthening the database on marine fish landings by enhanced survey coverage | |
Evolve methods and models for fish stock assessment to arrive at appropriate harvesting strategies | |
Establishment of the Division of Biodiversity | |
Strengthening and widening the linkages with the fisherfolk, coastal rural folk and the Industry | |
Upgrade the present education program into Postgraduate School of Marine Fisheries | |
Upgradation of the education programme at CMFRI by acquiring the DEEMED University status |
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