Demersal Fisheries

• Collection and analysis of data on fishing effort, demersal fish catch and species composition
• Investigations on the biological characteristics and resilience capacity of dominant species
• Estimation of stock parameters
• Suggestion of management options to maritime states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, and Union Territory of Pondicherry for sustaining and enhancing the resources
• Tagging and recovery studies on tunas
• Assessing the impact of climate change on marine fisheries
• Conduct of aquarium research and maintenance of public marine aquarium
• Participation in consultancy and extension programmes

Research projects

Xth Plan

In-house Research Projects

• Appraisal of Marine Fisheries of Gujarat
• Appraisal of Marine Fisheries of Tamilnadu and Pondicherry
• Appraisal of Marine Fisheries of Orissa
• Increasing Fish Production through Artificial Fish Habitats funded under ICAR AP Cess Fund
• Survey, inventorying and database creation of marine and coastal aquatic biodiversity in the three coastal districts of Karnataka” Consultancy for Karnataka Biodiversity Board

Xl th Plan

In-house Research Projects

• Development of Management Advisories for Sustaining Marine Fisheries of Gujarat
• Development of Management Advisories for Sustaining Marine Fisheries of Tamilnadu and Puducherry
• Impact, Adaptation and Vulnerability of Indian Agriculture to Climate Change – Marine Fisheries (Phase II) under ICAR Network Project

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