Department of Fisheries Resources and Management
Services
- Identification and providing of taxonomical features of finfishes and shellfishes for local fishermen and students of various institutes.
- Resource data collection and dissemination after proper analysis for the benefit of the general public
- Consultancy services for coastal fishermen on conservation and sustainable utilization of marine fisheries resources
- Creation of awareness on Responsible fishing by conducting training programmes, exhibitions and workshops.
Achievements
- Appraisal of fisheries and resources characteristics of commercially important finfishes and shellfishes.
- Biology of more than 75 species of fish and shellfish species have been studied
- Shrimp seed resources survey in the estuaries
- Biodiversity of fish and shellfish in mangroves
- Stress studies and Vitamin requirements in fish and shellfish
- Digestive physiology of fishes and shellfishes
- Soft-shell syndrome and histopathology in cultivable shrimps
- Pathogenicity of luminous bacterium Vibrio harveyi in shrimps
- Remote Sensing and Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ) forecast validation
- Studies on impact of monsoon fishing ban on fishers and their Indigenous Technical Knowledge
- Socio – economic status of local fisherfolk