Glimpses of CMFRI

Established in 1947, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has been carrying out pioneering research and development work in the field of marine fisheries with the objective of ensuring fisheries resource, ecosystem and livelihood sustainability in the country. Since 1971, the headquarters of the Institute is in Kochi, Kerala State. Presently the Institute has three Regional Centres at Mandapam Camp, Visakhapatnam and Veraval. Research Centres ore located at Mumbai, Karwar, Mangalore, Calicut, Vizhinjam, Tuticorin and Chennai. Excellent infrastructure and research facilities at the headquarters and research centres include three sea-going vessels, five research hatcheries, four marine aquaria, three biodiversity museums, well equipped research laboratories including an electron microscope, an Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC), computer centre, a state of the art library with server, a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), guest house, students hostels, marine form, etc

Sea turtle research in India: an overview with focus on identification of priority research areas

February 23-25, 2010, Phuket, ThailandIndia has a unique status of distribution of five species of sea turtles (olive ridley, green, hawksbill, leatherback and loggerhead) all along its coast line including the Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands. Olive ridley has attained a novel status for the annual mass nesting along Orissa coast. Naturally, most of the work has been focused towards this species. The work pertaining to sea turtles on other species is scarce. Much work has been on stranding and nesting on the beach. The sea turtle migration to the Indian coast line is on the decline owing to many factors including beach alteration and increased fishing pressure. However, the follow-up of the earlier work to identify the factors responsible for the decline and mitigation measures is lacking. Sea turtles need to be monitored on a long-term basis with much focus on their behavioural aspects. These are vital in order to understand their behaviour in the sea and to have an effective conservation and management system. Modern tools like PTTs and data loggers could be effectively employed to study the sea turtles. The research work on sea turtles along the Indian coast line has been reviewed in order to identify and suggest the priority areas

Aquaculture Asia, Vol.14, No.4, pp.1-52, October - December 2009

Sustainable aquaculture Peter Edwards writes on rural aquaculture Edwards, P. Mussel farming initiatives in North Kerala, India: A case of successful adoption of technology leading to rural livelihood transformation Laxmilatha, P., Thomas, S., Asokan, P.K., Surendranathan, V.G., Sivadasan, M.P., and Ramachandran, N.P. Selective study on the availability in indigenous fish species having ornamental value in some districts of West Bengal Panigrahi, A.K., Dutta, S. and Ghosh, I. Aquaculture livelihoods service centres in Aceh, Indonesia: A novel approach to improving the livelihoods of small scale fish farmers Ravikumar, B. and Yamamoto, K. Research and farming techniques e-Sagu Aqua - an innovative information and communication technology model for transfer of technology for aquaculture Vimala, D. D., Ravisankar, T., Mahalakshmi, P., and Kumaran, M. Freshwater pearl crop: an emerging enterprise in the Indian subcontinent Misra, G., Jena, J. and Kumar, K. Genetics and biodiversity Preliminary risk assessment of Pacific white leg shrimp (P. vannamei) introduced to Thailand for aquaculture Senanan, W., Panutrakul, S., Barnette, P., Chavanich, S., Mantachitr, V., Tangkrock-Olan, N., and Viyakarn, V. Farmer profile Aquatic animal health Asian fish health experts visit Australia Olsen, L. and Ingram, B. (Fisheries Victoria) Black gill disease of cage-cultured ornate rock lobster Panulirus ornatus in central Vietnam caused by Fusarium species Nha, V.V., Hoa, D.T. and Khoa, L.V. Marine Finfish Aquaculture Network Effects of the partial substitution fish oil by soybean oil in the diets on muscle fatty acid composition of juvenile cobia (Rachycentron canadum) Hung, P.D. and Mao, N.D. Growth response of cobia Rachycentron canadum (Pisces: Rachycentridae) under the hypersaline conditions of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Yousif, O.M.*, Kumar, K.K. and Abdul-Rahman, A.F.A. NACA Newslette

Fisheries Information Users in Bangladesh

Information is generally stored and preserved for the purpose of making it available whenever and wherever it is needed. Fisheries Information plays a vital role in fisheries research and development in Bangladesh. It is an important and valuable resource and affects societal development (Hanif 2005). Users need information in specific contexts. Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) has established a Library and Documentation Centre (FRILDOC) to disseminate fisheries information to users. It has vast information resources on fish and fisheries including books, journals, reports, extension manuals, dissertations, conference proceedings and e-resources. Most of the fisheries information users in Bangladesh use FRILDOC. Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Department of Fisheries, Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation, Agricultural Research Institutes, teachers and students of fishery-related universities, researchers, policy makers, extension workers, farmers and private entrepreneurs are the main users of this information in Bangladesh. BFRI recently participated in the Aquatic Commons project of IAMSLIC (International Association of Aquatic and Marine Sciences libraries and Documentation Centers). Facilities provided by the Aquatic Commons Digital Repository are very useful to the users. BFRI always tries to enhance the flow of information to the users. The fisheries information users of Bangladesh also eager to become familiar with technology and information generated by Southeast Asian aquaculture and fisheries scientists through BFRI. This manuscript describes the fish and fisheries related information users of Bangladesh, i.e. educators, researchers, training specialists, and NGOs and private entrepreneurs, who are responsible for fish production

Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute was established in February 1947 under the Union Ministry of Food and Agriculture. In October 1967 the administrative control of the Institute was transferred to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Marine Fisheries Research in India

did not have any direct interest in the fisheries of the country except for the enactment of the Indian Fisheries Act of 1897. Although Fisheries Departments such as the one at Madras were started by the Provincial Governments in the beginning of this century, these Departments were mainly revenue oriented and fisheries remained as a deferred subject at the Central Government level. However, faunistic surveys on fishes carried out by the naturalists under the British Government resulted in monumental, work such as "The Fishes of India" by Sir Francis Day which considerably added to our knowledge on marine and freshwater fishes