Department of Ocean Development

A new regime of oceans has come into being since December, 1982, when, at Jamaica, more than 100 countries affixed their signatures to a new convention to govern the wealth and uses of seas. The laws that have been framed hold an immense promise of development particularly for the developing nations, inasmuch as their rights of sharing ocean wealth are protected

FORV Sagar Sampada- Activities and achievements 1985-1989

Marine Fisheries Resources Research is the principal function of the vessel. It is well equipped for locating fish resources, assessing the extent of their distribution and quantifying the fish stocks in the column waters and on sea bottom through effective use of different fishing gears such as bottom trawl, pelagic and midwater trawls and long-line with the aid of modern underwater acoustics and electronic data processing systems

Fishery and Oceanographic Research Vessel Sagar Sampada

FORV Sagar Sampada, a multipurpose fisheries and oceanographic research vessel, was constructed at the Dannebrog Shipyard Ltd., Denmark under the Danish assistance programme to India. It has been delivered to the Department of Ocean Development, Government of India on 6th November, 1984. The Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) provided the aid for the scientific equipments