Formal training of operatives for marine fishing industry started in late forties when the erstwhile Deep Sea Fishing Station commenced
training activities. However, organised training for fisheries personnel commenced with the establishment of CIFNET (erstwhile CIFO) and CIFE in
the early sixties. The former catered to the manpower needs for operating the fishing vessels while the latter produced the managerial/administrative
personnel for shore support. Today a number of fishery colleges and Agricultural colleges supplement the training activities of these two training
establishments in fisheries-related disciplines.
Accent on innovations of harvest and post harvest technologies of marine capture fisheries has necessitated upgradation and modernisation of
training processes of CIFNET. This has been done following a series of studies and evaluations commensurate with the type and kind of technologies,
breed and nature of craft and gear Introduced etc. In addition to meeting the domestic needs, the trained manpower is the national wealth which is
spared (or development of industry in friendly developing countries to our advantage due to the inflow of foreign exchange. Reckoning the present
pace of growth of our marine fishing Industry a projection of the manpower needs for 2000 AD Is attempted In the present paper. The nature and
specialities of the human resources that would be needed that time have t)een attempted to be Identified and the innovation to be made in the
production process are outlined