Hon’ble Union Minister for Agriculture Shri. Sharad Pawar ... · Hon'ble Union Minister, Shri Sharad Pawar having close look on a snapper broodstock at the marine cage farm of Karwar

Hon’ble Union Minister for Agriculture Shri. Sharad Pawarat Karwar Research Centre of CMFRI

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Dr. G. Syda RaoDirectorCentral Marine Fisheries Research InstitutePost Box No. 1603, Ernakulam North P.O.Cochin - 682 018, Kerala, IndiaTelephone: 0484-2394867Fax: 91-484-2394909E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmfri.org.in

About CMFRI

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin, is a premier research Instituteunder the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, devoted to research and training inmarine fisheries and mariculture.

CMFRI has three Regional Centres viz., Mandapam Camp, Visakhapatnam and Veravaland seven Research Centres located along the Indian coastline, catering to the marinefishery policy needs of all maritime states of the country.

Dr. G. Syda RaoDirector

Dear Colleagues,

I am very happily laying downthe office as Director, CMFRI onsuperannuation. During the last fiveyears of my tenure the institute hasattained new heights, mainly dueto the untiring efforts of all scientistsand staff of different categories.The peaceful atmosphere thatprevailed gave the impetus for thebest relations between the differentsections, divisions and centres thathas transformed into very goodachievements. The same type ofcooperation and encouragementreceived from ICAR in the form ofapprovals of our proposalsmatched by excellent fundingsupport that has made CMFRI a global player in marine fisheries research onseveral counts. It gives me immense pleasure that the institute has taken up theChloRIFFS project as flagship project during XIIth plan. Through this we areentering the international arena in the marine fisheries forecasting andmanagement, as a global first and taking up a task, which is considered as almostimpossible initiative. I am grateful to the Hon'ble Director General Dr. S. Ayyappanfor all guidance, support and encouragements during my entire tenure. I gratefullyacknowledge the guidance and support given by DDG (Fy), ADG (M.Fy) andthe Directors of ICAR fisheries institutes. I am also thankful to the administrativesection headed by Mr. Rakesh Kumar and finance section headed by Shri A.V.Joseph who made the CMFRI vibrant by efficiently executing the administrativeand financial matters. I am very grateful to my scientific colleagues for theiroutstanding contributions, which brought laurels to the Institute. My complimentsare due to Shri. V. Edwin Joseph who made the documentation centre veryvibrant with global visibility. Finally I salute the entire staff of CMFRI for makingthe Institute to realise many of long cherished dreams and for laying the foundationfor CMFRI to become Global Marine Fisheries Research Institute (GMFRI) inthe next decade as dreamt by many including the Hon'ble DG. May LordSaranam Ayyappa bless, protect and guide the Institute toward this endeavour.

Namasthe

Shri. Sharad Pawar, Hon'ble UnionMinister for Agriculture visitsmarine cage farm at Karwar RC 3

New Director to CMFRI 5

Marine Finfish Brood Bank;Recirculating Aquaculture Systemand Mariculture Complex atMandapam RC 6

Empowerment of Sidi tribals ofGujarat through cage mariculture 8

CMFRI-SAARC InternationalWorkshop at Kochi 10

Research Highlights 12

Workshop 17

Events 18

Technology Transfer 20

CMFRI Publications 21

KVK (Ernakulam) News 24

Programme participations 25

Personnel 26

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Hon'ble Union Minister for Agriculture andPresident, ICAR Shri. Sharad Pawar, accompanied

by Shri G.C. Pati, Secretary, Dept of Animal Husbandry,Dairying and Fisheries; Dr. S Ayyappan, Secretary, DAREand Director General, ICAR; Dr. G. Syda Rao, Director,CMFRI; Dr N. P. Singh, Director, ICAR ResearchComplex for Goa; Scientists from Veraval, Mumbai,Mangalore Centres, Head Quarters, Kochi and severalother dignitaries visited the marine cage farm at Karwar on19th April 2013. A book entitled 'Cage Aquaculture inIndia' published by CMFRI was also released by Hon’bleAgriculture Minister on board the vessel during thisoccasion. Later the dignitaries visited the Laboratory cumOffice Complex at Karwar Research Centre of CMFRIand the exhibition stalls arranged within the office. TheMinister interacted with dignitaries, researchers as well aswith local fishers, entrepreneurs from different parts ofIndia and tribals engaged in cage farming.

Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture appreciated the cageculture technologies developed by CMFRI and assuredassistance in establishment of brood banks to increasethe number of species cultivated and also utilize the naturalseed resources without hampering the environment. Inthis connection, installations of Artificial Reefs by CMFRIto utilize the natural resources for conservation ofbiodiversity, habitat protection towards management of

Shri. Sharad Pawar, Hon'ble Union Ministerfor Agriculture visits marine cage farm

at Karwar RC of CMFRI

Hon'ble Minister seeing the cobia in the exhibition

Director General, ICAR showing theMussel Culture model to Hon’ble

Union Minister

Hon'ble Union Minister, Shri Sharad Pawar having close look ona snapper broodstock at the marine cage farm of Karwar RC

fisheries and increasing production washighly appreciated. Hon. Minister thendeclared that CMFRI would prepare aroadmap for mariculture in India.

Hon'ble Union Minister, Shri Sharad Pawarvisiting the museum at Karwar RC

Director, CMFRI felicitatingHon'ble Union Minister

Dr. G. Syda Rao presenting research outputs toHon’ble Minister and other dignitaries

Hon'ble Union Minister discussing with Sidi tribalsat Karwar. Dignitaries are also seen

Hon'ble Minister on board the vessel along withShri. G. C. Pati, Secretary DAHDF, Admiral

B. K. Jain and Dr. S. Ayyappan, DG, ICAR

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The Director General apprised the UnionAgriculture Minister about the capturefisheries management in India and the wayforward for enhancing the fish productionin India. He also updated the minister onthe need for establishing brood banks,satellite hatcheries and feed production unitsalong the west coast to meet the seed andfeed demands.

Secretary DAHDF, Dr. G.C. Pati assured allsupport from NFDB and MoA to CMFRIfor enhancing production through cageculture and establishment of seed and broodbanks.

The open sea cage technology developed,demonstrated and popularized by CMFRIis a classic example of transfer of scientific

technology from lab to the field in aparticipatory mode for the benefit ofmankind.

(Reported by Karwar RC)

Dr. G. Syda Rao, Director, CMFRI retiresDr. G. Syda Rao, Director, CMFRI retired from

service on superannuation on 31.07.2013.Appointed in the first batch of Agricultural ResearchService on 6.1.1977, Dr. G. Syda Rao, one of therenowned marine fisheries scientists in Indiaassumed the charge as Director, CMFRI on 8th

July, 2008. Under his stewardship during 2008-'13, CMFRI reached pinnacle of glory in the worldarena of marine fisheries. During his momentoustenure as Director, the research outputs of CMFRIhave been able to integrate with all states, as timelyinterventions, advices on several issues and enabledthe country to manage marine fisheries in asustainable manner and the institute's research dataregained the status of official figures of Govt. ofIndia. During this period CMFRI filed 15 patentsand commercialized two products viz. CadalminTM

Green Mussel extract and CadalminTM Green Algalextract. Pioneering the innovative cage mariculturein India and simultaneously achieving breakthroughin breeding of Cobia, Silver Pompano, GreasyGrouper, Pearlspot and Red Snapper, he hasdemonstrated technologically viable andeconomically feasible cage-culture, which willrevolutionize the marine fish production. Signs oflarge scale adoption of this technology are alreadyvisible. Successful pop-up satellite tagging ofYellowfin Tuna, land based culturing of Pearl Oysterin marine body, feed for Silver Pompano andornamental fish are other important scientificachievements attributable to his leadership.Conceptualization and initiation of chlorophyll basedremote sensing assisted Indian Fisheries Forecasting

System project is another milestone achievement.CMFRI witnessed an accelerated infrastructuredevelopment during 2008- '13 with theremarkable achievement in construction of lab cumoffice building at RCs of Mandapam, Mangalore,Vizhinjam, Karwar, Tuticorin, extension oflaboratory building at Visakhapatnam, face lift toVeraval RC's Office building, residential quarters atHeadquarters, laboratory building for Kovalam,Chennai RC, permanent space for Puri FieldCentre, additional floor at H/qs, Internationaltrainees hostel at Mandapam, VPN connectivitylinking all RCs, furnishing all the new lab cum officeat the above RCs, obtaining permanent lab cumoffice space for Mumbai RC at the entire secondfloor of CIFE old campus, 27 residential quartersin Central Government residential complex atMalwan, Mumbai, Establishment of RAS facility,Environmental chamber and mariculture complexat Mandapam RC. After a long hiatus two newfishery research vessels have been added to thefleet, viz. FV Silver Pompano which gotcommissioned recently and the other due in nextquarter. The visibility of CMFRI output and outcomereached global level through e-prints @CMFRI.Institute publication "Indian Journal of Fisheries" hasgone online and captured International impact factor0.195 and NAAS rating of 6.2.The international collaboration Indo-Australiastrategic partnership on climate change, NACA -CMFRI seminar on emerging issues in AsianAquaculture, International Belmont Forum and G8Research Councils International Opportunities

Fund, International Symposium on status of goodpractices and lessons learnt in Aquaculture in SAARCregion and hosting 9th Indian Fisheries Forum aresignificant events during his glittering reign.The Krishi Vigyan Kendra of Ernakulam attainedunprecedented heights and visibility during his tenure.Institute was able to bag Indira Gandhi Raj BhashaPuraskar.Under TSP, he led the Institute in empowering theSidi tribal community of Gujarat by helping them tothrash out a permanent livelihood option in cagebased mariculture.Dr. G. Syda Rao's outstanding contribution lies onthe creation of an ambience of happiness, securityand feel good factor among the staff of this Institutewhich paved way for CMFRI to scale new peaks inscientific output.WWWWWe salute our indomitable leader who hase salute our indomitable leader who hase salute our indomitable leader who hase salute our indomitable leader who hase salute our indomitable leader who hasleft an indelible mark in the annals ofleft an indelible mark in the annals ofleft an indelible mark in the annals ofleft an indelible mark in the annals ofleft an indelible mark in the annals ofCMFRI.CMFRI.CMFRI.CMFRI.CMFRI.

F. V. Silver Pompano arrived

As part of the NICRA project, CMFRIhas procured a 19.75 m research

vessel F.V. Silver Pompano for carrying outclimate related impact studies on Indianmarine fisheries at a cost of Rs.4.75 crores.The vessel was constructed by Goa ShipyardLtd and handed over to CMFRI on24-7-2103 in the presence ofDr. B. Meenakumari, DDG (Fy.),Prof. Dr. K. A. Simon, Director, KMSME,Dr. T. K. Srinivasa Gopal, Director, CIFT,Dr. G. Syda Rao Director CMFRI and otherdignitaries. NICRA is the network projectinitiated by ICAR for studying the vulnerability,impact and adaptation options for Indianagriculture to climate change. CMFRI is thelead institute conducting research related toclimate change in marine fisheries sector ofIndia.


Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan joined asDirector of CMFRI

New Fishing Vessel Silver Pompano arrivedLife Saving Appliances and Fire ControlAppliances All required Life Saving Appliances(LSA) (Life rafts, buoys with self-ignition lightand life line and jackets) are installed. Firecontrol appliances like fire extinguishers andhoses are provided. Oceanographic andsampling equipment The vessel will be usedfor trawl fishing and collection ofoceanographic parameters and marinesamples from the sea. The vessel will beequipped with CTD sampler, current meter,automatic weather station, instruments forchlorophyll measurements, zooplankton netand sediment samplers. The vessel isequipped with a wet laboratory for preliminaryanalysis and to fix the samples for furtheranalysis. A portable fish storage freezer of 400litre capacity is installed for preserving the fishsamples. Weather station includes space forNiskin water samples, CTD probe, Van veengrab and plankton nets.

(Reported by P.U. Zacharia, Chairman VesselManagement Cell, CMFRI, Kochi)

Major facilities and equipment

Navigation and powerNavigation and powerNavigation and powerNavigation and powerNavigation and power

The vessel is fitted with a 4 stroke VolvoPenta make 500 hp @1800 rpm marineengine. The main deck of the vessel containscabin for scientists and crew, wet laboratory,weather station, galley, mess room and toilet.The hydraulically operated trawl winchconsist of 1000 m long, 12 mm diametersteel wire rope on each drum with a speedof 0 to 40m/minute which draws hydraulicpower from main engine. A pair ofhydraulically operated Conductivity,Temperature, and Depth (CTD) winch isprovided on the port and starboard side foroperation of CTD probe. Water samplersand other small equipment can be loweredthrough the port and starboard davits. Adiesel generator is provided for operation ofhydraulic equipment, navigation light, airconditioners, light and other supplies. Aseparate emergency generator is alsoprovided

Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan, Principal Scientist and Scientist-in-Charge of NBFGR unit, Cochin hastaken charge as the Director of CMFRI on 31st July, 2013.

Born in 1962, Dr. Gopalakrishnan took his Doctorate from CAS in Mariculture at CMFRI during1991.

He was appointed as Scientist at NBFGR, Lucknow/Allahabad during 1989. His area ofspecialisation includes Genetic stock identification of fishes using DNA markers; DNA barcoding ofthe fishes using mtDNA markers; Development of protocol for cryopreservation of milt of indigenousfishes for conservation; Captive breeding of indigenous fishes, Fish reproduction and fish geneticstock identification. He has several National and International scientific papers to his credit. He gotseveral Awards for his outstanding contributions in the field of cryopreservation of fish gametes.

Awards/Honours: Asian Fisheries Society (AFS) Merit Award, 2011; NBFGR Best ScientistAward 2008-09; Dr. V. G. Jhingran Swaran Padak, 1992 (Team Member) by the Nature Conservators;Senior Scientist Award, 1992 by NATCON and Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

India's first MarineFinfish Brood Bank;RecirculatingAquaculture Systemand MaricultureComplex atMandapam RC

At Mandapam Regional Centre ofCMFRI, India's first marine brood fish

bank facility, a state of art RecirculatingAquaculture System (RAS) laboratoryand a Mariculture complex werecommissioned by the Secretary, DARE &Director General of ICAR, Dr. S. Ayyappanon 12th May 2013. A new Research &Administrative Block and an InternationalTrainees' Hostel were also inaugurated bythe Director General. The function wasgraced by Dr. B. Meenakumari, DeputyDirector General (Fy.), ICAR, Dr. MadanMohan, Assistant Director General (M.Fy.),ICAR, Shri. K. Nanthakumar, IAS, District

Collector, Ramanathapuram andCommandant H.H. More, CommandingOfficer, Indian Coast Guard, MandapamStation.

A national marine finfish brood bank wherethe brooders of high value finfishes can bedeveloped for breeding and seedproduction was designed and built. Theconcept of broodstock bank was evolved,designed and the same was constructedat Mandapam Regional Centre. Thebroodstock tanks with continuousbiofiltration system can be used tomaintain broodstocks of high valuemarine finfishes like cobia, silverpompano, groupers, snappers, breams,healthily. Maintenance of marine finfishbroodstock in land based system is generallyexpensive, time consuming and labourintensive which prohibits the private sector/entrepreneurs to venture in mariculture.Understanding this bottleneck, the CMFRIhas established a National Marine Fish BroodBank at Mandapam aimed to holdbroodstocks of commercially importantmarine finfishes and to supply quality eggs /newly hatched larvae to the privatehatcheries for fingerling production. Thisfacility is the first of its kind in India and wascommissioned by the Director General.

A recirculation aquaculture system withcomponents such as drum filter, fluidized-bed bioreactor, protein skimmer, UVsterilizer and egg collection facility, isinevitable for healthy maintenance of themarine finfish broodstocks and year-round breeding. The system will serveto develop the broodstocks intospawners. The photo-thermalconditioning for accelerating maturation

can also be incorporated into the system.The safety of the spawners and year-round controlled spawning are ensuredin this sytem. The RAS facility, which wasinstalled at Mandapam by importingsophisticated equipment from M/s.Aquatic Ecosystems, USA, is the first of itskind in India. This facility was commissionedby the Director General.

Massive infrastructure for broodstockdevelopment is needed for developing thebroodstocks of larger species such asyellowfin tuna. The large scale fingerling

Commissioning of National Marine finfish brood bank

DG viewing the brood bank facility

DG examining a brood fish

Unveiling of plaque by District Collector,Ramanathapuram at RAS

DG viewing the RAS facility with dignitaries

Commissioned byDr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary,DARE & Director General, ICAR


rearing also requires extensive facilities. Tomeet these requirements, a mariculturecomplex consisting of high volume concretetanks (4 numbers each of 1250 tonnecapacity) was designed and established onthe Palk Bay side of the Mandapam RegionalCentre of CMFRI. This facility would

Unveiling of plaque by ADG (M.Fy.)at mariculture complex

Viewing the mariculture complex by DG

View of Research and Administrative block

Inauguration of Research and Administrativeblock by DDG (Fy.) Dr. Meenakumari

DG addressing the staff at Mandapam RC

support standardising the technologies forbroodstock development, grow-out cultureand on-farm trials. This complex wasdedicated to the nation by the DirectorGeneral.

In addition, a Research & Administrativeblock has been built with facilities toaccommodate the Scientists, Technicalpersonnel, Administrative and Accountssections. Besides, the facility incorporatesan interpretation centre, dry and wetlaboratories.

An International Trainees' hostelconsisting of 13 furnished one-roomapartments to accommodate overseastrainees deputed to the Centre to acquiretechnical knowledge on the varioustechnologies developed at the centre, wasalso inaugurated during this occasion.

The Director General inaugurated a small-scale marine ornamental fish production unitrun by all women self help group establishedwithin the premises of the MandapamRegional Centre of CMFRI.

The Director General delivered the inauguraladdress and honoured the fish farmers andentrepreneurs.

Inaugurating the international trainees hostel byDr. G. Gopakumar, SIC, Mandapam RC

Unveiling of plaque by the DG at internationaltrainees hostel

Inaugurating the all women small-scale hatcheryunit by DDG

International trainees hostel at Mandapam RC

Empowerment ofSidi tribals of

Gujarat throughcage mariculture

On 13th April 2013, CMFRI elatedthe spirit of one of the primitive

tribes of India, the 'Sidi', by successfullyharvesting the seacage farms off-Veravaland handing over the produce and theseacage farm assets to tribal community.The harvest of the seacage farm establishedby the CMFRI off-Veraval for the tribals wasinaugurated by Dr. S. Ayyappan, SecretaryDARE and Director General, ICAR, NewDelhi. The farm was established by theCMFRI under the Tribal Sub Plan outlay ofthe Institute for 2012-13 for the benefit of20 selected families of the Sidi tribe in Veravaland Talala of Junagadh district through acooperative society of the tribals as alivelihood support to the tribal community.

After 110 days of culture, the farm yieldedan estimated production of 2.5 t of lobsterswhich was sold at a price range of Rs. 1000-1200/kg based on the size group of thelobsters and 300 kg of cobia. The farmassets worth about 33 lakh rupees and theproduce valued about 26 lakh rupees at theprevailing market price was handed over tothe 'Sidi' tribals by the Director General,ICAR on 13th May 2013. The augustpresence of Dr. N.C. Patel, VC of JAU,Junagadh, Shri Darbar IAS, Commissionerof Fisheries, Gujarat, Dr. Madan Mohan,ADG (M. Fy.), Dr. T. K. Srinivasa GopalDirector CIFT, Dr. Mishra, Director, DGR,Junagad and several farmers, entrepreneurs,

fishermen and Press people made themoment precious. The tribals led byMr. Hasin Bhai expressed their gratitude forICAR and expressed that this was the firstGovernment agency that has helped for theirupliftment in their history. Dr. S. Ayyappancomplimented the CMFRI staff led byDr. G.Syda Rao, Director and Veraval RCstaff for this illustrious cause of integratingtechnology for social benefit of tribalcommunity and hoped for more initiation inthis direction by several other ICARInstitutes. In the harvest program, DirectorGeneral, Dr. S. Ayyappan released a bookon Handbook of Marine Prawns of Indiapublished by CMFRI.

Director General holding a harvested lobster

A TSP fructification byCMFRI



Fattened lobsters from the sea cages of Veraval

Dignitaries with the beneficiary families

Director General holding the harvested lobsters

The endeavour of CMFRI is lauded as anovel initiative, as it involves not just provisionof a high end livelihood to one of the primitivetribal group but also made these tribals thecustodians and mentors of a promisingtechnology which is inevitable for theexistence of the coastal population in thelong run in view of the dwindling catch shareand vulnerability of the coastal areas to

climate change. The tribal communitymembers who were marginal labourerswith an average daily earning of less than Rs.150/day would now earn nearly Rs. 810per day during the crop period of 115 daysin addition to winning the farm assets handedover to them for continued farming in thecoming crop seasons. The capacities of thetribals have been built with adequate trainingon all aspects of the technology fromfabrication of the seacages to regularmonitoring and best practices for higheryield. Hence, the initiative of the CMFRIwould go a long way in boosting their overallsocio-economic status.

The farm which was a centre of attractionto the fisheries fraternity of the state of

Gujarat, in addition to having functioned as aplatform for research on key issues in opensea farming, have also been used for trainingother stakeholders in the state such as thefishermen from various coastal districts,officers of the state Department of Fisheries,fisheries and marine sciences students,NGO workers, CSR teams of corporatebodies in the region etc. This is yet anotherexample of success of open seacage farmingtechnology developed by the Institute and atestimony to the potential of developing seafarming as a major source of fish productionin Gujarat owing to its vast maritimeresources spread over 1600 km longcoastline.

(Reported by Veraval RC)

Fisheries Managers, ICAR Scientists, Sidi tribals wth DG and the Director

Marine cage farm at Veraval sea Somnath


Inauguration of the workshop was heldat CMFRI auditorium on 5th June and

concluded on 7th June 2013. Theprogramme was inaugurated by Dr. R. PaulRaj, Member Secretary, Coastal AquacultureAuthority, Chennai. He emphasized therelevance of aquaculture production in thescenario of fish graduating from the so called‘cheap protein’ to an expensive protein. Thecurrent practices, need for good aquaculturepractices and the various legal issues involvedin having coastal Aquaculture programmes.He exhorted the South Asian Associationfor Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

CMFRI-SAARC International Workshop on"Status of Good Practices and Lessons Learnt in

Aquaculture in the SAARC Region" at Kochicountries to adhere to proper solutions forthe lessons learnt from aquaculture practicesin the region. Dr. Dilip Kumar, FormerDirector, Central Institute of FisheriesEducation (CIFE), Mumbai was the Guestof Honour and he shared his experiencesin the SAARC countries, the types of similarproblems envisaged in the region and theresources available to resolve them. Dr. GSyda Rao, Director, CMFRI in his presidentialaddress indicated the strength of CMFRI inresolving mariculture issues and shared thesuccess stories of the Institute, which rightlyhelped SAARC to identify CMFRI as the lead

Dr. Paulraj delivering inaugural address

Dr. S. K. Mamgain

Dr. Dilip Kumar

Dr. J. R. Bhatt

institute to coordinate the issues in SAARCregion. Dr. S.K. Mamgain, Dy. Director,SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre(CZMC), Maldives, Dr. J. R. Bhatt, Adviserto the Ministry of Environment and Forests,Dr. J.K. Jena, Director, National Bureau ofFish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) andDr. P. Jayasankar, Director, Central Instituteof Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) havedelivered felicitation address. Delegatesfrom SAARC centre, Maldives, Bhutan,Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, invitedspeakers from Central Institute ofBrackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), CMFRI,NBFGR, aquaculture entrepreneurs andother Indian delegates had participated in thedeliberations. About sixteen presentationswere made by eminent personalities in theirareas of aquaculture expertise during thetechnical sessions on Developments inAquaculture: Country Status Reports,

Special Review/ Case Studies on BMP/Lessons learnt and Core Issues inAquaculture Practices, held on 5th and 6th

June at CMFRI, Cochin. . . . . On the occasion,the SAARC nominees expressed theirhappiness in getting an opportunity to visitthe premier national fisheries institute andinteracting with eminent scientists in fisheriesin India, whose publications they have readduring studies and in job. On June 7th thedelegates were taken for an exposure visitto cage farms of CMFRI at Paravoor, WestCoast Marine Ornamental Fish Hatchery,Andhakaranazhy and a FreshwaterOrnamental Fish Hatchery and Farm atThakazhi, Alappuzha District. TheWorkshop paved way for showcasing theachievements of CMFRI as well as otherfisheries institutes of ICAR to the SAARCcountries.

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First harvest ofcobia undertechnologydemonstrationcomponent ofNICRAFlagged off by the DG, ICARat Mandapam RC

A participatory technologydemonstration of cage farming of

cobia under NICRA by two SHGs withMandapam Regional Centre of CMFRIwas initiated during 29th September 2012at Mandapam Sea. About 1,800 cobiaseeds which were hatchery produced atMandapam Regional Centre werestocked in four circular GI metal cages of7 m dia and 3.5 Mts depth. The initial lengthand weight of fingerlings ranged from 10 to15 cm and 20 to 30 g respectively. Thestocking density was 4.1 /m3. They were

Volitional spawning of cobia achieved at the Mandapam RC

Two sets of cobia broodstock, each with one femaleand two males, which were maintained at the National

Marine Fish Brood Bank facility at the Mandapam RegionalCentre, spawned volitionally without any hormonalinduction during the month of May 2013. The water quality

Harvested cobia in the hands of Director General, ICAR

Harvest of Cobia

SHG members and scientists with harvested fishes

fed with trash fish ad libitum twice a day.During the farming period of 7 months theyreached a size range of 2.0 to 3.5 kg weight,with an average size of 2.5 kg. The FCRwas 5.9.The harvest of cobia farmed by self helpgroups was flagged off by the Hon'bleDirector General on 12th May 2013. Atotal of 4 tonnes of cobia was producedand a farm gate price of Rs. 250/kg wasrealised. The per kg cost of productionwas Rs. 134/-, with the net income ofRs. 4, 65,976/-

View of the harvested cobia

parameters are maintained at highest standards withindigenous filtration systems. The broodstock are fed withsquid and crabs. A total of 2.5 million of fertilized eggs wereobtained and 85 % hatching was achieved. The larvicultureis progressing well.

3rd DPH Cobia larvae Cobia larval rearing Feeding the cobia larvae Cobia larvae

Research Highlights


Seed production ofSilver Pompano atMandapam RCA total of three spawning of silver

pompano, Trachinotus blochii wasachieved during April to May 2013. Atotal of 5.5 lakh fertilized eggs wereobtained with 85% hatching. Thelarviculture is under progress.

Pompano larval rearing

Pompano fingerlings

Feeding the pompano larvae

DG viewing the pompano larvae

Fish Harvest Mela at Uppunda, MangaloreThe Research Centre of CMFRI,Mangalore organized a Harvest Mela offinfishes at Uppunda vil lage on28.05.2013. The Programme wasinaugurated by the Hon'ble MLA ofByndoor Sri. Gopal Poojari. TheUppunda Gram Panchayath President Sri.Jaganath presided over the programme.Sri. V. K. Shetty, Managing Director,KFDC, Mangalore, Dr. K. K. Philipose,Scientist-in-charge of Karwar Research

centre of CMFRI, Sri. Suresh Kumar,Deputy Director of Fisheries and thepresidents of PLD bank and Farmers Co-operative Bank participated in theprogramme. Fishermen from in andaround Uppunda village attended theprogramme. Only part of the total fish

cultured were harvested on this day. Fishescultured in 3 cages (4x2x2 m area) wereharvested in a phased manner for about aweek.A total of 1200 Kg of Seabass and 100 Kgof Red Snappers each weighing 1.5 to2.0 Kg were harvested. The fishes werereared for a period of one year. Thedemonstration was conducted by MangaloreResearch Centre of CMFRI, Mangalore byproviding cages, seeds and technical

information to the fishermen. This time asfishing ban is in force, the harvested fishesfetched a local price of Rs. 340/Kg. Earlier13 cages stocked with Seabass and RedSnappers in Uppunda and Alivekodi wereharvested in the month of April and May2013.

Inauguration of Harvest Mela by Sri. Gopal Poojari, MLA of Byndoor

Sri. Gopal Poojari, MLA of Byndoor at the Harvest Mela

Fishermen with the harvested fishes Harvested fishes


The greasy grouper Epinephelustauvina is a major marine species in

India and not available in sufficientquantities in the capture fisheries. It is oneof the fast growing groupers andcommands excellent live markets.Farmers are in great need for the seedof this species for farming in cages andponds which can tolerate wide range ofsalinities. It can grow up to one kg inabout 9 months after the initial nurseryphase. It fetches a farm gate price ofRs.200 in domestic market.

CMFRI initiated the challenging taskalmost two decades ago. However,induced breeding and seed productiontechnology was developed atVisakhapatnam RC of CMFRI with theimproved and state of the art laboratoryfacilities. Now arrangements are beingmade to grow the seed of this fish inponds and cages on a participatory mode.

The non- availability of sufficient quantityof seeds from the natural grounds at theright time for farming purpose is themajor constraint in the farming ofgroupers. At Visakhapatnam RegionalCentre of CMFRI, live groupers of varyingsizes (2.0 to 10.0 kg) were collected fromthe wild and were stocked in cagesmaintained near to the shore. Groupersbeing protogynous, all individuals stockedwere females. Successful sex reversal(female to male) was achieved withhormonal and enzymatic manipulation.Fishes were implanted with differentdoses of enzymes. Female fish with intraovarian ova of diameter >450µ and sexreversed male were used for inducedspawning.

The eggs hatched out with hatching rate of78% after 19 - 20 hrs of incubation at atemperature range of 28-30ºC. The newlyhatched larvae were in length range of 1.0-1.4 mm. The mouth opening was formed

after 60 hrs post hatching. Mixed feedingschedule was followed from 15th day posthatch with Artemia nauplii, copepods andartificial diets. Metamorphosed fingerlings oflength 5 - 6 cm were obtained after 44days. This success will go a long way in

promoting grouper aquaculture in cages aswell as in grow-out ponds in the country.This is the first successful larval rearing ofgreasy grouper in India.

(Reported by VisakhapatnamRegional Centre)

Grouper brood stock maintained in the cage

Fertilized eggs Larvae of greasy grouper on DPH 1

12thday old larvae of greasy grouper long spine stage

Larvae of greasy grouper on DPH 23Free swimming stage

Larvae of greasy grouper in thehatchery tank

Successful breedingand larval rearing ofyet another species“Grouper” atVisakhapatnam RC

An another milestone


Large Tooth sawfish landed atMalpe Harbour, Karnataka

Landing of a juvenile whale shark at Madhvad Harbour, Gujarat

A juvenile of Whale Shark (Rhincodontypus) measured upto a length 30 feet

was found near Madhvad harbour about100 meter far from Kodinar in a deadcondition. It was caught by a multiday trawleron 29th April, 2013. With the help of thestate fisheries department the specimen wasdissected for further analysis. Informationabout shark fish was first reported tofishermen and then to the state fisheriesofficer. The Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)is a cosmopolitan tropical and warmtemperate species and is the largest livingchondrichthyan. The fish is a highly

migratorty species and its life history is poorlyunderstood. Populations appear to havebeen depleted by harpoon fisheries inSoutheast Asia and perhaps incidentalcapture in other fisheries. Small-scaleharpoon and entanglement fisheries havetaken place in various regions of the world,including India (whale shark fishing bannedin 2001), Pakistan, Taiwan Philippines(banned in 1998) and the Maldives (priorto protection in 1995). It has a highinternational market demand and normallylow abundance make this species vulnerableto commercial fishing.

Accidental catch of Pristis microdon

The large tooth sawfish Pristismicrodon of the family Pristidae of

Elasmobranch was accidentally caught intrawl net at Malpe Karnataka. The fishweighed about 800kg. This fish is includedin the IUCN list and MoEF ban list.Generally the fishermen in Karnataka avoidcatching sawfish as it destroys their nets andis considered as a badus omen.

(Mangalore Research Centre)

Dorso-lateral view of a whale shark landed atMadhvad Harbour, Gujarat

Egg case found in the Arabian carpet shark from Gujarat

On 18.04.2013, a single femalespecimen of C. arabicum measuring

52.5 cm (TL) and weighing 405gm was

A view of the egg cases

C. arabicum with egg cases

of the egg-cases was a viscous fluid of dullwhite colour. As the egg is laid, salt waterhardens the egg case, forming a protectiveexterior which contains an internal yolk thatprovides the developing embryo with food.Arabian carpet shark eggs hatch after 70 to80 days of incubation.

(Reported by Swatipriyanka Sen Dash, SangitaA. Bharadiya, M.S. Zala and Kamaliya Kiran R,

Veraval Regional Centre)

(Reported by Swatipriyanka Sen Dash andKamaliya Kiran R, Veraval Regional Centre)

obtained from the trawl landing at Mangrol.Being an oviparous species, the egg caseswere found inside the uterus attached by an

anchoring core.The uterus wasfound to be verythin. The keratinousegg cases weremore or lessrectangular in shape,strongly convex onboth the broadersides, and darkbrownish in colourwith the eggs inside.Only one egg casewas present in eachuterus. The content


Occurrence of short fin mako, Isurusoxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810) fromDwarka, Gujarat

A single male specimen waslanded and collected from Veraval

fishing harbour, on 18th March, 2013. Thespecimen was caught by a multiday gillnetter (OAL 52 ft) operated in the watersfrom Veraval to off Okha. Theinformation and GPS location of thefishing ground (21055'26''N, 68011'42''E)given by the fishermen indicated that the

fish was caught at a depth of 104 m fromthe waters off Dwarka at 11 hrs in themorning. The mesh size of the gill netwas 120 mm. The fishermen called it as"Dolphin shark". The specimen wasbrought to the laboratory, photographedand its identification was confirmedfollowing Compagno, 1984. Detailedmorphometric measurements were

noted down and the shark was dissectedfor its biological observation.

(Reported by Swatipriyanka Sen Dash, Sangita A.Bharadiya, M.S. Zala and Kamaliya Kiran R,

Veraval Regional Centre of CMFRI)

Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810) fromDwarka, Gujarat

Yellow foot clam depuration and processing in Ashtamudi Lakegets a boost

The Quilon social service society(QSSS) has adopted the oyster

depuration and processing technologiesdeveloped under the NAIP scheme onHigh- value Shellfish for processing yellowfoot clam (Paphia malabarica) in AshtamudiLake.

A small beginning to popularise clamproducts in the domestic market hasbeen made by the Quilon Social ServiceSociety (QSSS) by produccing qualityassured yellow foot clam products. The

Oyster Harvest inNorth VembanaduLakeAn all time bumper harvest

commenced at Moothakunnam andPuthenvelikkara for farmed oysters under theNAIP scheme. About 15 farms with 300strings each, commenced harvests in May2013. The fully grown string attained 10kgweight within one year and gaveapproximately 400 to 500g meat.Depurated, steamed and individually quickfrozen oyster meat is sold through the outletof NIFPHATT in Kochi.

Yellow foot clam (Paphia malabarica) inAshtamudi Lake moves into fullassessment for ecolabelling by the MSC

Under Wild Capture FisheriesCertification Schemes of WWF,

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)conducted surveys in Ashtamudi Lakewith the help of Molluscan FisheriesDivision, CMFRI. Based on the"Ashtamudi Lake Clam Resources

Survey"report prepared by MolluscanFisheries Division, MSC has finalised theprocess to announce the yellow foot clamfishery in Ashtamudi is a sustainable one.Within a year the yellow foot clam willget the MSC ecolabel.

(Reported by Molluscan Fisheries Division)

Kerala, Sri. K. Babu inaugurated the functionand Hon.Minister for Labour. Sri.Shibu BabyJohn presided over the function. The firstsale of the ready to cook yellow foot clammeat was handed over to Smt.Beena Dayal,President, Thekkumbhagam GramaPanchayath by Sri. N.Peethambara Kurup,Hon. Member of Parliament, Kollam. The"Samruddhi" Shellfish Value Added productionunit was also inaugurated by theHon.Minister Sri.K.Babu and he took keeninterest to see the activities in the VAP unit.

Presidential address by Shri. Shibu Baby John, Hon’bleMinister for Fisheries

Yellow clam shells after depuration andsteam shucking is being processed at the

newly constructed VAP unitYellow foot clam meat processed with

new method

meat is produced fromdepurated clams andthree minutepressurised steaming isused for sucking.Molluscan FisheriesDivision of CMFRI andNIFPHATT have giventechnical and scientificsupport to them. On14th June 2013 theylaunched the productunder the trade name "Ashtamudi". TheHon’ble Minister for Fisheries, Govt. of


A one day pre-census workshop for theMarine Fisheries Census 2015 was

organized at CMFRI, Cochin in collaborationwith DAHDF, Ministry of Agriculture, NewDelhi on 28th May 2013. The workshopwas attended by Dr.G. Syda Rao, Director,CMFRI, Mr. O.P. Mishra, Deputy DirectorGeneral (Fisheries), DAHDF, Dr.Vijayakumaran, Director General, FisherySurvey of India, other officials from CMFRI,DAHDF, FSI and state fisheries departments.Discussions on various problemsencountered during the last census werediscussed and remedies were suggested.Different data collection schedules used inMarine Fisheries Census 2010 wasdisplayed and discussed and modificationssuggested by the participants wereincorporated.

A two days workshop under the NFDBfunded research project on "Developmentof digital knowledge management platformfor fisheries - Fishpedia" was organized atCMFRI, Kochi during 29-30 April 2013.The project is headed by ICRISAT underthe leadership of Dr. N. T. Yaduraju who isthe Principal Investigator of the project andall the fisheries research institutes of ICAR

are partners to the project. The workshopwas held to sensitize the partner institutesabout Fishpedia project and to demonstrateand give hands on training to participants onKnowledge models and use of C-maptools. Dr. G. Syda Rao, Director CMFRIwas the chief guest and officials from variouspartner institutes participated in theworkshop.

Workshop

Inorder to popularize the Hindi UNICODE & software a two day workshop was organizedfor the staff of CMFRI Headquarters on 5th and 6th June, 2013. Shri K.K.Ramachandran,

Assistant Director (OL), Income Tax Office, Kochi conducted classes on 5th June. Thepractical session was led by Smt. E.K.Uma, Technical Officer (Hindi) on 6th June paving theway to digital disposal of official work in Hindi.

Hindi Workshop on UNICODEOfficial Language Implementation

Pre-Census 2015 workshop

The CMFRI research project on "Global learning for local solutions: Reducing vulnerabilityof marine-dependent coastal communities" (GULLS) under the theme on Coastal

Vulnerability was sanctioned under the International research project initiative by BelmontForum and G8 Research Councils International Opportunities Fund. Of the 50 proposalssubmitted only seven proposals were successfully awarded by the reviewing agency -Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom

result of global warming and increasinghuman coastal populations. The project willcontribute to improving communityadaptation efforts by characterizing, assessingand predicting the future of coastal-marinefood resources and identification of suitableadaptation options. The overall projectobjectives will be to build regional skill-setsthat can reduce coastal vulnerability byevaluating and characterizing likely impacts,create predictive systems that will informdecision makers about the expectedconsequences of coastal changes; deliveralternative options in terms of adaptationand transformation within coastalcommunities; and to define the long-termimplications of selecting a particular optionin terms of economic, social andenvironmental outcomes.Dr. Kevern Cochrane, Rhodes University,South Africa will be the lead PrincipalInvestigator. Dr.G.Syda Rao, Director,Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute,Kochi, will be the Principal Investigator forthe Indian side. Dr.Shyam S.Salim, Co-Principal Investigator will be the ResearchProgramme Co-ordinator. He will be co-ordinating the research of the Indian teamand also will correspond across the differentinternational research teams. The Indianteam comprises Dr. P. U. Zachariah, Dr. R.Narayanakumar, Dr. T. V. Sathianandan, Dr.Pratibha Rohit and Dr. P. S. Swathilekshmiwith expertise under physical, economicsocial and governance dimensions of theproject.

The team includes around 40 scientists across 12 international research Institutes. Theproject will be in operation for a period of three years starting October 2013 .This project will address the Belmont Challenge priorities in the area of coastal vulnerability- specifically to challenges that arise for food security and sustaining coastal livelihoods as a

Consortium partners:Organisat ionOrganisat ionOrganisat ionOrganisat ionOrganisat ion CountryCountryCountryCountryCountry

Rhodes University, Grahamstown South AfricaCentral Marine Fisheries Research Institute,Cochin IndiaCSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart AustraliaUniversity of São Paulo, São Paulo BrazilNational Oceanography Centre, Southampton United KingdomUniversity of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz United StatesService D'Appui A le Gestion De L'Environnement(SAGE- Fampandrosoanamaharitra) MadagascarUniversity of Otago, Dunedin New ZealandUniversity of Victoria, Victoria CanadaEduardo Mondlane University, Maputo MozambiqueAberystwyth University, Aberystwyth United KingdomUniversity of Southampton, Southampton United Kingdom

CMFRI AwardedInternational research project - Initiative underBelmont Forum and G8 Research Councils

Workshop in progress


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Events

Cadalmin : CMFRI Newsletter No. 137

Dr. B. Meenakumari,DDG inauguratesextended laboratorycum office buildingof Tuticorin RC

The newly built 'Laboratory cumoffice building' was inaugurated on

21st April 2013 by Dr. B. Meenakumari,DDG (Fisheries), ICAR, New Delhi, bylighting the ceremonial lamp, in thepresence of Dr. G. Syda Rao, Director,CMFRI, Shri. S. Natarajan, DeputyChairman, VOC Port Trust (Tuticorin),Engineers of CPWD, Scientist in charge,Mandapam Regional Centre, RetiredScientist and staff of CMFRI, the Dean,Fisheries College & Research Institute and

Extended Laboratory-cum-Office Building of Tuticorin Research Centre of CMFRI

other invited guests from colleges andvarious government departments andPress and Media.

The Inaugural Ceremony was conductedat the Shore Hall of TRC of CMFRI.Dr. M.S. Madan, Scientist in Charge, TRCof CMFRI welcomed the dignitaries. TheDirector, CMFRI, gave the Presidentialaddress and spoke about the presentfishery research requirements. The guestof honour, Shri S. Natarajan, Deputy

Chairman, VOC Port Trust, Tuticorinaddress recalled his long association withTRC of CMFRI and assured continuedsupport. Dr. G. Gopakumar, SIC,Mandapam Regional Centre and Dr. C.Muthiah, Rtd., Principal Scientist,Mangalore Research Centre of CMFRIgave the felicitations. Dr. B.Meenakumari, DDG, ICAR, New Delhiin her Inaugural Address spoke about theresearch needs and the status of thecurrent research.

Inauguration of the Extended Laboratory-cum-Office Building ofTuticorin Research Centre of CMFRI

Inaugural address by Dr. B. Meenakumari DDG(Fy.), ICAR

Mumbai RC gets permanent space in the entire second floor ofCIFE old campus

The Mumbai Research Centre ofC.M.F.R. Institute was established as

Bombay Sub-Station of the Central MarineFisheries Research Institute in September1947. The Centre has been playing pivotalrole in the area of sustainable developmentof marine capture fisheries of Maharashtraand efforts were taken to popularize cageculture to ensure livelihood of fisher folk.In 1967, the Institute along with itsResearch Centre's came under IndianCouncil of Agriculture Research (ICAR)and the sub-station was moved toBotawala Chambers, in Fort area ofMumbai. The Research Centre was shiftedto the spacious Army and Navy Building,

M. G. Road, Bombay in July 1978 andfunctioned till February, 2006. The Centrewas shifted to the campus of CentralInstitute of Fisheries Education (CIFE)building with few rooms allotted by CIFEat Versova in March 2006. On 27th May,2013 Dr. S. Ayyappan, Hon. Secretary,DARE & Director General, ICAR,inaugurated the lab cum office floor ofCMFRI ie, the the 2nd Floor of the CIFEold campus handed over by Dr. W. S.Lakra, Director / Vice-Chancellor, CIFE,Mumbai to Dr. G. Syda Rao, Director,CMFRI, Cochin. Hon. DG lauded theoccasion and appreciated the CIFE for thisgesture as blooming partnerships in ICAR.

Dr. S. Ayyappan, Director General, ICAR,inaugurates the lab cum office floor of Mumbai RC

Shri. Tariq AnwarHon’ble UnionMinister of State forAgriculture andFood ProcessingIndustries visitsVisakhapatnam RC

Shri Tariq Anwar, Hon’ble UnionMinister of State for Agriculture and

Food Processing Industries, Governmentof India visited the VisakhapatnamRegional Centre of CMFRI on 11th May,2013. The Honourable Minister wasaccompanied by Shri. Subbarami Reddy,Member of Parliament. The dignitarieswere welcomed by Dr. G.Maheswarudu, Scientist-In-Charge,Visakhapatnam Regional Centre ofCMFRI and were shown the facilities atthe Regional Centre. Honourable

Minister showed keen interest in maricultureactivities of the centre and was appraised ofthe mariculture activities of the centre mainlygrouper breeding and larval rearing, algalculture, rotifer and copepod culture, pearloyster breeding and pearl production, greenmussel seed production and cage culture offinfish. Honourable Minister was alsoappraised of the capture fisheries activities

conducted at VRC of CMFRI i.e.assessments of marine resources,collection of fishery resource data of threemaritime states of the region and alsoconsultancy and outreach activities. Whileaddressing the scientists and staff of thecentre he appreciated the technologiesdeveloped at VRC of CMFRI that will behelpful to fishermen for years to come.

Hon'ble Minister seeing the cage model Hon'ble Minister observing Grouper fingerlings

17th ResearchAdvisoryCommittee meetingof CMFRI held atMandapam RegionalCentre

The 17th Research AdvisoryCommittee meeting of CMFRI was

held at Mandapam Regional Centre on 25th

April 2013 from 9.00 AM to 3.00 PM.Dr.G.Gopakumar, SIC & HeadMariculture Division delivered the

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Hon’ble Union Minister Shri. Tariq Anwar addressing the staff

Demonstration of hatchery and farming technologies of cobia andsilver pompano

A private hatchery at Bogapuram nearVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, has

entered into a MoU with the CMFRI fortransfer of hatchery technologies of cobiaand silver pompano. The hatchery wasinspected by the scientists of CMFRI andintensive live feed culture has beeninitiated. Minimum required infrastructuralchanges are being carried out for taking upthe seed production of cobia and silverpompano.

A private farm at Nagayalanka nearVijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, has enteredinto a MoU with the CMFRI for taking upthe demonstration of silver pompanofarming. The pond preparation works are

Technology transfer

Inside view of private hatchery at Bogapuram, AP

welcome address. Dr.M.V.Gupta,Chairman, RAC gave the introductoryremarks. Dr.G.Syda Rao, Director,CMFRI presented the institute researchactivities for the year 2012-2013.Dr.R.Narayanakumar, Head, SEETTDivision & Member Secretary, RAC,presented the Action taken report of 16th

RAC Meeting. Division and centre wisepresentation was made by the respectiveHeads of the Division and Scientist in-Charges. Director,CMFRI in his finalremarks thanked the RAC Chairman andmembers. Dr.R.Narayanakumar, Head,SEETT Division & Member Secretary, RAC,proposed the vote of thanks. From 3.00 to

6.00 pm, RAC Chairman and members,HOD's and SIC's visited the mariculturefacilities of the centre namely National MarineFish Broodbank, Recirculating AquacultureSystem (RAS) Laboratory, MaricultureComplex, Cage farm and New hatchery.

completed. Dr. A.K. Abdul Nazar and Dr.R. Jayakumar, Senior Scientists visited theprivate hatchery at Bogapuram near

Chairman & Members, RAC & Director, CMFRI viewing thepompano larvae

Chairman & Member RAC & Director, CMFRI visiting theEnvironmental Chamber facility

World Environment Day Celebration at Mangalore RC

World Environment Day and WorldOceans Day was celebrated at the

centre on June 5th 2013. A poster onawareness creation for the WorldEnvironment Day was prepared by thecentre. Dr.U.Mahesh Kumar, theRegional Director (Environment) of CRZwas the chief guest for the event.

Celebration of WorldEnvironment Day

Visakhapatnam and a private farm atNagayalanka near Vijayawada, AndhraPradesh during the month of May 2013.



CMFRI Publications

The Sacred Chank, popularly known asDakshinavarti Shankh, has been one of

the very few tangible epitomes which havestraddled the Indian culture and history fromtime immemorial. The trace of history ofthis Sacred Chank spills over many centurieswith the earliest cited evidence dating backto 785 BC. Korkai, a bustling port town inthe south eastern part of Tamil Nadu, underthe rule of Pandiya kings was a flourishingcentre for trade of the Chank as per the midfirst century CE recordings of Periplus ofthe Red Sea, who is also credited with thepublication of navigation manual of the SilkRoute.

Indian epics are replete with references ofSacred Chank and the Hindu religious beliefshave this Chank at the centre of manyauspicious activities. In Hindu religion,Shankh, is of great importance andsymbolizes luster, brilliance, purity andauspicious. In India the sound of the conchis associated with the sacred syllable OM,the first sound of creation. The protectorGod, Lord Vishnu, is the original bearer ofthe Chank as per puranas which he holdswith elan in his left hand.As per the legendthe Dakshinavarti Shankh was one of the byproducts of the Samudra Manthan jointlyperformed by Devas and Asuras,Sudarshana Chakra being the other. Theconch is used as a trumpet to ward offnegative vibes and evil spirits and is also thecontainer of sacred water. As an integral part

Hon'ble Union Minister of Agriculture Shri. Sharad Pawarreleases CMFRI book - The Indian Sacred Chank

The CMFRI book "The Indian Sacred Chank" authored by Drs. A. P. Lipton, G. Syda Rao and I. Jagadish released by Hon. UnionMinister of Agriculture Shri. Sharad Pawar on 16.07.2013 on the occation of 85th ICAR Foundation day at New Delhi

of Hindu symbolic and religious tradition, itsblowing marks the beginning of ceremoniesand evan wars in the past.

The designing of the sacred conch is suchthat the ones which open towards Left righthand (Dakshinavarti Shankh) can magnify thevery low frequency natural cosmic vibrationof the Earth and would be made audible asa humming noise to human ears. Thisextremely low frequency (ELF) resonancereferred to as heartbeat frequency of earthhas been studied in detail and popularlyreferred to as Schumann's resonance. Theinnards of the conch is shaped as themorphogenetic fields of consciousnesswhich is basis of intelligent shaping of matterand higher organisms. Needless to stress,Sacred Chank has a permanent veritableplace in the religio- cultural history of India.

In Buddhism, blowing of the conch signifiesvictory over suffering. In Chinese Buddhism,the conch shell signifies a prosperousjourney, and in Islam it represents the hearingof the divine word. Quetzalcoatl created lifewith the aid of a conch shell and he is alwayspictured wearing a conch pectoral. Tritonthe son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, inancient Greece is depicted with a trumpetmade from a conch which he used to raiseor calm storms.

In modern day India, chank has always beentreated more with reverence than as anornamental entity with even the products

like bangles made out of it, being usedexclusively on sacred occasions like marriagesetc.

This monograph elucidates the relevant bio-parameters of the Sacred Chank as a naturalresource belonging to the Indian oceanicregion which had always been a focus ofresearch and study by many other countries.The rarity of this species and its unique habitatprevalent around the Indian peninsula makesit binding on the our part to conserve,preserve and rejuvenate the common tractsof this resource. This book studies in detailthe various conservation and replenishmentmethods like sea ranching which would servewell to sustain the slide of the stock. Themanagement of this resource unlike otherfishery resources, has to be given a specialstatus because of the place and importance ithas in the socio-cultural visage of our country.As the consumerism of chank is closely andexclusively intertwined with the religiousactivities, any effort in the conservation andreplenishment of the resource and its postharvest handling must involve religiousintelligentsia. The science and ensuingmethods of management of this rareresource propounded by the researchersmust be given a channelization into actionwith the active involvement of religious headsof the country as it would ensure innateawareness and self correcting balancingmechanism at the community level whoseimpact would be positive and perpetual.

Preface of the book by Dr. G. Syda Rao, Director, CMFRI

The Secretary, DARE and DirectorGeneral, ICAR, Dr. S. Ayyappan releasedthe 'e book' entitled 'Coastal RuralIndebtedness and Impact of Microfinancein Marine Fisheries Sector' authored byVipinkumar. V. P., Shyam. S. Salim,Narayanakumar R., Sathiadhas R., MadanM. S., Ramachandran.C, SwathilekshmiP. S. and Johnson B. in the inauguralfunction at Mandapam Regional Centre ofCMFRI on 12.05.2013.

Dr. S. Ayyappan, DG of ICAR releases CMFRI book at Veraval RC

Dr. S. Ayyappan, DG of ICAR releasesCMFRI book - Handbook of Marine Prawns of India

Dr. S. Ayyappan, Director General, ICAR released CMFRI book entitled Handbook of Marine Prawns of India edited by Drs. SudhakaraRao, E. V. Radhakrishnan and Josileen Jose at Veraval RC durng harvest mela on 13.5.13

The book “Cage Aquaculture inIndia” authored by Drs. G. Syda Rao,

Imelda Joseph, K.K. Philipose and M.Suresh Kumar and published by the Central

Hon’ble Union Minister for Agriculture Shri. Sharad Pawarreleases CMFRI book - Cage Aquaculture in India

Marine Fisheries Research Institute(CMFRI) is a monumental work by theauthors and first comprehensive publicationon the subject.

The book was released by Hon’ble UnionMinister for Agriculture Shri. Sharad Pawaron board at Karwar on 19th April 2013.

Hon’ble Union Minister for Agriculture Shri. Sharad Pawar releases CMFRI Book - Cage Aquaculture in India on board

E book of CMFRI released at Mandapam RC


Releasing of e book by DG at Mandapam RC

Quantum jump in IJF Impact FactorThe Library & Documentation Centre has taken earnest efforts to index Indian Journal ofFisheries in Thomson Reuter's Science Citation Index and Elsevier's Scopus and otherdatabases. Now the international impact factor of Indian Journal of Fisheries has beenincreased from 0.04 to 0.195. NAAS Rating of Indian Journal of Fisheries has also beenincreased from 4.5 to 6.2.

The movie on "Successful sea cagefarming by Sidi tribals of Gujarat" has

been produced under the InstituteTechnology Management Unit of CMFRI.This movie describes how CMFRI impartedskills in fabrication of galvanized iron cages,mooring, net handling, feeding and otherfarm management practices required for seafarming to the Sidi tribals of Gujarat underthe Tribal Sub Plan programme of ICAR.

These tribals developed a sea cage farm offSomnath coast in the Arabian Sea for theirbenefit under Tribal Sub Plan programmewith their active participation. The producefrom this farm reaped benefits of about 26lakhs rupees. Indian Council of AgriculturalResearch has empowered these tribals thepermanent livelihood option from the stageof hunger.

Movie on "Successful sea cage farming by Sidi tribals of Gujarat" released by theDG and Secretary DARE Dr S. Ayyappan on 12th May 2013 at Mandapam Regional

Centre of CMFRI

Movie on "Successful sea cage farming by Sidi tribals of Gujarat"Released by Director General


The Library & Documentation Centrehas developed it's Open Access

Institutional Repository eprints@cmfri forInstitutional publications, now recognizedworld wide as a leading research informationcentre. The Institutional repository facilitatesbrowsing by year of publication, author,department, subject category and documenttype. Advanced search is possible by author,title, subject and with many options. Morethan 350 full text articles contributed by thescientists and staff of CMFRI were uploadedduring the period 2012-13, and are availablein 'eprints@cmfri'. We have uploaded morethan 9600 scientific papers.

The usage of eprints@cmfri for the periodApril, 2012 to 31st March 2013 has beenrecorded. More than 198 countries usedthe repository and 137303 times visitedand downloaded full text of scientific papers.Notably, visits from India are highest with80,563 times followed by USA 9030,Philippines 3801, Malaysia 2953, UK 2181,

Global visibility of CMFRI publications through eprints@cmfri

Indonesia 1975, Australia 1692, Mexico1431, China 1311, Thailand 1286 times

and so on. Eprints@cmfri gets India’s BestOpen Access Institutional Award 2012.

Exhibition in connection with theinternational symposium on 'Greening

Fisheries: Towards Green technologies inFisheries' organized jointly by the Society ofFisheries Technologists (India) and CIFT,during the period from 21st to 23rd May,2013, at Center Hotel, Kochi.

Exhibitions

CMFRI Repository gets India’s Best Open Access Institutional Award 2012

KVK (Ernakulam) News

Pokkali Paddy-Shrimp-Fish integrated farmingdemonstration of KVK:A success story

KVK (Ernakulam) of CMFRI hassuccessfully demonstrated the new

method for revival of pokkali farmingsystem wherein culture of paddy, shrimpand fin fish all integrated in a package forpokkali fields under the technologydemonstration programme of NationalInitiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture(NICRA) Project in the pokkali fields atEzhikkara, Pizhala and Kadamakkudy. Inthis new method, high density cagefarming of fin fish is integrated with theconventional pokkali farming of alternatepaddy and shrimp culture. KVK has beenconducting the frontline demonstrationof this new method for the last one year.The harvest of this new farming systemhas been inaugurated by Shri BRamachandran, Additional DistrictMagistrates (ADM) Ernakulam District on10th April at Ezhikkara VadakkumbhagamPadasekharam in presence of Dr. G. Syda


Rao, Director, Central Marine FisheriesResearch Institute and Dr. P. U. Zachariah,Principal Investigator of the NICRAproject.The fixed cost required for cages,catwalks and other facilities for 1 haPokkali field is ̀ 88,200/-. These facilitiescan be used for 5 years. Hence the fixedcost per year would be `17,640/-. Theoperational cost per year is ̀ 89,380/-. It isestimated that 324 kg of Pearlspot and 312

kg of Mullet can be harvested from one field.The gross income per year would be` 90,200/- at the rate of ` 250/- perkilogram for Pearlspot and ` 350 perkilogramme for Mullet at farm gate. Hencethe first year profit would be ̀ 83,180/-.The present profit from paddy alone field isonly ` 15,000/- and that from paddy-shrimp field is ̀ 50,000/-.

Pokkali fish harvest mela inaugurated by ADM (Ernakulam)

Entrepreneurship development programmes (EDP) of KVK

KVK has conducted threeentrepreneurship development

propgramme during the last quarter. Oneday programme on Value Addedproducts from Nutmeg rind, conductedat Samskara, Kothamangalam wasattended by 80 prospective

entrepreneurs. The method ofmanufacturing Jam, Squash and Winefrom Nutmeg rind on industrial level wasdemonstrated. There was a training onfood safety and standards authority ofIndia registration, trade mark protection,labeling, packing and marketing. The

programme was inaugurated by Sri. V.VKurian, Standing Committee Chairmanof Kothamangalam municipality. Similarly,another programme on MushroomCultivation was conducted at Thevaracampus on 26.04.2013, where in 30prospective entrepreneurs attended.

Shri. Shoji Joy Edison, SMS (Horticulture)received National Award

The poster entitled Testing thesuitability of different cocopeat

based media for protected growing ofvegetable seedlings authored by Shri.Shoji Joy Edison has won the First prizeand the Best Poster Award during theNational Seminar on Advances inProtected Cultivation organised byIndian Society for Protected Cultivation(ISPC), Centre For Protected

Cultivation Technology (CPCT), IndianAgriculture Research Institute, NewDelhi on 21st March, 2013. Awardwas given by Dr. R.B.Singh (FormerADG, FAO, Former ASRB chairman)in the presence of Dr. N.K KrishnaKumar (DDG, Horticulture), Dr.Brahma Singh, Executive Director,DRDO and Dr. Anwar Alam (FormerVC, SKUAST, Jammu).

Shri. Shoji Joy Edison receiving the award

KVK successfully cultivated Palak inErnakulam district

The On Farm Testing of palak cultivation wassuccessfully conducted in four farmers field at

Kumbalangi, Edavanakad, and Chotanikara. A Palakharvest mela was organized at Kumbalangi on 12.4.13.The programme was inaugurated by Smt. Usha Pradeep,President Kumbalangi Grama Panchayath. Shri. TonyKochery, Panchayath member, Smt. Jagadambal,Agriculture officer, Mrs.Usha Devi, Astt. DirectorAgriculture were present. The variety Harit Shobha gavean yield of 2.2 tones /ha compare to all green whichgave an yield of 2 t/ha.


Programme participations

Best paper awardThe paper titled “GIS based resource mapping of fishery resources to reduceGIS based resource mapping of fishery resources to reduceGIS based resource mapping of fishery resources to reduceGIS based resource mapping of fishery resources to reduceGIS based resource mapping of fishery resources to reduceCO2 emission by multiday trawlersCO2 emission by multiday trawlersCO2 emission by multiday trawlersCO2 emission by multiday trawlersCO2 emission by multiday trawlers” authored by Sujitha Thomas and A.P.Dineshbabu received the Best Paper Award (Oral) under the technical sessionon Green FGreen FGreen FGreen FGreen Fishing-Fishing-Fishing-Fishing-Fishing-Fishery Rishery Rishery Rishery Rishery Resources and Energy Efficient Eco friendly Captureesources and Energy Efficient Eco friendly Captureesources and Energy Efficient Eco friendly Captureesources and Energy Efficient Eco friendly Captureesources and Energy Efficient Eco friendly CaptureSystemsSystemsSystemsSystemsSystems in The International Symposium on Greening Fisheries- Towards GreenTechnologies in Fisheries” jointly organised by Society of Fisheries Technologist(India) and CIFT Cochin from May 21-23, 2013.

Dr. Sujitha Thomas receiving the best paper award

Dr. (Mrs.) V. Kripa, Head, FEMD,Dr. K. S. Mohamed, Head, MFDand Dr. R. Jeyabaskaran, SeniorScientist attended Indo-German ProjectPlanning Workshop conducted at MoEFat India Habitat Centre, New Delhi from13-14 May, 2013.

Dr. P. U. Zacharia, Head DFD andChairman, Vessel ManagementCommittee visited Goa Shipyard Ltd toinspect the construction of vessel inGoa on 5th April 2013.

Dr. T. V. Sathianandan, HeadFRAD Attended the meeting as amember of the expert committee tostudy “the impact of trawl ban alongKerala coast” in the chamber of Hon’bleMinister for Fisheries, Government ofKerala at Trivandrum on 18-5-2013.

Dr. G. Maheshwarudu, Scientist-in-charge, VRC of CMFRI attended asession on “Opportunities in financingto Mariculture activities” on 30th April,2013 at NIRD, Hyderabad.

Dr. A. P. Dineshbabu, Scientist-in-charge, Mangalore RC and Dr. P. S.Swathi lekshmi, Senior Scientistparticipated in the second annualworkshop of NICRA at IARI campusNew Delhi from 17 th to 19 th June,2013.

Dr. Prathibha Rohit, PrincipalScientist attended and presented the

member in Coastal Protection andDevelopment Advisory Committee(CPDAC) in context at Anti Sea ErosionMeasures in Lakshadweep from16-20th April, 2013 organized bycoastal Erosion Directorate, CentralWater Commission, New Delhi.

Dr. T. M. Najmudeen, SeniorScientist attended the trainingprogramme on ‘Projects’ underworkshop on User Acceptance Testingof ERP solution for Implementation ofManagement Information System (MIS)including Financial Management Systemin ICAR on 8-10 May 2013 at IndianAgricultural Statistics Research Institute,New Delhi.

Dr. Shubhadeep Ghosh, SIC ; MrsMuktha M; ; ; ; ; Mr. Loveson Edward,,,,,Shri N. Rajendra Naik,,,,, Scientistattended an interactive meeting with thePresident and the Executive Director,Scientific Committee on OceanicResearch (SCOR) at Conference hallof the centre for studies on Bay ofBengal, Andhra University on 17th May,2013.

Dr. Vipinkumar. V. P., SeniorScientist participated in the ManagementDevelopment Workshop forTechnology Management forResearchers during 28th February to6th March, 2013 at NAARM,Hyderabad.

Dr. Shyam. S. Salim, SeniorScientist attended the 120th meeting ofthe Academic Council on 3rd April,2013 at the Kerala Agricultural UniversityHeadquarters, Vellanikkara

Deputation abroadDr. Somy Kuriakose and Dr. Mini K. G. at Thailand

DrDrDrDrDr. Somy K. Somy K. Somy K. Somy K. Somy Kuriakoseuriakoseuriakoseuriakoseuriakose and DrDrDrDrDr. Mini K.G.. Mini K.G.. Mini K.G.. Mini K.G.. Mini K.G. attended the BOBLME - IOTC FisheriesStock Assessment Training Workshop organized by Bay of Bengal Large MarineEcosystem Project and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission at Bangkok, Thailandduring 20-24, May 2013.

project on “Sustainable blue foodsecurity and carbon issues underchanging climate: challenges in Australiaand India at the Department of Scienceand Technology, New Delhi on 13 th

June, 2013.

Dr. Subhadeep Ghosh,,,,, SeniorScientist and Dr. Biswajit Dash,Technical Officer, VRC of CMFRI,attended second advisory committeemeeting and inauguration of Hilsa Projectat, CIFRI, Barrackpore on 13th – 14th

April, 2013.

Dr. R. Jeyabaskaran,,,,, SeniorScientist participated as expert team

Personnel

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PROMOTIONS

Names & Designation Promoted as Center w.e.f

Smt. K. P. Shylaja, UDC Assistant Calicut RC 27.12.2012 (AN)

Smt. Ponnamma Radhakrishnan, Assistant Assistant Administrative Officer CMFRI Hqrs. 17.04.2013

Shri C. Purandara Shetty, UDC Assistant Mangalore RC 17.04.2013

Shri M. M. Vanvi, UDC Assistant Mumbai RC 25.04.2013

Smt. P. N. Deepa, LDC Upper Division Clerk CMFRI Hqrs. 17.04.2013

Smt. Febeena P. A., LDC Upper Division Clerk CMFRI Hqrs. 17.04.2013

Smt. Manju Jose, LDC Upper Division Clerk CMFRI Hqrs. 29.04.2013

Shri V. Muniyasamy, SSS T-1 (Field Assistant) Mandapam RC 30.04.2013

Shri Rajendra D. Hulswar, SSS T-1 (Field Assistant) Karwar RC 01.05.2013

Shri D. Jaganna, SSS T-1 (Field Assistant) Visakhapatnam RC 30.04.2013 (AN)

Smt. M.P. Shyamala, SSS T-1 (Field Assistant) CMFRI Hqrs. 01.06.2013

Shri Sunil P. V., SSS T-1 (Filed Assistant) CMFRI Hqrs. 01.06.2013

Shri A. K. Shaji, SSS T-1 (Field Assistant) CMFRI Hqrs. 01.06.2013

Smt. Sheela P. P., SSS T-1 (Filed Assistant) CMFRI Hqrs. 01.06.2013

Smt. Pramila Harish Borkar, SSS T-1 (Filed Assistant) Karwar RC 01.06.2013

Smt. P. S. Sumathi, Assistant Assistant Administrative Officer Mandapam RC 12.06.2013

MEETINGS

1. 17th meeting of the Research Advisory Committee of CMFRI held on 25.04.2013 at Mandapam Regional Centre of CMFRI, Mandapam Camp.

2. 20th meeting of the Institute Research Council of CMFRI held at CMFRI Hqrs., Cochin during 10-14 June 2013.

3. 74th meeting of the Institute Management Committee of CMFRI held on 18.06.2013 at CMFRI Hqrs., Cochin.

Cadalmin : CMFRI Newsletter No. 137

Attended the Programme AdvisoryCommittee of the Department ofScience and Engineering Board meetingfor the project proposal presentationon ‘Sustainable blue food security andcarbon issues under a changing climate:Challenges in Australia and India’ on 13thJune 2013 at Vasant Square Mall, LowerGround Floor, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

Delivered an interactive lecture on“Trade Agreements and Impacts in theIndian Fisheries Sector: Constraints andProspects for the Graduate Students ofMichigan State University on 24th April2013 as part of ongoing MSU-CMFRIpartnership via Skype

APPOINTMENTS

Names & Designation Appointed as Center w.e.f

Smt. G. Hemlata Assistant Finance & Accounts Officer Visakhapatnam RC 13.03.2013

Ms. Priyanka Kumari Assistant Mandapam RC 09.04.2013

Dr. Amir Kumar Samal Scientist CMFRI Hqrs. 10.04.2013

Dr. Sekar Megarajan Scientist CMFRI Hqrs. 10.04.2013

Smt. Karthireddy Shyamala Scientist CMFRI Hqrs. 11.04.2013

Shri Vinay Kumar Vase Scientist CMFRI Hqrs. 11.04.2013

Shri Ashish Chobey Assistant Administrative Officer Visakhapatnam RC 17.05.2013

Shri Chandra Mauli Sharma Assistant Administrative Officer Veraval RC 21.05.2013

ASSUMPTION OF CHARGES

1. Dr. G. Maheswarudu, Pr. Scientist, Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of CMFRI has assumed the charge of Head of Division, Crustacean FisheriesDivision, CMFRI, Hqrs., Cochin on 16.05.2013.

2. Dr. Shubhadeep Gosh, Sr. Scientist has assumed the charges of Scientist-in-charge, Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of CMFRI on 14.05.2013.

BEST PAPER AWARD : Shyam. S. Salim, V Shyam. S. Salim, V Shyam. S. Salim, V Shyam. S. Salim, V Shyam. S. Salim, V. Kripa, P. Kripa, P. Kripa, P. Kripa, P. Kripa, P. U. Zachariah. U. Zachariah. U. Zachariah. U. Zachariah. U. Zachariahand Ambroseand Ambroseand Ambroseand Ambroseand Ambrose (2013) Best paper award for Oral presentation on 'CoastalFishers perception on Climate change causes and effects: A PARS methodologyframework' , International Symposium, Theme on Greening Fisheries: TowardsGreen technologies in Fisheries, Technical Session 4: 'Action Blue' - Special Initiativesfor a Better Tomorrow in Fisheries 21-23 May 2013, Organised by CentralInstitute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin and Society of Fishery Technologists(SOFTI), India, Cochin

BEST POSTER AWARD: The poster entitled Organic Aquafarming Initiativesin Karnataka: a success story authored by Dr.Geetha Sasikumar, Dr. K. S. Mohamedand Dr. P. K. Asokan received the best poster award. This was presented underthe technical session on Clean Aqua-Aquaculture Production systems for thefuture in the International Symposium on Greening Fisheries-Towards GreenTechnologies in Fisheries jointly organised by Society of Fisheries Technologist(India) and CIFT Cochin from May 21-23, 2013.

With profound sorrowCMFRI family pay homage to

our beloved colleagueShri R. Somu Shri R. Somu, T-5

(Technical Officer)Madras RC04.04.2013

Obituary


We salute the seniors on their retirement

Shri A. YagappanAssistant Admn. Officer

Mandapam RC31.05.2013

Shri P. K. Ravindran,Upper Division Clerk

CMFRI Hqrs.31.05.2013

M. R. ArputharajT-6 (Technical Officer)

Mandapam RC30.04.2013

Smt. Uma S. BhatT-5 (Technical Officer)

Mangalore RC30.04.2013

Shri G. Subramania BhattT-5 (Technical Officer)

Mangalore RC31.05.2013

Shri M. ChellappaT-5 (Technical Officer)

Tuticorin RC31.05.2013

Shri C. J. JosekuttyT-5 (Technical Officer)

Mumbai RC31.05.2013

Shri B. G. KalbateT-4 (Sr. Technical

Assistant)Mumbai RC31.05.2013

Shri Paul SigamonyT-4 (Sr. Technical

Assistant)Kanyakumari FC

31.05.2013

Shri B. ThangarajT-1-3 (Jr. Technical

Asssistant), Tuticorin RC30.06.2013

Shri V. Achutha RaoT-5 (Technical Officer)

Visakhapatnam RC30.06.2013

Shri Ch. EllithathayyaT-5 (Technical Officer)

Visakhapatnam RC30.06.2013

Shri K. Narayana RaoT-5 (Technical Officer)

Srikakulam FC30.06.2013

Shri S. BalakrishnanSkilled Support Staff


Dr. (Smt.) S. GirijakumariT-6 (Technical Officer -Library), CMFRI Hqrs.

30.06.2013

Shri V. SamayamuthuSkilled Support Staff


Dr. R. Sathiadhas, Chairman, Cadalmin Editorial Board retiresDr. R. Sathiadhas Principal Scientist,Vizhinjam Research Centre of CMFRI,retired from service on superannuationby 30th June 2013. He joined as Scientistat CAZRI, Jodhpur beloning to ARS of1977 batch in the discipline of Agri-economic after a brief stint as projectfellow, New Delhi. He joined CMFRIduring1978 and initially worked underthe Fisheries Resource AssessmentDivision till the formation the separateDivision on Fisheries Economic &Extension in 1982. He became seniorscientist in 1984 and Head in- charge ofSEETT Division in 1994 and he joinedCIFE, Mumbai as Professor of FisheriesEconomic in 1998 and served as HODof Fishery Economics and ExtensionDivision for about 2 years (1998-2000). He joined back at CMFRI as

Head of SEETTD during January 2000 andcontinued in that position for 2 Tenure till2010. Since joining CMFRI Dr. R.Sathiadhas has undertaken a number ofResearch projects and special assessmentin the field of Fisheries Economics andExtension pertaining to socio-economicimpact assessment, Resource Management,

Marketing Environmental economics,participatory co-management andTechnology Transfer. He has been activelyinvolved in organising a number of villagelevel farmers meet for TechnologyTransfer in fishing villages and institutionalin establishing the ATIC of CMFRI andinitially served as its Manager. He is havingmore than 200 publications to his creditincluding reputed national and internationaland International journals. He hasauthorised ten books/special publicationof CMFRI in which some are prescribedas reference books in university andFisheries Colleges. He served asChairman, Cadalmin editorial board during2008-2013. He organised the FirstNational Conference on FisheriesEconomics and Extension at Mumbai on6th January 2000 as convenor.

Hon’ble Union Minister for Agriculture viewingthe Marine Cages at Karwar

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Hon’ble Union Minister for Agriculture Shri. Sharad Pawar ... · Hon'ble Union Minister, Shri Sharad Pawar having close look on a snapper broodstock at the marine cage farm of Karwar