Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala Research Areas
Marine fish catch estimation
through Multistage Stratified
Random Sampling; Marine Fish
Stock Assessment; Ecosystem
Approaches to Fisheries
Management (EAFM);
Taxonomy of Marine Finfish,
Shellfish, Corals, Sponges and
Marine Mammals; Cage culture
of Marine fish and Integrated
Multitrophic Aquaculture
(IMTA); Marine Bivalve farming;
Mabe pearl production from pearl
oyster; Breeding and seed
production of marine food and
ornamental fish; GIS application
in capture fisheries; Remote
sensing and GIS for marine
fisheries resource management;
Carbon foot print and life cycle
analysis in marine environment;
Vulnerability Assessment and
livelihood analysis; Artificial
Reef for conservation and
resource management; Fish age
estimation; Bionomics of marine
fish and shellfish; Genetic stock
structure analysis using advanced
molecular markers; DNA
Barcoding of marine organisms;
Functional genomics; Marine fish
cell line development; Disease
diagnosis of marine organisms;
Feed formulation and fish
nutrition; Marine Bio-prospecting
and development of
nutraceuticals; Proximate
composition analysis of finfish
and shellfish; Economic valuation
of marine biodiversity; Gender
mainstreaming in fisheries; Fish
supply chains; Policy analysis and
development
I.14 Central Institute of
Fisheries Technology,
Kochi, Kerala
(www.cift.res.in)
Harvest and Post-harvest
Technology Development in
Fisheries – Fishing Technology;
Fish Processing Technology; Fish
Biochemistry & Nutrition;
Microbiology; Biotechnology and
Fermentation; Quality Assurance
& Management; Fishery
Engineering and Fisheries
Extension; Economics &
Statistics
Contact Person:
Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan,
Director
Tel.: +91-484-2394798
Fax: +91-484-2394909/
2396685
Email: [email protected]