annual progress report 2017-18 - cmfri

National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)

Annual Progress Report 2017-18

1. Reporting Year

: 2017-18

2. Name of the Institute

: Central Marine Fisheries

Research Institute, Kochi 3. Name of the PI

: Dr. P.U. Zacharia, Principal

Scientist

4. Names of the Associates with

responsibilities assigned

: Pl see Annexure I

5. Brief Technical Program implemented

(activity wise)

:

Phenology and Distribution

Geo-referred data collection of fishery resources including larval species was done

along the Indian coasts at various centres to assess species distribution, reproductive

stages, diet and catch composition along with investigations on relation with climatic

variable changes of identified species. Correlation studies of environmental parameters

with pelagic resources were done. Mangalore, Mumbai, Vizag, Chennai, Mandapam

centres have carried out zone-wise studies (mean size, Fecundity, HIS, GSI, Sex ratio,

ood and feeding, spawning, abundance) on selected commercial marine fishes. Larval

recruitment and distributions studies were also done at Mangalore and Vizag.

Climate change projections

The climatic projections of the environmental parameters viz., SST, SSS, SLR, Pr, Chl

and pH have been obtained for 2020 to 2100 as CMIP5 model output for different RCP

scenarios (2.6, 4.5, 6.0 and 8.5). Projected variations are being used as baseline for

catch and vulnerability forecasts.

Carbon foot print and blue carbon

Life cycle assessment of fishing operations for three phases Pre-harvest, Harvest and

Post-hHarvest were done for Kerala coast.

Carbon stock assessment of mangrove ecosystem were done for Dharmadon Estuary,

Kerala. Carbon sequestration potential of commercial seaweed biomass from Gulf of

Mannar were done.

Climate resilient technologies and products

Multivendor E-Commerce website and associated mobile app were developed as

interventions of ICT applications to improve fishermen and fish farmer livelihoods and

income improvement. Pretreatment and hydrolysis stages of seaweeds were done

towards biofuel production pathways. Biochar were produced from aquatic vegetation

(seaweed and water hyacinth) and applied in lab scale for representative pokkali-fish

system and yielded benefial implications.

Climate smart villages

Six coastal villages of Tamilnadu and one village at Karnaka identified as vulnerable

areas were adopted to further develop as climate smart villages. Training and

technology demonstrations has been carried out at selected coastal villages (Mandapam,

Alevkodi, Edakochi) on marine ornamental fish culture and harnessing positive effects

of climate change by capture based aquaculture, sea cage farming of high-value fishes,

low-cost cage construction, mooring of cages in the sea etc,. Awareness programs and

field demonstrations of cage culture and IMTA were also conducted. 5 Acres of

wetland restored and made suitable for aquaculture at Edakochi, Kerala.

6. Summary of work done (< 1 page)

: Pl see Annexure II

7. Results in detail (give detailed account of

results obtained with data, tables, pictures

etc.)

: Pl see Annexure III

8. Results of significant value (highlight 1-2

significant results in 2 paragraphs which

can be highlighted at the national level)

: Pl see Annexure IV

9. Procurement of equipments :

(Rs. in lakhs)

S.No Name of the Equipment Status of

procurement

Estimated Cost /

Budget allocated

Actual cost

1. Bottom Sampler acc to

Van veen stainless steel,

Procured

1.00 99949

2. Sediment corer incl.

Transparent plexi glass

core tube

1.00 99970

Total Rs. 2.00 /- Rs. 1,99,919 /-

Total IT Allocated 5lakh + 4.36 lakh (Reallocated from Equipment)

Sl.No Name of the Equipment Status of

procurement

Estimated Cost /

Budget allocated

Actual cost

1. Canon Digital Multifunction

Printer

Procured

48,900/- 48,900/-

2. Desktop Acer Computer 4,49,900/- 4,49,900/-

3. GSM 1 GPRS Modem X

Connect with database

2,17,386/- 2,17,386/-

4. I-SAT Phone 1,23,601/- 1,23,601/-

Total Rs. 8,39,787/-

10. Status of works, if any : Nil

11. HRD Programs conducted, if any : Please see Table below

(Rs. in lakhs)

S.No Name of the Program No. of

participants

Venue Expenditure

incurred

1.a E- commerce training

(www.marinefishsales.com) 16th

December 2017

28 farmers,

fishermens, SHGs

and traders

CMFRI,

Kochi

6000

b Farmers meeting to fix minimum

base price for Multivendor e-

commerce,21st March,2018

farmers,

fishermens, SHGs

and traders

6000

c Fish processing and Packaging

for E-Marketing,17th

April 2018

5 fish farmers, 4

research scholars

25,000

2. a Village level meetings to

develop them in to Climate

Smart Village on 8th

February

2018

50 fishers from

Chinnapalam

village of

Ramanathapuram

district

Mandapa

m

Regional

Centre

Expenditure

incurred

under

contingency

fund

b Village level meetings to

develop them in to Climate

Smart Village on 9th

February

2018

50 fishers from

Vadakadu

villages of

Ramanathapuram

district

c Marine Ornamental Fish Culture

under National Innovations on

16th

February 2018

40 fisherwomen

from

Chinnapalam

village of

Ramanathapuram

district

3.a Fishers perception of

vulnerability to climate change

and its adaptation strategies for

the coastal villages of

Thoothukudi, 13th

December

2017

52 fishermen

from 15 villages

Tuticorin

Research

Centre

b Field demonstration on

Integrated Multi-trophic

Aquaculture, 15th

to 17th

February 2018

25 trainees from 6

coastal villages

were trained

Tuticorin

Research

Centre

4. Training cum workshop on

application of ARC GIS and

QGIS in wetland mapping and

analysis, 5th

- 9th

February,2018

2 Research

scholars

Mangalor

e

Research

Centre

12. Publications/patents

: Pl see Annexure V

13. Any other information : Nil

Annexure -1: Names of the Associates with responsibilities assigned

Name of

Centre

Centre

Coordinator

Associates Work component

Kochi Grinson

George

P. Kaladharan,

T.V Sathianandan,

Somy Kuriakose

Mini K.G.

Sandhya Sukumaran,

Shyam S. Salim

N. Aswathi,

T.M. Najmudeen

Mohamed Koya

Sreenath R

Livi Wilson

Phenology & Distribution changes,

Climate change modeling, Habitat

management, Climate resilient

products development, Adaptation

strategies for marine fisheries, Climate

resilient village development

Coordination and consolidation,

periodic reports

Calicut K. Vinod P.K. Asokan

Mangrove sequestration, blue carbon

potential of mangrove ecosystem

Mangalore A.P

Dineshbabu

Sujitha Thomas

K.M. Rajesh

Phenology and distribution of

identified species

Mapping of resources distribution,

species shift, basic input for modeling,

Village adoption (climate smart

village) as per IDLAM survey results

Mumbai Anulekshmi

C.

K.V. Akhilesh,

Santhosh Bhendekar

Ajay Nakawa


identified species

GIS Mapping of resource, catch

composition/catch arte in relation to

upwelling

Tuticorin L. Renjith C. Kalidas, D Linga

Prabhu

IMTA, Village adoption to develop as

climate smart village

Mandapam B. Johnson L. Remya,

Amil kumar Samal,

Thirmalaiselvan


identified species

IMTA, Village adoption to develop as

climate smart village

Chennai Shoba J.K M. Sivadas, E. M.

Chhandaprajnadarsini


identified species

Village adoption to develop as climate

smart village

Vizag S. Ghosh Mukhta M.,

Indira Divipala


identified species

Larval distribution and recruitment

studies

Annexure II- Summary of work done

• Phenology & Distribution: Zone wise studies were being carried out at Mangalore,

Mumbai, Vizag, Mandapam and Chennai of selected marine species on parameters such

as Mean size, Mode, Fecundity, Hepatosomatic Index, Gastro-somatic Index, Gonado-

somatic Index, Food and Feeding, Sex Ratio, Spawning Season and Abundance (SST,

SSS, BST, SSH, DO).

• Spatio-temporal mapping of resources: Geocoded data collection of fishery resources

were done along the coasts of Mangalore, Mumbai, Vizag and Tamilnadu and analysed

for studies on reproductive stages and diet. The results of SST provided a baseline for

correlation of environmental parameters with pelagic resources. Correlation studies

were carried out on larval recruitment with climatic parameters (SST, Chl, Sea current).

Abundance of jelly fish were also investigated with environmental parameters.

• Carbon Footprint Assessment: Life Cycle Analysis of Kerala fishing harbours were

done and harvest phase was found to be with highest C footprint. Blue carbon stock

assessment of selected mangrove ecosystem of Kerala and carbon sequestration

potential of seaweeds along Gulf of Mannar are being carried out.

• Climate change projections (2020 - 2100): The climatic projections of the parameters

SST, SSS, SLR, Pr, Chl and pH has been achieved for Indian Ocean for 2020 to 2100 as

CMIP5 model output for different RCP scenarios.

• Technology Development: Multivendor E-Commerce website and Android App has

been developed to attain income improvement for coastal fishermen communities.

Technology development initiated for mariculture of Kappaphycus alvarezii using

vegetative propogation to yield higher harvest and the technology has been attempted at

Kochi. Pretreatment and hydrolysis of seaweeds has been attained towards biofuel

production pathway.Biochar production from aquatic vegetation (seaweeds and water

hyacinth) was done and its application as soil mixture and as fish feed resulted in

enhanced growth of pokkali as well as tilapia fish.

• Climate Resilient Village Development: Six coastal villages of Tamilnadu identified as

vulnerable were adopted to develop as climate smart villages. Around 52 fishermen of

15 coastal villages of Thoothukudi district, Tamilnadu were empowered fishermen to

harness positive impact of climate change by capture based aquaculture, sea cage

farming of high-value fishes, low-cost cage construction, mooring of cages in the sea.

Training programmes initiated to impart the already available technology of breeding of

major marine ornamental fishes to small scale fishermen/farmers at Mandapam,

Tamilnadu. Awareness programs and field demonstrations of cage culture of high value

fishes and IMTA were conducted. Village in Kundapura, Karnataka has been

demonstrated with climate resilient technologies. Wetland (5 acre) restored and made

suitable for aquaculture at Kochi, Kerala.

Annexure III: Results in detail (give detailed account of results obtained with data,

tables, pictures etc.)

Phenology and Distribution change

Spatio temporal mapping of resources

Geo-referred data collection of fishery resources were done along the coasts of Mangalore,

Mumbai, Vizag and Tamilnadu and analysed for studies on reproductive stages and diet.

Distribution of Threadfin breams off Mangalore

The experimental fishing done during 1993-95 covered depth range from 50- 200 m and

maximum abundance of threadfin bream was 500-600 kg/hour while that during 2013-15

was about 250 kg/hr Comparison of the catch/hr data in the same location shows slight

reduction in the catch rate at present. The temperature maximum during 1993-95 was

28.65oC and minimum was 28.41

oC while during 2013-15 it was 29.85

oC and minimum

was 29.54oC. A relation between threadfin bream distribution and SST was observed.

Larval distribution and recruitment off vizag

A preliminary analysis of presence of larvae collected within 20m -50m depth areas with

oceanographic variables indicated that the presence of crustacean larvae had good correlation

with Sea Surface Temperature. A correlation coefficient of 0.35 was obtained between

crustacean larvae and Sea Surface Temperature. The crustacean larval presence showed

positive correlation with Chlorophyll a values. A correlation coefficient of 0.17 was obtained

between crustacean larvae and Chlorophyll a values. The correlation coefficient was negative

for presence of crustacean larvae and Sea current. A correlation coefficient of -0.26 was

obtained between crustacean larvae and Sea current. The main type of larvae seen were that

of mysis and post larval stages of the shrimps, alima stages of the stomatopods and crab zoea

and megalopa stages. The main type of fish larvae were seen was that of croakers, puffer fish,

ribbonfish, Carangids and Polynemids with croaker larvae dominating the samples. Fish eggs

with embryonic development inside and Jellyfish (either small or big sizes) were collected in

all months.

Catch composition and upwelling in Maharashtra coastal waters

The catch composition in relation to upwelling clearly shows difference in the species

during post monsoon and pre monsoon season. Most of the species (37 Nos) found rich

during post monsoon were the signature species of upwelling reported at southern part of

India

Mysis stage of shrimp, Alima stage of stomatopods, Zoea stage of crab and Megalopa stage of crab

Six species of jelly fishes (Chiropsoides sp. Aequorea sp, Lychonorhiza sp., Chrysoara sp,

Rhopilema sp, Rhizostoma sp.) were identified from Maharashtra coastal waters and its

bloom in certain seasons affects the commercial fishing activities and livelihoods. It was

observed that jelly fish abundance is high during October, November and December

months. Pair plot of jelly fish abundance and selected explanatory variable shows

maximum correlation with salinity (-0.86) followed by bottom surface temperature (-0.78).

Pairplot of Jelly fish intensity and environmental variables

Carbon foot print and blue carbon

Blue carbon potential of mangroves and seagrass and Life Cycle Assessment of

fishing operations

The mean combined carbon stock (above ground, root and sediment) of mangrove

ecosystem were found to be 240.58 t C ha-1

and 137.45 t C ha-1

for the study areas of

Kerala at Dharmadom and Thalassery respectively. The highest C stock were recorded for

above ground followed by sediment carbon stock and root biomass.

The analysis of carbon assimilation potential of important seaweed biomass along Gulf of

Mannar revealed highest potential for Sargassum sp. (6736 tons of standing biomass) with

CO2 absorption of 379.9 t/day.

Life cycle analysis of fishing operations for Kerala coast shows highest emissions during

harvest phase followed by post harvest and pre-harvest phases.

Climate resilient technologies and products

Multivendor E-Commerce Website and Mobile App

A multivendor E-commerce website hosted as www.marinefishsales.com and associated

android application „marinefishsales‟ for use in android mobile phones has been developed.

This has been done in the context of mitigating the direct impact of climate change on

coastal communities livelihoods. The platform is an interface with administrative control

panel, vendor panels and user storefront with ICAR-CMFRI in an administrative role,

multiple coastal fishermen SHGs as vendors and consumers as users. Various fishermen

SHGs can register as vendors (fishers and farmers) based on their fish products and update

their stock availability under pre-approved categories and products, which shall be

displayed in the website and associated mobile app. Customers visiting the website or app

could place the order with payment options of cash on delivery, net banking or with

debit/credit cards and subsequently the registered vendor shall be notified through email

and SMS, upon which the quality products within the pre-assigned time frame shall be

delivered, enabling direct product sale between customers and SHGs. The profit could be

shared directly among the fisherfolk SHGs thus ensuring income improvement for

fishermen groups. Around 35 fishermen registered as vendors through the website. The

innovation incorporated is that, in contrary to typical e-commerce ventures where single

firm or company as major profit beneficiary, the developed e-platform envisions multiple

Kerala coast

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fishermen self-help groups (SHGs) as beneficiaries. The solution got wide coverage in

national and regional print as well as visual medias.

Low cost feeds for Integrated Multi Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) species

Performance of blue swimmer crabs, Portunus pelagicus to formulated low cost feeds

showed significant difference in growth parameters such as weight gain percentage

(WG%), specific growth rate (SGR), average daily growth (ADG)and feed conversion ratio

(FCR) among the different treatments in both male and female sex (P<0.05). Male crabs

showed higher ADG, WG% and SGR than female crabs. blue swimmer crab, Portunus

pelagicus can be successfully cultured using pellet feeds with less FCR.

Biofuel production from seaweeds

Seaweeds (Gracilaria, Kappaphycus and Sargassum) were subjected to pretreatment using

hydrogen peroxide and bleaching of substrate was observed. Seaweeds after pretreatment

were subjected to acid hydrolysis and the reducing sugars estimated. Pretreatment and

hydrolysis steps are precursors to biofuel production pathways.

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Seaweed Pretreatment

Seaweed Hydrolysis

Water hyacinth based biochar as feed and soil mixture to representative paddy-

fish system

Conversion of water hyacinth to climate resilient product „Biochar‟ endorses the

sustainable concept of waste to resource conversion and ensures cheap substrate as raw

material. The experimentation of biochar incorporation on a representative pokkali-tilapia

system resulted in improved growth performance of Tilapi fish, Pokkali paddy growth

enhancement and water quality improvement. Weight and length of tilapia were found to be

enhanced in biochar mixed feed and the highest was recorded for 1 % of biochar mixed

feed system. Biochar mixed soil resulted in pokkali growth with highest observed in 4 %

biochar-soil mixture. Improvement in water quality profile were also observed in biochar

amended system. Slight changes were observed for pH, dissolved oxygen and total

alkalinity. The work demonstrates new horizons towards aquaculture application using

biochar generated from water hyacinth.

Biochar produced from water hyacinth

Pokkali growth in biochar ameded soils

Control 5% 4% 3% 2% 1%

Climate Smart Village (CSV) development

Trainings and Technology Demonstrations

At Sippikulam farms in Tuticorin, Tamilnadu coastal fishermen were empowered to

harness positive impact of climate change by capture based aquaculture, technologies of sea

cage farming of high-value fishes like cobia, sea bass and pompano, lobsters and also low-

cost cage construction, mooring of cages in the Sea. Field demonstrations were carried out

in Sippikulam farms by Integrating Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA). Awareness

programme and field demonstration of cage culture potential for high value fishes and

Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture were also conducted.

Multivendor e-commerce training was organized on December 16th

2017 through NICRA

project to familiarize the developed e-commerce website and mobile app among fish

farmers and 28 participants (farmers, fishermens, SHGs and traders) underwent training.

On the next level, trial sales (on December 22nd

& 23rd

2017) were done to familiarize the

operational modalities of the e-venture. Farmer meet were arranged on 21.03.18 to fix

minimum base price, above which only sales shall be performed. Trial sales were further

carried out on last week of March and 1st week of April 2018 after which sales to public

were initiated. Training on „Fish processing and Packaging for E-Marketing‟ were also

arranged on 17.04.18 at KVK Njarakkal. Discussions have been initiated to engage

distributers to facilitate large volumes of sales.

Participatory mode of coastal vulnerable resource mapping meant to indicate the status of

different resources such as mangroves, sea grasses, coral reefs, fish farming etc., natural

calamities, environmental changes, anthropogenic activities and industrial development

occurred over the years to the present time in the respective villages were conducted at

Tuthukudi, Tamilnadu. The representatives from different coastal villages presented the

visible changes occurred in their respective villages owing to climate change and its effect

on fisheries, sea level raise, sea surface temperature, sea inundation and livelihood. The

fishermen expressed that the program was an innovative and useful one for them in

understanding the scope of adaptability to climate change.

Wetland Restoration for Aquaculture

A wetland of around 5 acre were restored and made suitable for aquaculture practice at

Edakochi, Kerala. Restoration works includes side bund construction and fortification of

sluice gates so as to enable aquculture practices in a large scale.

Village Adoption

Among the six highly vulnerable villages of Ramanathapuram district, Tamilnadu

identified through PARS, two villages namely Vadakadu (Rameswaram) and Chinnapalam

(Pamban) were adopted to develop as climate smart village. Village level meetings were

organized. Technologies on small-scale entrepreneurship for production of marine

ornamental fishes were disseminated to the selected fishers. Hands on training was given to

40 fisherwomen from Chinnapalam village, on broodstock development, breeding, larval

and juvenile rearing of clown fishes, grow-out techniques, livefeed culture, water quality

and disease management. The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) clearly shows that the

majority of particpants attained medium to high level of achievement. Training

Effectiveness Index (TEI) revealed that most of the trainees perceived the marine

ornamental fish culture training programme as highly effective.

December 16th

2017

The Integrated District Level Adaptation and Mitigation (IDLAM) study conducted along

coastal Karnataka revealed that Udupi district has high climate related vulnerability index

(0.460) compared to Dakshina Kannada (0.418) and Uttara Kannada districts (0.362).

Udupi district is also vulnerable to accelarated sea level rise. A village named Alvaekodi,

Paduvari Grama panchayat in Udupi district was adopted to upgrade as “Climate Smart

Village (CSV)” through interventions that can facilitate sustainable increase in agricultural

productivity and income. An interactive meeting on climate smart technologies were held

with stakeholders. Hands-on training to alternate vocations (seaweed farming) were

provided to 40 fishermen participants. Kappaphycus was introduced from Tuticorin at

Alvekodi (Udupi) and Chaliyam (Calicut) estuaries and the growth monitored.

Annexure-IV: Results of significant value (highlight 1-2 significant results in 2

paragraphs which can be highlighted at the national level)

Multivendor E-Commerce website for Fishermen Income Improvement:

Multivendor E-commerce website (www.marinefishsales.com) and android app

(marinefishsales) has been developed to enable direct fish sales between multiple

farmers/fishermen groups and customers, thereby supporting farmers/fishermen to advance

in supply chain and to ensure income improvement. Fisher SHGs could register as vendor

through the website and update their stock details using the login credentials. Customers

through store front could make purchase of their choice and accordingly associated vendor

shall be intimated through SMS/email, upon which product shall be delivered on pre-fixed

delivery time slots. The innovation incorporated is that, in contrary to typical e-commerce

ventures where single firm or company as major profit beneficiary, the developed e-

platform envisions multiple fishermen self-help groups (SHGs) as beneficiaries.

Village adoption to develop climate smart village

Two villages of Tamil Nadu namely Vadakadu (Rameswaram) and Chinnapalam (Pamban)

of Ramanathanpuram district, and one viilage in Karnataka namely Alvaekodi, Paduvari

Grama panchayat in Udupi district, were adotped to develop as climate smart village,

through interventions that can facilitate sustainable increase in agricultural productivity and

income. On 7th

March 2018, first meeting of CSV was in Alvaekodi village at 10.30 am.

The meeting provided platform for interacting with experts in the field of agriculture,

horticulture, veterinary and fisheries on different effective climate smart technologies.

Seaweed farming technology was introduced for the first time along Karnataka coast by

CMFRI, Mangalore under NICRA project. Technology demonstrations and climate

resilient strategies implementation could empower the fishermen communities to climate

change vulnerabilities and impacts.

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Annexure 5: List of Publications

Research Articles

in peer reviewed

journals

1. Wilson Sebastian, Sandhya Sukumaran, P.U.Zacharia, A.

Gopalakrishnan. 2017. Genetic population structure of

Indian oil sardine, Sardinella longiceps assessed using

microsatellite markers. Conservation Genetics, 18: 951-964.

DOI 10.1007/s10592-017-0946-6.

2. Wilson Sebastian, Sandhya Sukumaran, P.U.Zacharia, A.

Gopalakrishnan. 2017. The complete mitochondrial genome

and phylogeny of Indian oil sardine, Sardinella longiceps

and godstripe sardinella, Sardinella gibbosa from the Indian

Ocean. Conservation Genetics Resources, https://doi.org/

10.1007/s12686-017-0918-7

3. Johnson, B., A.K. Abdul Nazar, R. Jayakumar,

G. Tamilmani,

P. Rameshkumar, G. Gopakumar

and P.U. Zacharia. Adoption

of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)

Technology for Sea Cage Farming: A Success Story from

Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu. (Paper accepted in

Indian Journal of Fisheries)

4. Geetha, R., Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe, Divipala, Indira, Shyam,

S. Salim and Zacharia, P.U. (2017). Vulnerability index and

climate change: An analysis in Cuddalore District of Tamil

Nadu, India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 64 (2). pp. 96-104.

5. Vinaya Kumar Vase & Gyanaranjan Dash & K. R. Sreenath &

Ganesh Temkar &R. Shailendra & K. Mohammed Koya & D.

Divu & Swatipriyankasen Dash &Rajesh K. Pradhan & Kapil

S. Sukhdhane & J. Jayasankar (2018) Spatio-temporal

variability of physico-chemical variables,chlorophyll a, and

primary productivity in the northern Arabian Sea along

India coast. Environment Monitoring and Assessment 190:148.

Popular Articles 1. Ajay D. Nakhawa, Ratheesh Kumar R., Anulekshmi Chellapan,

Akhilesh K. V., Ramkumar, Santosh Bhendekar and Singh

V.V. 2018. Spatio-temporal variation of mangrove forest in

Bhatye Estuary of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra. Page.

63. In Zacharia P. U et al (Eds.) Remote Sensing for Ecosystem

Analysis and Fisheries (SAFARI 2), The Second international

Symposium, Book of Abstracts & Lead Articles, ICAR-Central

Marine Fisheries Research Institute,15-17 January 2018,

Kochi, India. p.160

Abstracts in

Seminar/

Symposia

1. Najmudeen, T.M., Ajith, S. Roshen George Ninan and Zacharia

P.U. , 2017. Carbon footprint of marine capture fisheries

along Kerala coast, southwest coast of India. In Book of

Abstracts Fostering Innovattions in Fisheries and Aquaculture:

Focus on Sustainability and Safety,11th

Indian Fisheries And

Aquaculture Forum, (11 th

IFAF) , 21-24 November, 2017,

Kochi, India.p.120.ISBN 978-81-933623-1-0.

https://doi.org/

2. Shyam S. Salim, R. Naryanakumar Swathilekshmi P.S ,

Sathianandan T V, Zacharia, P. U. Pratibha Rohit , A.

Gopalakrishanan. 2017. A Coastal vulnerability assessment,

adaptation and mitigation opportunities in climate hotspots

in Kerala, India. IIFET 2018. Seattle. Adapting to a changing

world: challenges and opportunities. July 16. 2018, Seattle.

3. Ansar C.P., P.K. Asokan, K. Vinod, P.U. Zacharia A. Anasu

Koya, V.A. Kunhi Koya and Gokul Vijayan. 2018. Biomass

and carbon stocks in a mangrove stretch of Dharmadam

estuarine wetland, southwest coast of India. International

Seminar on Coastal And Marine Biodiversity And

Conservation (ISCMBC-2018 15-16th March 2018, CAS in

Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai

University, Parangipettai.

4. Akhiljith P.J, Ajith S, Rojith G, Lakshmi P.M, Grinson George

and Zacharia P.U, 2018. Assessment of oceanographic

variables in Indian Ocean during 2030, 2050 and 2080

under RCP scenarios and its implications. In Zacharia P. U,

et al (Eds.) Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Analysis and

Fisheries (SAFARI 2), The Second international Symposium,

Book of Abstracts & Lead Articles, ICAR-Central Marine

Fisheries Research Institute,15-17 January 2018, Kochi, India.

p.93.

5. Kaladharan. P, Zacharia P.U, Nandakumar. A and Kambadkar

L. R, 2018. Ocean warming: Evidence on SST increase after

25 years from inshore waters adjoining Cochin,

southeastern Arabian Sea. In Zacharia P.U, . In Zacharia P.

U, et al (Eds.) (Eds.) Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Analysis

and Fisheries (SAFARI 2), The Second international



Kochi, India. p.98.

6. Rojith G, Zacharia P.U, Grinson George, Renoy G, Dhanya V

and Joseph Dhanya, 2018. Integrated resilience framework

for fisheries and wetlands through aquaculture and

geospatial monitoring. In Zacharia P. U, . In Zacharia P. U, et

al (Eds.) (Eds.) Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Analysis and

Fisheries (SAFARI 2), The Second international Symposium,

Book of Abstracts & Lead Articles, ICAR-Central Marine

Fisheries Research Institute,15-17 January 2018, Kochi, India.

p.120.

7. Vinod K, Asokan P. K, Zacharia P.U, Kaladharan P, Singh

V.V, Dineshbabu A.P, Sanil N. K, Anasukoya A, Sawant D.D,

Girish Gopinath, Bhaskar Paul and Vasudevan N, 2018. In

Zacharia P. U, et al (Eds.) Remote Sensing for Ecosystem




Kochi, India. p.122. (won best poster aaward)

8. Lakshmi P.M, Akhiljith P.J, Ajith S, Rojith G, George Grinson

and Zacharia P.U, 2018. Predictive changes and catch

forecast of Indian marine fisheries. In Zacharia P. U, et al

(Eds.) Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Analysis and Fisheries

(SAFARI 2), The Second international Symposium, Book of

Abstracts & Lead Articles, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries

Research Institute,15-17 January 2018, Kochi, India. p.136.

9. Ajith S, Lakshmi P. M, Akhiljith P. J, Rojith G, Grinson

George and Zacharia P. U, 2018. Impact of decadal changes

of oceanographic variables on Indian marine fisheries. In

Zacharia P. U, et al (Eds.). Remote Sensing for Ecosystem




Kochi, India. p. 136.

10. Sathianandan T. V, Eva Plaganyi, Katya Popova, Zacharia P.U,

Prathibha Rohit, Shyam S. Salim and P.K. Safeena, 2018.

Prediction of the effects of rise in Sea Surface Temperature

on population biomass of three resources for the hotspot

region in southwest coast of India. In Zacharia P. U, et al

(Eds.). Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Analysis and Fisheries




11. Roshen George Ninan, S. Ajith, G. Rojith, P.U. Zacharia, 2017.

Analysis of structural changes induced by bioprocessing of

Eichhornia crassipes through two stage solid fermentation

using Phanaerochaete chrysosporium.In Book of Abstracts

Fostering Innovattions in Fisheries and Aquaculture: Focus on

Sustainability and Safety,11th





12. Muktha Menon, Satheesh Kumar M, Indira Divipaala,

Shubhadeep Ghosh and Jayashankar J, 2017. A study on

yellowfin tuna T albacares distribution along north Andra

Pradesh coast using Generalised Additive Models. In

Zacharia P. U et al (Eds.) Remote Sensing for Ecosystem




Kochi, India. p.145.

13. Swathilekshmi P. S., Narayanakumar R. and Shyam S. Salim,

2018. Disaster preparedness - valuable lessons from the

field in the aftermath of Ockhi cyclone. In Zacharia P. U et al

(Eds.) Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Analysis and Fisheries




14. Sandhya Sukumaran, Lakshmi Mukundan, Wilson Sebastian, A

Gopalakrishnan, 2018. Genetic stock structure investigation

on spawning populations of Indian oil sardine , S longiseps

from south west coast of India. In Book of Abstracts







15. Sujitha Thomas, A.P. Dineshbabu, K.M. Rajesh, Prathibha

Rohith, Shailaja Shalian Shubhankar Dev Burman, G. Nataraja,

2017. Spatio-temporal habitat delineation of threadfin

breams juveniles along southwest coast of India - A tool for

conservation of marine resources. In Book of Abstracts







Bulletin/leaflets/

Video

Geetha, R., Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe, Shanthi, M, and Zacharia,

P.U. (2017) Climate change and vulnerability of Coastal

Villages in Tamil Nadu.

Handbook 1. Kalidas, C., Ranjith, L., Linga Prabu, D., Manojkumar, P. P.

and Zacharia, P. U. (2018). Handbook on Integrated Multi-

trophic Aquaculture (Regional Language-Tamil)”. CMFRI-

NICRA Special Publication no. 6. p.77

2. Kalidas, C., Ranjith, L., Linga Prabu, D., M. Kavitha, I.

Jagadis., Manojkumar, P. P. and Zacharia, P. U. (2018). Field

demonstration on Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture

(Regional Language-Tamil)”. CMFRI-NICRA Special

Publication no. 7. p.17

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