Fishing Chimes Vol. 30 No. lIApril2010

Role and Achievements of CMFRl I in Marine Fisheries Sector

GSyda Rao Director, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi-682 016

Introduction

its research and developm

Dr.GSyda . .,,. Director, CMFRl activities in marine fisheries, has Fig.1: Lobsters harvested from

receiving the ICAR's Sardar Patel Vizhinjam Outstanding institute Award for the year 2006-07 from the Honourable

. . . The Institute has successful .'.'T---T-

Open sea floating cage p 4th.Ve@ta% - .

md W k e8g~Mlkndrplnr

organisms in open seas have open

Fig.4: Cage 3* I Fig.5: Cage 4Ih Version: Mandapam employment generation, wom Visakal empowerment, uplift of the fisherfo

The coastal mariculture deve

. .,,.: cage w" version: K~~~~ enduring brand identity. Fig.6: Cage Version 5: Munambum