Research Achievements and Activities

Abstract

The increasing demands of the growing human population for high quality animal protein food have attracted substantial interest in the sea as a source of food. Advances in marine science have indicated the great scope and prospects of production of drugs, pharmaceutical compounds and bioactive material from the marine organisms to serve man and tp meet his vital needs. Besides, the expansion of our jurisdictional Umit to 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zone to explore, exploit, protect and preserve the living and the non-living resources in our seas has thrown up great challenges in the ocean resource utilisation and management.