Marine Biodiversity of Kerala

Abstract

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Cochin was recognized as a ‘Designated National Repository’ by the Government of India, in December 2007 in consultation with the National Biodiversity Authority under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. A Designated National Repository (DNR) is an Institution authorised to keep in safe custody of specimens of different categories of biological material. Researchers in the field of Marine Sciences can now deposit their valuable holotype specimens (species new to science) in the Marine Biodiversity Museum of CMFRI.