Participatory management for conservation of seahorses in the Gulf of Mannar, South-east coast of India

Vinod, K and Saravanan, Raju and Johnson, B and Rajakumaran, P and Sathya, C and Murugan, A and Vivekanandan, E (2015) Participatory management for conservation of seahorses in the Gulf of Mannar, South-east coast of India. Technical Report. Bay of Bengal large Marine Ecosystem Project, Kochi.

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Abstract

The Inception Workshop of the research project “Participatory management for conservation of seahorses in the Gulf of Mannar, south-east coast of India” was organized on 27 December 2014 at the Mandapam Regional Centre of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR), Mandapam Camp, Tamil Nadu. The workshop was aimed to mark the beginning of the project activities in the Gulf of Mannar and also to bring to one place all the concerned stakeholders who are directly or indirectly associated with sustainable management of seahorse fishery and conservation, and to inform them about the project, its objectives and the expectations. The workshop was also aimed to discuss and get feedback on the methodology and approach for implementation of the project activities such as field surveys and interviews with the stakeholders. The workshop also focused to gather valuable inputs from various stakeholders, which are vital for the on-going project.

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