ICAR ranks CMFRI as the best Fisheries and Animal Science Institute in India

CMFRI, Kochi (2022) ICAR ranks CMFRI as the best Fisheries and Animal Science Institute in India. Aquaculture Spectrum, 5 (9). p. 69. ISSN 2581-7892

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Abstract

The latest ranking of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) based on research and other activities during 2019-2021, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, headquartered in Kerala, bagged the first position in the category of Fisheries and Animal Science institutes in the country. The institute also stood third among the 93 institutes, under all divisions of crop science, horticultural science, natural resource management, agricultural engineering, animal science and fisheries science. The recognition of this feat according to Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan, Director, CMFRI is due to the collective efforts of the CMFRI family in research and development activities for the sustainable growth of the country’s marine fisheries. In addition, attempts to popularize mariculture activities like cage fish and seaweed farming, technology development for breeding of commercially important fishes, research initiatives to develop nutraceutical products from marine organisms, efforts for making relevant policies, studies on socio-economics of the sector and extension activities are among many others. Kochi headquartered CMFRI has regional research centres in Veraval, Karwar, Mangalore, Kozhikode, Vizhinjam, Chennai, Tuticorin, Mandapam, Visakhapatnam and Digha.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2022 04:21
Last Modified:	28 Jun 2023 11:04
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/16460

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