Strides in elasmobranch research: glimpses of ICAR-CMFRI’s contributions over the last decade

Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe and Thomas, Sujitha and Muktha, M and Akhilesh, K V and Gopalakrishnan, A (2024) Strides in elasmobranch research: glimpses of ICAR-CMFRI’s contributions over the last decade. In: Marine Fisheries Information Service No.259. ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 19-22.

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Abstract

The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) is the country’s largest research institute catering to the sustainable development of and harvest from both, marine capture fisheries and mariculture. ICAR-CMFRI has made significant strides and contributions to these sectors, with focus on capture fisheries as the primary mandate since its inception in 1947. The Institute has been carrying out research on elasmobranch fisheries and biology since then. The growing global significance of elasmobranch conservation in the backdrop of declining populations of sharks that were targeted for fins, and the fact that India is one of the major elasmobranch fishing nations in the world prompted ICAR-CMFRI to initiate a dedicated national in-house research project on elasmobranchs in 2012. Since then, we have had three in-house projects and two externally funded projects focusing on different aspects of elasmobranch fisheries and conservation.

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