Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
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Among the marine molluscan species, a few are known to have magical, ornamental medicinal and sacred attributes. One such important shell is the sacred chank. Turibinellapyrum which possesses all the attributes. The sacred chankhas been revered for centuries in India for its The sacred chank is a shell, a marine mollusc species, which has been revered in India. This work tries to explain the significance of the chank and the use of all its parts for human ...
The book "Cage Aquaculture in India" authored by Drs. G. Syda Rao, Imelda Joseph, K.K. Philipose and M. Suresh Kumar and published by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) is a monumental work by the author and first comprehensive publication on the subject. Enclosed fresh and brackish water bodies such as ponds being fully or in some cases over-exploited creating environmental problems, the world is looking to farming of fish in open ...
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute realised the importantance of crustaceans as an exportable resource and stated concentrating on Prawn fisheries research and devolopment since 1960s. The Institute published 'Bulletin 14' ebtitled 'Prawn Fisheries of India' in 1969 which brought to light the complete information on taxonomy, biology and fisheries of the commercial species of prawn in general and penaeid prawns in particular. Since then many studies were ...
The present monograph contains information about taxonomy and biology of all species reported from the Indian waters so far. Details regarding the biological characteristics and distribution will be of immense use for fishery resources assessment and fishery management. Identification of orgainsms to species level is also essential for understanding the biodiversity aspects and implementing conservation measures. The present work wascarried out at different ...
