Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE) was built up at Kochi in 1998 by overhauling the recent Sagar Sampada Cell with select offices for executing Marine Living Resources (MLR) Program.

CMLRE, Cochin under the Ministry of Earth Sciences,Govt. of India has been arranging , organizing and advancing sea improvement exercises in the nation which between alia incorporate mapping of the living assets, get ready stock of com-mercially exploitable living marine assets, their ideal use through biological community administration and R&D in essential Sciences on Marine Living Resources and Ecology.

The Centre has the accompanying mandate:

To create administration methodologies for marine living assets through Ecosystem checking and displaying endeavors.

Developing, organizing and executing time focused on national/local R&D programs in the field of marine living assets and biology through compelling use of Fishery and Oceanographic Research Vessel Sagar Sampada.

Fortifying of research on marine living assets and Ecology including foundation of a server farm for capacity and dispersal of information/data to end clients.

Planning the national projects identifying with Southern Ocean Living Resources (Antarctic marine living assets).

Organisation Structure of CMLRE


Marine Living Research Programs

The Department of Ocean Development (DOD) since its commencement in 1981, has been sorting out, organizing and advancing sea advancement exercises in the nation which between alia incorporate mapping of the living assets, planning stock of industrially exploitable living marine assets, their opti-mum usage through biological community administration and R and D in fundamental sciences on Marine Living Resou-rces and Ecology.

Under the MLR programme, focussed R&D efforts, are made in the following areas;

Environment and productivity patterns in the Indian EEZ: Regular and systematic surveys to delineate inter-annual fluctuations in the environment and productivity patterns and to establish their influences on MLR.

Studies on near-shore dynamics of the SW coast with emphasis on upwelling and formation of mud banks: Correlate the influence of coastal circulation patterns, upwelling and mudbanks on MLR.

Studies on Harmful Algal Blooms in the Indian EEZ: Monitoring and surveillance of algal blooms in the Indian EEZ and establish the cause and effect of the blooms on MLR.

Benthic fauna of the continental shelf and slope areas: Develop bench mark data on marine benthos and establish their role in the process of mineralisation and support to demersal fishery.

Survey and assessment of deep-sea fishery resources along the Indian Continental slope: Delineate fishing grounds, assess stock size and develop appropriate harvesting technologies.

Farming and pearl production in the Black lip pearl oyster (P. margaritifera): Demonstrate farming and pearl production technologies of the black lip pearl oyster at Andaman.

Bioactive antifouling compounds from selected marine organisms: Isolate and identify compounds with antifouling properties from various marine organisms.

Bioluminiscence of plankton and its significances: Study the phenomenon of bioluminescence in marine planktons and use it as pollution indicators.

Plankton diversity in the island ecosystem of Andamans: Establish the diversity of zooplankton in the coastal and open ocean of the Andaman sea.

Marine Mammals in the Indian Exclusive Zone and contiguous seas: Establish the migratory routes of cetaceans, promote eco-tourism and to detect heavy metal loads in the tissues of marine mammals.

Environment and productivity patterns in the Indian EEZ: Regular and systematic surveys to delineate inter-annual fluctuations in the environment and productivity patterns and to establish their influences on MLR.

Contact:

Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE)
6th Floor, C-Block,
Kendriya Bhavan
P.B. No. 5415,
CSEZ P.O.,
Kochi - 682 037
E-mail: director@cmlre.gov.in
Phone: 91-484-2421888
Fax: 91-484-2421888