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Directions for MECOS delegates MECOS Inaugural

Dear MECOS delegates.. Welcome to the City of Cochin, also called as Kochi in the evergreen state of Kerala. Now P R O G R A M M E that you have registered, there are a few things that you have to bear in mind. These directions are made to make your stay at Cochin and your participation in MECOS as comfortable and smooth as possible. 1000 -1002 Invocation 1. First locate your abstract, in the BOOK OF ABSTRACTS or in this GUIDEBOOK and note down your abstract code and the session and time of its presentation, 1002-1010 Welcome Address : Dr. G. Syda Rao particularly whether it is a poster or oral presentation. Director, CMFRI & President, MBAI 2. If your presentation is through POSTER and if it is on DAY-1, please rush and Lighting of the lamp handover the poster to the Poster Session Chairman (Dr. V.S. Basheer - 1010 09847219320) for help in displaying it. Since poster session is the first event every day, it is advisable to put up your poster on the previous evening after the oral 1010-1035 Felicitations : session is over for the day. Dr. Basheer and his team will help you to locate the location of your poster and also provide you all materials to display your poster. 1035-1045 Presidential address : Dr. S. Ayyappan Deputy Director General (Fy.), ICAR 3. If your presentation is ORAL, please keep your presentation ready in a pen-drive or a CD and hand it over to the person manning the presentation console at least one hour before the session starts. We will not be able to use your laptops for 1045-1100 Inaugural address : Shri S. Sarma showing the presentation. Hon’ble Minister of & Registration, Govt. of Kerala 4. After your presentation is over please fill in the PRESENTATION SLIP provided in this guidebook and hand it over to the session Rapporteurs for affixing their 1100-1105 Release of Book of Abstracts & Souvenir signature. This is essential if you are planning to give the full paper to the Journal of Marine Biological Association of (JMBAI) for peer review and eventual publication. It is also advisable to submit your full paper along with the presentation 1105-1120 Honouring dignitaries and former office bearers of MBAI slip at the REGISTRATION DESK before the close of MECOS to avoid delays in publication. 1120-1125 Vote of thanks : Dr. N.G.K. Pillai Convenor, MECOS-09 5. ORAL presenters must stick to the time allotted by the Chairman. The scheduled time allotted is 10 minutes including 2 minutes of discussion, but this may vary as per the exigency and discretion of the Chairman. It is advisable not to exceed 1125-1130 National Anthem the time limit to avoid embarrassment. 1130-1200 Tea 6. Finally, please present your lunch and dinner coupons (provided as a tear-off at the end of this guidebook) at the meal stations. This is to help the organisers to plan 1200 Inauguration of Exhibition : Shri S. Sarma the event. Hon’ble Minister of Fisheries & 7. If you face a problem, please don't hesitate to contact the organisers (telephone Registration, Govt. of Kerala numbers provided in this guidebook). Here's wishing you a wonderful event.

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MECOS Scientific Sessions & Codes PROGRAMME SUMMARY No Session Name Session Code Poster Codes Oral codes (Venue: Hotel Presidency, Ernakulam North, Cochin)

1 Ecosystem services ES ESP 01-28 ESO 01-16 2 Management strategies MS MSP 01-27 MSO 01-24 DAY 1 – 9.2.2009 3 Ecosystem assessment EA EAP 01-28 EAO 01-15 4 Opportunities OP OPP 01-25 OPO 01-17 0830-1000 REGISTRATION 1000-1130 INAUGURAL SESSION 5 Ecosystem health EH EHP 01-16 EHO 01-18 1130-1200 TEA 6 Climate change CC CCP 01-06 CCO 01-05 1200-1300 POSTER SESSION: ESP 01-ESP 28; MSP 01 – MSP 07 1300-1400 LUNCH 1400-1530 ORAL PRESENTATION: ESO 01 – ESO 09 1530-1550 TEA 1550-1800 ORAL PRESENTATION: ESO 10 – ESO 16; MSO 01 – MSO 06

DAY 2 – 10.2.2009

0900-1000 POSTER SESSION: MSP 08 - MSP 27; EAP 01 – EAP 15 1000-1120 ORAL PRESENTATION: MSO 07 - MSO 14 1120-1130 TEA 1130-1310 ORAL PRESENTATION: MSO 15 – MSO 24 1310-1410 LUNCH 1410-1530 ORAL PRESENTATION: EAO 01 – EAO 08 1530-1550 TEA 1550-1700 ORAL PRESENTATION: EAO 09 – EAO 15 1860-1900 General Body Meeting of Marine Biological Association of India at CMFRI 1830-2130 Cultural Programme & Dinner at CMFRI

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DAY 3 – 11.2.2009 Day-to-Day Presentations DAY 1 0900-1000 POSTER SESSION: EAP 16 – EAP 28; OPP 01 – OPP 16; CCP 01- CCP Day 1; Date: 9.2.2009 06 1000-1120 ORAL PRESENTATION: Keynote Address & CCO 01 – CCO 05 POSTER SESSION: ES & MS 1120-1130 TEA Code Title, Author, Affiliation Time 1130-1300 ORAL PRESENTATION: CCO 06-CCO 10; EAO 16 – EAO 19 1300-1400 LUNCH ESP 01 ROLE OF MANGROVES IN THE ESTUARINE 1200- 1400-1600 ORAL PRESENTATION: Keynote Address & OPO 01 - OPO 10 ECOSYSTEMS OF SOUTH IRANIAN COAST (PERSIAN 1300 GULF) 1600-1620 TEA Mehrnaz Farzingohar* and Mehran Yasemi 1620-1730 ORAL PRESENTATION: OPO 11 – OPO 17 University Putra Malaysia, Bandar Abbas, Iran

ESP 02 DENSITY OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE (CYANOPHYTA) IN 1200- DAY 4 – 12.2.2009 THE PERSIAN GULF (KHOOZESTAN PROVINCE) 1300 M Fallahi*, M R Fathemi and F Seraji 0900-0940 POSTER SESSION: OPP 17 – OPP 25; EHP 01 – EHP 16 Institute of Inland Waters, Bandar Anzali, Iran 0940-1120 ORAL PRESENTATION: Keynote Address & EHO 01 – EHO 08 1120-1130 TEA ESP 03 STUDIES ON MORPHOLOGY AND ORIENTATION 1200- PATTERN OF SAND BUBBLES OF THE SAND BUBBLER 1300 1130-1310 ORAL PRESENTATION: EHO 09 – EHO 18 CRAB DOTILLA CLEPSYDRODACTYLUS ANDAMANS 1310-1410 LUNCH P M Mohan*, Puneeta Pandey, D Vijay and P Dhivya 1410-1540 PLENARY SESSION Pondicherry University, Junglighat, Port Blair 1540-1600 TEA ESP 04 AN OVERVIEW OF DISTRIBUTION AND BIOMETRIC 1200- RELATIONSHIPS OF THE INDIAN PEARL OYSTER 1300 PINCTADA FUCATA (GOULD) ALONG THE INDIAN COAST T.S. Velayudhan*, N.R. Menon and V.K. Pillai Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin, Kerala

OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNGAL ESP 05 ENDOPHYTES IN MANGROVES AND MARINE PLANTS 1200- V Kumaresan* and T S Suryanarayanan 1300 Tagore Arts College, Puducherry, India

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ESP 06 DIVERSITY OF FINFISH AND SHELLFISH IN EIGHT 1200- ESP 12 DIVERSITY OF FINFISHES IN THE FISHERIES OF 1200- LANDING STATIONS OF SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT OF 1300 UTTAR KANNADA, KARNATAKA, INDIA 1300 ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA V S Kakati, S Jasmine, Miriam Paul Sreeram*, N G Vaidya D V Kirankumar Pappu, S N Raju and C Manjulatha* and C K Dinesh Andhra University, Visakhapatnam CMFRI, Karwar, Karnataka

ESP 07 FLORISTIC STUDY ON SANDY BEACH OF CHAVAKKAD, 1200- ESP 13 SEASONAL VARIATION OF BENTHIC MACROFAUNAL 1200- THRISSUR DISTRICT, KERALA, INDIA 1300 DIVERSITY IN ARKATTUTHURAI (PALK STRAIT) 1300 Sareena P Mohamed* and Joshy K Simon REGION, SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala R Krishnaprakash*, M M Karthikeyan, P Murugesan and T T Ajithkumar ESP 08 ASSESSMENT OF HYDROGRAPHIC PARAMETERS AND 1200- Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu ANALYSIS OF MANGROVE FLORA IN POYYA 1300 BACKWATERS OF THRISSUR DISTRICT, KERALA, ESP 14 POSSIBILITIES OF PRODUCTION OF BIOFUEL FROM 1200- INDIA ALGAE 1300 M K Saritha* and P P Tessy V S Krishnamurty Chennubhotla Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala Vaidehinagar, Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad 1200- ESP 09 DIVERSITY OF MARINE FINFISH LARVAE IN VARIOUS 1200- ESP 15 DIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION AND COMPOSITION OF THE HOLOPLANKTON OF THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE ECOSYSTEMS OF IRANIAN WATERS (PERSIAN GULF) 1300 1300 WATERS ALONG THE NORTHWEST COAST OF INDIA Mahnaz Rabbaniha* and Fereidoon Owfi * Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, Tehran, Iran K Pradeep , N Nandini Menon and S Shassi Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin ESP 10 PLANKTON DIVERSITY IN A TROPICAL MARINE 1200- ESP 16 DISTRIBUTION OF BIVALVES IN KANDLERU ESTUARY, 1200- PROTECTED AREA- MAHATMA GANDHI MARINE 1300 NELLORE DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH NATIONAL PARK (MGMNP), WANDOOR, SOUTH 1300 ANDAMAN R Thangavelu*, P Poovannan and S N Sethi CMFRI, Chennai Honey U K Pillai*, K V Jayalakshmy, K A Jayaraj, C K Shiju, C B L Devi, C Ravichandran and N Bahulayan MARINE SPONGES, A BOON TO BIOWORLD National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi ESP 17 1200- S Arun Sudhagar*, N Jayakumar and D Linga Prabu 1300 ESP 11 STUDIES ON THE AVAILABILITY OF LIVE BAITFISHES 1200- Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tuticorin, Tamilnadu FOR POLE AND LINE WITH SPECIAL 1300 REFERENCE TO BIOLOGY OF DIFFERENT SPECIES ESP 18 SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF ZOOPLANKTON IN 1200- OCCURRING IN ANDAMAN ISLANDS ESTUARIES AND BACKWATERS IN CHENNAI 1300 * Sijo P Varghese*, A Anrose and A B Kar D Loganathan and R Ramanibai Survey of India, University of Madras, Chennai

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ESP 19 SEASONAL VARIATION OF PLANKTON ABUNDANCE, 1200- ESP 25 SOME ASPECTS OF FISHERY AND BIOLOGY OF COBIA, 1200- STANDING STOCK AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN 1300 RACHYCENTRON CANADUM (LINNAEUS, 1766) IN THE 1300 COCHIN BACKWATERS INDIAN WATERS P M Sooria*, Vineetha Gopinath, P D Reny, Meenu Paul, N G K Pillai*, U Ganga, K V Akhilesh, Hashim Manjebrayakath, U Ratheesh, K H Fausia and N V Madhu K K Bineesh, C P Rajool Shanis, N Beni and Somy Kuriakose National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin

AN APPRAISAL OF RING SEINE FISHING SYSTEMS 1200- ESP 20 MACROBENTHOS AND SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS 1200- ESP 26 OPERATED OFF COCHIN, INDIA OF THE INNER SHELF OF CENTRAL SOUTHWEST 1300 1300 COAST OF INDIA Leela Edwin*, M R Boopendranath, M P Ramesan, Saly N K A Jayaraj*, K V Jayalakshmi and V Kesava Das Thomas, V G Jinoy, V I Hakkim and M Nasser National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin

ESP 27 A MOLECULAR APPROACH TO REVEAL THE GENETIC 1200- 1200- ESP 21 DISTRIBUTION OF ZOOPLANKTON IN SELECTED IDENTITY OF PARROT AND SYMPATRIC MUSSEL 1300 CENTRES OF COCHIN BACKWATERS, KERALA 1300 SPECIES DISTRIBUTED ALONG THE KERALA COAST Molly Varghese* and L Krishnan P R Divya*, P C Thomas, Vindya Mohindra, K K Lal, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi R K Singh, A Gopalakrishnan and W S Lakra National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Cochin ESP 22 DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF MYCTOPHIDS 1200- ESP 28 1200- OFF THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF INDIA 1300 ALLOMETRIC STUDIES ON THE ASYMMETRIC CLAWS OF THE SNAPPING SHRIMP, ALPHEUS EUPHROSYNE 1300 V S Somvanshi, M K Sajeevan* and J Rajasekharan Nair FROM VEMBANAD LAKE Fishery Survey of India, Mumbai Smija Maju, A R Reena Greeshma and M Harikrishnan* Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin ESP 23 FATTY ACID SIGNATURES OF THE INDIAN MACKEREL 1200- RASTRELLIGER KANAGURTA (CUVIER) FROM THE 1300 MSP 01 TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF FISHING CRAFT 1200- ARABIAN SEA ALONG INDIAN COAST AND GEAR IN CALICUT 1300 U Ganga*, C K Radhakrishnan and R Anandan M Sivadas Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin CMFRI, Calicut

ESP 24 A STUDY ON THE INCIDENTAL LANDINGS OF WHALE 1200- MSP 02 LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ON MUD CRAB; ETHNOECOLOGY 1200- SHARK, RHINCODON TYPUS (SMITH, 1828) JUVENILES 1300 OF SCYLLA SERRATA IN RATNAGIRI COAST, 1300 ALONG THE INDIAN COAST MAHARASHTRA C P Rajool Shanis*, Hashim Manjebrayakath, K V Akhilesh, V H Nirmale, S S Gangan, B M Yadav, P Durgale and K K Bineesh, N Beni and Manju Sebastine K M Chinde Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin Marine Biological Research Station, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

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MSP 03 REARING OF THE CTENOPHORE PLEUROBRACHIA 1200- ESO 02 SEASONAL VARIATION, DIVERSITY, SPATIAL AND 1410- BACHEI 1300 VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MAJOR 1420 Joe K Kizhakudan ICHTHYOPLANKTON IN THE ARABIAN SEA CMFRI, Chennai M S Binu and C B Lalithambika Devi* Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Kochi MSP 04 MARKET INTEGRATION IN SHRIMP AND AMONG 1200- MAJOR COASTAL MARKETS OF INDIA 1300 ESO 03 DISTRIBUTION OF CETACEANS IN RELATION TO 1420- P Shinoj*, B Ganesh Kumar, R Sathiadhas and K K Datta OCEANOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS IN THE INDIAN EEZ 1430 National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy AND CONTIGUOUS SEA Research, New Delhi V V Afsal*, K S S M Yousuf, B Anoop, A K Anoop, P Kannan, M Rajagopalan, E Vivekanandan and R P Kumarran Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin MSP 05 TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND METHODS IN 1200- LOBSTER FISHING IN GUJARAT 1300 Joe K Kizhakudan* and S K Patel ESO 04 A SURVEY ON DENSITY AND BIODIVERSITY OF 1430- CMFRI, Chennai PHYTOPLANKTON IN THE PERSIAN GULF (BOUSHEHR 1440 PROVINCE) * MSP 06 PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY SECTORS IN 1200- M Fallahi , M R Fathemi and F Seraji MARINE FISHERIES: A SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE 1300 Aquaculture Institute of Inland Waters, Bandar Anzali, Iran S Swathi Lekshmi*, H S Mahadevaswamy and Lingappa CMFRI, Mangalore ESO 05 DIFFERENCES IN GROWTH AND REPRODUCTIVE 1440- STAGES OF FARMED GREEN MUSSEL PERNA VIRIDIS 1450 IN A SEMI- ENCLOSED BAY, ESTUARY AND OPEN SEA MSP 07 MANAGEMENT OF BREEDING PRACTICES OF RUTILUS 1200- ALONG KERALA COAST, INDIA FRISII KUTUM MIGRATING TO TONEKABON RIVER 1300 (NORTH OF IRAN) V Kripa*, K S Mohamed, T S Velayudhan, M Joseph, P S Alloycious and J Sharma* Mehdi Nikoo*, Bahram Falahatkar, Ali Hosseinpour Zelati, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Tuticorin, Ali Asadollahpour* Tamilnadu Islamic Azad University of Ghaemshahr, Ghaemshahr, Iran

ESO 06 ALPHA, BETA AND GAMMA DIVERSITY OF FISHED 1450- ORAL PRESENTATION : ES & MS MARINE TAXA OF SOUTHWEST COAST OF INDIA 1500 DURING 1970-2005 ESO 01 EASTERN ARABIAN SEA MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 1400- P U Zacharia*, K S Mohamed, T V Sathianandan, P K Asokan, V N Sanjeevan*, P Jasmine, B R Smitha, T Ganesh, P Sabu 1410 P K Krishnakumar, K P Abdurahiman, R N Durgekar and and T Shunmugaraj V Shettigar Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Kochi CMFRI, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu

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ESO 07 BENTHIC BIODIVERSITY IN DEVELOPED 1500- ESO 13 TEMPORAL VARIATION IN THE ABUNDANCE AND 1620- (PICHAVARAM) AND DEVELOPING MANGROVES 1510 AVAILABILITY OF DEEPSEA FISHES IN THE INDIAN 1630 (VELLAR ESTUARY), SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA EEZ BASED ON FISHERY SURVEY CRUISES OF FORV M Pravin Kumar*, R Krishnaprakash, S Elayaraja, SAGAR SAMPADA P Murugesan and T T Ajithkumar Sherine Sonia Cubelio* and B Madhusoodana Kurup Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin

ESO 14 DIVERSITY OF THE DEEPSEA FINFISH RESOURCES OF 1630- ESO 08 OCCURRENCE OF BLACK YEASTS IN INDIAN WATERS 1510- THE INDIAN CONTINENTAL SLOPE 1640 Sreedevi N Kutty*, R Damodaran, I S Bright Singh and 1520 Hashim Manjebrayakath*, Divya Thankappan, A A Jayaprakash Rosamma Philip and U Ganga Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin

ESO 09 DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE AND BIODIVERSITY OF 1520- ESO 15 EDIBLE OYSTER AND MUSSEL RESOURCES OF 1640- PERCHES IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR WATERS 1530 ANDAMAN (INDIA) WATERS AND THE POTENTIAL 1650 V S Somvanshi, A Anrose, M K Sinha, A B Kar* and FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT S K Pattnayak R Soundararajan*, R Thangavelu, P Krishnan, S Murugesan Fishery Survey of India, Port Blair and P Poovannan Anna Nagar West, Chennai STOCK CHARACTERISTICS AND POPULATION ESO 10 1550- ESO 16 SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN SEAGRASS 1650- DYNAMICS OF HETEROCARPUS WOODMASONI 1600 BIOMASS AND SHOOT DENSITY IN MINICOY LAGOON, 1700 Radhika Rajasree, M Harikrishnan and B Madhusoodana LAKSHADWEEP, INDIA Kurup* M P Prabhakaran*, N G K Pillai and S Bijoy Nandan Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi

ESO 11 STANDARDIZATION OF POLYAMIDE MONOFILAMENT 1600- MSO 01 ON THE NEED TO REGULATE THE THALLUVALAI 1700- YARNS FOR FABRICATION OF GILLNET WITH 1610 FISHERY ALONG PALK BAY, SOUTHEAST COAST OF 1710 REFERENCE TO PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL INDIA PROPERTIES M Rajamani* and A Palanichamy Saly N Thomas*, Baiju John and C Kalidas CMFRI, Mandapam Camp Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin MSO 02 STUDY ON MARINE COASTAL HABITATS AND 1710- ESO 12 BIOPHYSICAL STATUS OF CORAL REEFS OF ANDAMAN 1610- ECOSYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE 1720 WATERS AND CONSERVATION PERSPECTIVES 1620 MANAGEMENT (ICZM) OF IRAN, BY GIS R Soundararajan*, S Murugesan and P Krishnan Fereidoon Owfi*, Mahnaz Rabbaniha Anna Nagar West, Chennai Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, Tehran, Iran

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MSO 03 MUSSEL RESOURCES AND FISHERY ALONG THE EAST 1720- POSTER SESSION: MS & EA COAST OF INDIA 1730 R Thangavelu*, T S Velayudhan, H Mohamad Kasim, Code Title, Author, Affiliation Time P Poovannan and S N Sethi CMFRI, Chennai MSP 08 SOCIOECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION OF FISHING 0900- COMMUNITIES AFTER THE TSUNAMI 1000 MSO 04 QUANTITATIVE CHANGES IN TRAWL LANDINGS AT 1730- OF 2004 KASIMEDU, CHENNAI DURING 1998-2007 1740 Sangeetha K Prathap* and P P Sajitha G Mohanraj*, H Mohamad Kasim, Shoba Joe Kizhakudan, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi S Lakshmi Pillai, S N Sethi, R Thangavelu, S Mohan, P Thirumilu, S Rajapackiam, S Gomathy, P Poovannan, MSP 09 OCEANIC TUNA RESOURCES IN ANDAMAN AND 0900- G Srinivasan and P Vasu NICOBAR WATERS AND ITS PRESENT STATUS 1000 CMFRI, Chennai V S Somvanshi, A Anrose*, M K Sinha, A B Kar and S K Pattnayak MSO 05 SALINITY AND pH TOLERANCE BY THE MUDSPINY 1740- Fishery Survey of India, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands LOBSTER PANULIRUS POLYPHAGUS (HERBST, 1793) 1750 AND THE SAND LOBSTER THENUS ORIENTALIS (LUND, MSP 10 OPPORTUNITIES OF COMMUNITY BASED FISHERIES 0900- 1793) HELD IN CAPTIVITY MANAGEMENT IN ORISSA 1000 Joe K Kizhakudan* and S K Patel Pranaya Kumar Parida* and K Murali CMFRI, Chennai AFPRO, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

MSO 06 EFFECT OF DIET ON GROWTH OF THE MUDSPINY 1750- MSP 11 SOCIOECONOMIC APPRAISAL ON SECONDARY AND 0900- LOBSTER PANULIRUS POLYPHAGUS (HERBST, 1793) 1800 TERTIARY SECTORS OF MARINE FISHERIES OF 1000 AND THE SAND LOBSTER THENUS ORIENTALIS (LUND, GUJARAT: A CASE STUDY 1793) HELD IN CAPTIVITY V P Vipinkumar*, G Mohanraj, K V Somasekharan Nair, Joe K Kizhakudan* and S K Patel P K Asokan and S Ghosh CMFRI, Chennai Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin

MSP 12 MARINE FISHERY RESOURCES OF GUJARAT 0900- Shubhadeep Ghosh*, Gulshad Mohammed, G Mohanraj and 1000 P K Asokan CMFRI, Veraval, Gujarat

MSP 13 STATUS OF BIVALVE FISHERY IN ENNORE ESTUARY 0900- S N Sethi*, R Thangavelu and P Poovannan 1000 CMFRI, Chennai

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MSP 14 STUDIES ON SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN PENAEUS 0900- MSP 20 RESURRECTION AND PROSPECTS OF BRACKISHWATER 0900- MONODON CULTURE 1000 CANAL FISHERY – A CASE STUDY 1000 R Srinivas* and C Manjulatha Madhumita Mukherjee*, Debasish Kumar Khatua and Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Sandip Kumar Mondal Department of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal, Pailan

MSP 15 FISHERY AND BIOLOGY OF THE EDIBLE OYSTER 0900- CRASSOSTREA MADRASENSIS FROM THE UPPANAR 1000 MSP 21 ENDANGERED MARINE FISH SPECIES OF THE PERSIAN 0900- ESTUARY, CUDDALORE GULF, IRANIAN WATERS 1000 R Thangavelu*, P Poovannan and S N Sethi Fereidoon Owfi*, Mohammad Reza Fatemi, Abbas Ali CMFRI, Chennai Motallebi and Brian Coad Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, Tehran, Iran

MSP 16 EFFECT OF GLYCINE, A FEED ATTRACTANT AFFECTING 0900- GROWTH AND FEED CONVERSION OF JUVENILE 1000 MSP 22 GROWTH AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF SHORT- 0900- BELUGA HUSO HUSO NECK CLAM PAPHIA MALABARICA FROM DHARMADOM 1000 ESTUARY, NORTH KERALA, SOUTHWEST COAST OF A Hosseinpour Zelati*, M Nikoo, S A Hosseini and M Sudagar INDIA Mazandaran Jihad-Agriculture, Sari, Iran Sujitha Thomas* and M Nasser CMFRI, Mangalore, Karnataka MSP 17 DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF COASTAL ZONE 0900- MANAGEMENT PLAN - A CASE OF ACTION RESEARCH 1000 AN ANALYSIS OF ELASMOBRANCH FISHERY AT 0900- THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION MSP 23 RAMESWARAM 1000 Nikita Gopal*, Krishna Srinath, S Balasubramaniam, P Pravin Rekha J Nair*, S G Raje and E Vivekanandan and S Ashaletha Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin

MSP 24 GEO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF JUVENILE AND 0900- MSP 18 APPLICABILITY OF TURTLE EXCLUDER DEVICE IN 0900- ADULT THREADFIN BREAM, NEMIPTERUS MESOPRION 1000 TRAWL NETS 1000 IN THE TRAWL FISHERY OF KARNATAKA COAST G Sudhakara Rao* A P Dineshbabu*, Sujitha Thomas and E V Radhakrishnan VUDA Colony, Mathurawada, Visakhapatnam Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangalore

MSP 19 SIGNIFICANCE OF SMALL PELAGICS IN THE MARINE 0900- MSP 25 CATCH ESTIMATION OF HILSA IN WEST BENGAL: AN 0900- ECOSYSTEM IN SUSTAINING THE STOCK AND FISHERY 1000 APPROACH TOWARDS CONSERVATION 1000 OF INDIAN SEAS Madhumita Mukherjee, Chinmoy Chakraborty*, E M Abdussamad* and N G K Pillai Saptarshi Mandal and Prasanta Kumar Jana Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi Department of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal, Pailan

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MSP 26 MARINE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: A MYTH OR 0900- EAP 05 MAPPING SEAGRASS RESOURCES OF THE GULF OF 0900- REALITY? 1000 MANNAR MARINE BIOSPHERE RESERVES 1000 S Balu Susila*, T Thangaradjou, P Anantharaman and K Sivakumar Central Institute of Fisheries Nautical Engineering and Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamilnadu Training, Visakhapatnam EAP 06 BEAK LENGTH ANALYSIS OF UROTEUTHIS 0900- MSP 27 POPULATION VARIATION IN THE INDIAN CICHLID, 0900- DUVAUCELI (D’ORBIGNY, 1835 IN FÉRUSSAC AND 1000 ETROPLUS SURATENSIS (BLOCH) THE PEARLSPOT OF 1000 D’ORBIGNY, 1834-1848) AND STHENOTEUTHIS PENINSULAR INDIA OUALANIENSIS (LESSON, 1830 IN 1830-1831) OCCURRING ALONG NORTHWEST INDIAN EEZ G P Mahobia*, K C George and E G Silas Regional Tasar Research Station, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Chhattisgarh Sijo P Varghese* and V S Somvanshi Fishery Survey of India, Mumbai EAP 01 PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND NUTRIENT FLUXES IN A 0900- EAP 07 PLANKTON PRODUCTIVITY OF ANDAMAN WATERS 0900- MICROTIDAL ESTUARY OF SEFID-ROOD RIVER 1000 (SOUTH CASPIAN SEA) DURING WINTER MONSOON 1000 M R Rahimibashar*, S M R Fatemi, A Esmaili-shari, N V Madhu*, H Habeebrehman, M P Prabhakaran and S A Nezami, V Alipoor and S M Almasi R Jyothibabu Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi EAP 08 ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIODIVERSITY STATUS OF 0900- EAP 02 AEROBIC HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAL DIVERSITY 0900- THE WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS OF INDIA AND WAYS 1000 IN THE ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT IN THE 1000 FOR REJUVENATION SOUTHWEST COAST OF INDIA S Bijoy Nandan A Palavesam* and T Selvamohan Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Rajakkamangalam, Tamilnadu EAP 09 DISTRIBUTION OF MESOZOOPLANKTON IN THE 0900- COASTAL WATERS OF SUNDARBAN WETLAND, 1000 EAP 03 COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT MULTI-SPECTRAL 0900- NORTHEASTERN BAY OF BENGAL, INDIA SENSORS FOR MAPPING SMALL MANGROVE AREAS 1000 Bhaskar Deb Bhattacharya*, Rosamma Stephen, – A STUDY IN VAROLI ESTUARY, SOUTH GUJARAT Shuhei Nishida and Santosh Kumar Sarkar S Bhatt*, D G Shah and N Desai University of Calcutta, Kolkata The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat EAP 10 INFLUENCE OF PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS ON 0900- SEX RATIO AND SPAWNING OF GREEN TIGER PRAWN 1000 EAP 04 TROPHIC LEVEL OF FISHES OCCURRING ALONG THE 0900- PENAEUS (PENAEUS) SEMISULCATUS DE HAAN AT INDIAN COAST 1000 PALK BAY AND GULF OF MANNAR E Vivekanandan*, S Gomathy and P Thirumilu K Sivachandrabose* and C Suseelan Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu

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EAP 11 POTENTIALLY HARMFUL DINOFLAGELLATES OF THE 0900- MSO 09 STATUS OF FISHERIES OF ANDROTT (LAKSHADWEEP) 1020- INDIAN EEZ 1000 K P Said Koya*, V A Kunhi Koya, A Anasu Koya and K 1030 K B Padmakumar*, V N Sanjeevan and N R Menon Mohammed Koya Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Kochi Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin

EAP 12 BIOMONITORING HEAVY METALS IN MARINE MSO 10 COMPARISON OF BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF 1030- MACROALGAE FROM KUDANKULAM COAST, GULF 0900- CUTTLEFISH EXPLOITED BY FAD-ASSISTED AND 1040 OF MANNAR, INDIA 1000 UNASSISTED FISHING METHODS S Godwin Wesley, Y Lenin Raj* and K G Varughese Geetha Sasikumar*, K Sunil Mohamed and D Nagaraja Scott Christian College, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangalore, Karnataka EAP 13 STATUS AND CONSERVATION NEED OF CORAL REEFS IN GULF OF KACHCHH, GUJARAT, INDIA 0900- MSO 11 FUEL CONSUMPTION BY MOTORIZED FISHING 1040- Dishant Parasharya*, Deepak Apte and Geeta Padate 1000 SECTOR IN ANDHRA PRADESH 1050 Bombay Natural History Society, Vadodara, Gujarat J Charles Jeeva*, Nikita Gopal and G R Unnithan Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin EAP 14 BIOMASS AND PRODUCTIVITY OF SEAGRASS IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR GROUP OF ISLANDS 0900- 1000 MSO 12 RAY FISHERY BY TRAWLERS OFF CHENNAI AND 1050- T Thangaradjou*, E Dilipan, E P Nobi and K Sivakumar SOME ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY OF THE SCALY WHIPRAY 1100 Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamilnadu HIMANTURA IMBRICATA (BLOCH & SCHNEIDER, 1801) Shoba Joe Kizhakudan*, G Mohanraj, T Hameed Batcha and EAP 15 ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING OF LAND AND 0900- S Rajapackiam WATER RESOURCES FOR FISHERIES – A MICROLEVEL CMFRI, Chennai STUDY USING GIS 1000 V Radhakrishnan Nair MSO 13 TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT IN SHRIMP 1100- Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin NECESSITATES LIFE-CYCLE BASED 1110 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE ORAL PRESENTATION : MS & EA PRODUCTION A P Dineshbabu* and E V Radhakrishnan MSO 07 TECHNOLOGIES FOR RESPONSIBLE FISHING 1000- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangalore M R Boopendranath* and P Pravin 1010 Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin MSO 14 ENHANCED CO-OPERATION AND COLLABORATION 1110- FOR MEETING THE 2012 GLOBAL TARGET OF 1120 MSO 08 PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF TUNA TAGGING STUDIES 1010- ESTABLISHING A NETWORK OF MARINE AND COASTAL CONDUCTED IN THE INDIAN EEZ 1020 PROTECTED AREAS IN SOUTH ASIA S Varghese* and V S Somvanshi Nishanthi Perera* and Kristian Teleki Fishery Survey of India, Mumbai University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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MSO 15 CHANGES IN DOMINANCE IN MARINE FISH LANDINGS 1130- MSO 21 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LOW-VALUE BYCATCH IN 1230- OF COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT SPECIES IN KERALA 1140 BOTTOM TRAWL LANDING AT KASIMEDU, CHENNAI 1240 AND KARNATAKA PREDICTED THROUGH MARKOV S Lakshmi Pillai*, Shoba Joe Kizhakudan, G Mohanraj, CHAIN ANALYSIS P Thirumilu, S Gomathy and P Poovannan T V Sathianandan*, K S Mohamed, P U Zacharia, P K Asokan, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin P K Krishnakumar, K P Abdurahiman, S Veena and Ravi Durgekar MSO 22 INVESTIGATIONS ON THE TRAWL DISCARDS ALONG 1240- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi THE MALABAR COAST 1250 P P Manojkumar* and K K Philipose MSO 16 GASTROPOD DISTRIBUTION, DIVERSITY AND 1140- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Calicut DISCARDS IN TRAWL FISHERY ALONG THE COAST OF 1150 KARNATAKA, WEST COAST OF INDIA MSO 23 YELLOWFIN TUNA FISHERY OF ANDHRA PRADESH, 1250- Sujitha Thomas*, A P Dineshbabu, Geetha Sasikumar, EAST COAST OF INDIA 1300 E V Radhakrishnan and G D Nataraj Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangalore Prathibha Rohit* and K Rammohan Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh MSO 17 REPRODUCTION OF OCTOPUS AEGINA IN MANDAPAM 1150- WATERS 1200 USE OF DIFFERENT SAMPLING STRATEGIES FOR THE Boby Ignatius* and M Srinivasan MSO 24 1300- ESTIMATION OF MARINE FISH LANDINGS: A STUDY Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 1310 BASED ON LANDINGS DATA FROM NEENDAKARA FISHERIES HARBOUR, KERALA, INDIA MSO 18 MODELLING MARINE FISHERIES OF SOUTHWEST 1200- COAST OF INDIA: COMPARISON OF EXPONENTIAL 1210 K G Mini* and M Kumaran SMOOTHING, ARIMA AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin NETWORK MODELS M Srinath*, Somy Kuriakose and K G Mini EAO 01 SENSITIVITY OF GIS-BASED INTERPOLATION 1410- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi TECHNIQUES IN ASSESSING WATER QUALITY 1420 PARAMETERS OF PORT BLAIR BAY, A & N ISLANDS MSO 19 STATUS OF THREATENED AND PROTECTED SPECIES 1210- Dilip Kumar Jha*, Anup Das, N Saravanane, A K Abdul Nazar TRADE IN THE MARINE FISHERY SECTOR OF INDIA 1220 and R Kirubagaran National Institute of Ocean Technology, Port Blair, A & N B M Praveen Kumar* and Sajan John Islands Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

MSO 20 MARINE FISH LANDINGS IN INDIA- A MULTIVARIATE 1220- EAO 02 ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH 1420- THE POLAR BRYOZOANS CLUSTERING OF SPATIAL FOUNTAINHEADS 1230 1430 Somy Kuriakose* and J Jayasankar Soja Louis* and N R Menon Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi

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EAO 03 CRAB FISHERY OFF KOZHIKODE (KERALA), 1430- EAO 08 BIODIVERSITY OF STRESSED FISHING ZONES IN 1520- SOUTHWEST COAST OF INDIA WITH SPECIAL 1440 KERALA AND KARNATAKA AND IDENTIFICATION OF 1530 REFERENCE TO THE POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS MARINE PROTECTED AREAS AND OF PORTUNUS K S Mohamed*, T V Sathianandan, P K Krishnakumar, SANGUINOLENTUS P U Zacharia, P K Asokan, K P Abdurahiman, R N Durgekar P T Sarada and V Shettigar Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kozhikode Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi

EAO 04 SEDIMENTATION PATTERN IN PIROTAN REEF, GULF 1440- EAO 09 IMPACT OF RIVER DISCHARGE ON PHYSICOCHEMICAL 1550- OF KUCHCHH, INDIA: A CASE STUDY 1450 CHARACTERISTICS AND PRODUCTIVITY OF COASTAL 1600 Nayruti S Bhattji* and Nandini Ray Chaudhury WATERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE BARMOUTH OF M S University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat RIVER BHADAR AT NAVIBANDAR (GUJARAT) Shoba Joe Kizhakudan*, Joe K Kizhakudan, D Prema and H M Bhint EAO 05 SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN PHYSICOCHEMICAL 1450- CMFRI, Chennai PROPERTIES OF COASTAL WATERS OF KALPAKKAM, 1500 SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA 1600- A K Mohanty*, S Biswas, U Natesan, M V R Prasad and EAO 10 SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF K K Satpathy COMMERCIAL FISHERIES RESOURCES ALONG THE 1610 Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, INDIAN COAST Tamil Nadu J Jayasankar*, Somy Kuriakose and E Vivekanandan Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi EAO 06 IDENTIFICATION OF MARICULTURE SITES IN 1500- ANDAMAN GROUP OF ISLANDS, INDIA USING REMOTE 1510 1610- SENSING AND GIS TECHNOLOGIES - A PILOT STUDY EAO 11 TEMPORAL PATTERNS IN CEPHALOPOD LANDINGS 1620 AND APPLICATION OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM E P Nobi*, T Thangaradjou, K Sivakumar and E Dilipan PRODUCTION MODEL TO THE CEPHALOPOD FISHERY Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamilnadu OF KARNATAKA Geetha Sasikumar*, K Sunil Mohamed and D Nagaraja EAO 07 HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF SEAGRASS BEDS IN 1510- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangalore PALK BAY AND GULF OF MANNAR, SOUTHEAST 1520 COAST OF INDIA Bindu Sulochanan*, A K Kumaraguru and Laxman Shankar EAO 12 FORMATION OF PERSISTENT AND NON-PERSISTENT 1620- Korabu MUDBANKS OFF KERALA 1630 Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam Camp, A C Dinesh* and C Jayaprakash Tamilnadu Geological Survey of India, Mangalore

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EAO 13 PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERS AND TRACE 1630- POSTER SESSION : EA, OP & CC METALS IN THE SURFACE WATERS OF INNERSHELF 1640 OF BAY OF BENGAL OFF CHENNAI, INDIA Code Title, Author, Affiliation Time R Kannan*, V Kannan, V Ram Mohan, S Srinivasalu and M Jayaprakash EAP 16 SEMIDIURNAL VARIATIONS AND NET TRANSPORT OF 0900- University of Madras, Chennai SOME CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONSTITUENTS 1000 IN A TROPICAL ESTUARY EAO 14 DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF DEEP SEA 1640- M Rafeeq*, K H Fausia, Shivaprasad and K R Muraleedharan FISHES ALONG THE WEST COAST OF INDIA 1650 National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi B Madhusoodana Kurup DISTRIBUTION OF MEIOBENTHOS IN AND AROUND 0900- Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin EAP 17 THE INDIAN OCEAN SECTOR OF SOUTHERN OCEAN 1000 P R Anil Kumar*, Nandini Menon, K U Abdul Jaleel, Eldos EAO 15 DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF THE DEEPSEA 1650- P Mani, Nousher Khan, V N Sanjeevan and Rosamma Philip FISH FAMILIES PHOTICHTYIDAE AND 1700 Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi STERNOPTYCHIDAE IN THE INDIAN EEZ Vimala Persis*, P K Karuppasamy, S Balu, Simmy George, EAP 18 SPATIAL AND BATHYMETRICAL DISTRIBUTION OF 0900- N G Menon and K Balachandran DEEPSEA PERCIFORM FISHES FROM SOUTHWEST 1000 Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai COAST OF INDIA S Venu * and B Madhusoodana Kurup Pondicherry University, Port Blair, Andamans

EAP 19 DEEPSEA CHONDRICHTHYANS - A STUDY AT COCHIN 0900- FISHERIES HARBOUR, KERALA, INDIA 1000 K V Akhilesh*, U Ganga, N G K Pillai, Hashim Manjebrayakath, K K Bineesh and C P Rajool Shanis Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin

EAP 20 ANTHROPOGENIC THREATS TO THE MARINE 0900- ECOSYSTEM WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS TO THE REEF 1000 ECOSYSTEM M Kathiresan*, P Santhanam, S Aanand and K Sivakumar Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu

EAP 21 ANALYSIS OF SURVEY DATA OF NEMIPTERUS 0900- JAPONICUS CAUGHT ALONG THE WEST COAST OF 1000 INDIA USING R-PACKAGE D K Gulati* and V S Somvanshi Fishery Survey of India, Mumbai

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EAP 22 EFFECT OF FISHING AND AQUACULTURE ON COASTAL 0900- EAP 28 ASSESSING ESTUARINE BIOFILM BACTERIAL 0900- ECOSYSTEM 1000 DIVERSITY BY 16S RNA CLONE LIBRARY-A 1000 Naciye Erdoðan, Ertuð Düzgüneþ and Nazlý Kasapoðlu* METAGENOMIC APPROACH Odü Fatsa Deniz Bilimleri Fakültesi, Balýkçýlýk Teknolojisi M K Vidhya, Santhya C Nair, S L Geetha and K Harikrishnan Mühendisliði Bölümü 52400, Ordu, Turkey Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Biotechnology, Trivandrum

EAP 23 PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF SELECTED SPECIES 0900- OPP 01 BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH IN ENVIRONMENTAL 0900- OF DEEP SEA FISHES OF INDIAN EEZ 1000 IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR COASTAL AQUACULTURE 1000 R Remya* and B Madhusoodana Kurup S G Yeragi Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin K J Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai OPP 02 THE BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS OF LATEX OF 0900- EAP 24 LIFE HISTORY TRAITS OF DEEP SEA FISHES OF THE 0900- CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA ON ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY 1000 FAMILY CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE WITH SPECIAL 1000 IN DIFFERENT FISHES REFERENCE TO CHLOROPHTHALMUS Kadem Ramudu* and Kanuru Sree Latha NIGROMARGINATUS FROM THE SOUTHWEST COAST Tagore Arts College, Puducherry OF INDIA S Venu*, Sherine Sonia Cubelio and B Madhusoodana Kurup OPP 03 GROWTH RESPONSES OF PENAEUS MONODON UNDER 0900- Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin SEMI-INTENSIVE AND TRADITIONAL CULTURE 1000 SYSTEMS EAP 25 DIETARY COMPOSITION OF THE SAILFISH 0900- Cilla Abraham* and C K Radhakrishnan ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS SHAW AND NODDER, 1000 CUSAT, Kochi 1792 FROM PARANGIPETTAI, SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA OPP 04 OCCURRENCE OF THE INVASIVE MUSSEL MUSCULISTA 0900- V Ravi* and V Sekar SENHOUSIA IN THE COCHIN BACKWATERS 1000 Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu K Shiny Sreedhar* and C K Radhakrishnan Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin CORRELATION BETWEEN COLOURED DISSOLVED 0900- EAP 26 OPP 05 EVALUATION OF ANALGESIC AND ANTI- 0900- ORGANIC MATTER (C-DOM) AND PHYTOPLANKTON 1000 INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY OF RAY FISH CARTILAGE 1000 PRODUCTIVITY V Ravitchandirane* and T Sheela N Nandini Menon* Centre for Post-Graduate Studies, Puducherry Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin OPP 06 ECOFRIENDLY FATTENING OF MUD CRAB: AN 0900- EAP 27 LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP OF VINCIGUERRIA 0900- APPROACH OF AQUASILVICULTURE IN MANGROVE 1000 NIMBARIA AND V LUCETIA 1000 ENVIRONMENT OF ANDAMAN ISLANDS Vimala Persis*, P K Karuppasamy, S Balu, Simmy George, J Santhanakumar*, A K Abdul Nazar, N V Vinithkumar and N G Menon and K Balachandran R Kirubagaran Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai National Institute of Ocean Technology, Port Blair, A&N Islands

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OPP 07 STUDIES ON BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF 0900- OPP 13 SEA-CAGE CULTURE OF BIGEYE TREVALLY CARANX 0900- COPEPOD OITHONA RIGIDA GIESBRECHT COMPARED 1000 SEXFASCIATUS QUOY & GAIMARD, 1825 IN VIZHINJAM 1000 WITH ROTIFER BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS AND BAY, SOUTHWEST COAST OF INDIA BRANCHIOPOD ARTEMIA NAUPLII M K Anil*, B Raju, Jose Kingsly, K T Thomas and P Santhanam and P Perumal A Udayakumar Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Vizhinjam, Kerala

OPP 08 ANTI-RHIZOCTONIA ACTIVITY OF STREPTOMYCES 0900- OPP 14 EFFECT OF DIETARY SALT ON SURVIVAL AND 0900- LIENOMYCINI, A MARINE ISOLATE 1000 GROWTH OF ASIAN SEA BASS (LATES CALCARIFER 1000 T Ganesan*, A Venkatesan, D Rajarajan, P Murugananthan and BLOCH) FINGERLINGS REARED IN FRESHWATER G Narchonai A Jesu Arockiaraj* and S Appelbaum Tagore Arts College, Pondicherry The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sde Boker Campus 84990, Israel OPP 09 ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES FROM MARINE FISHES 0900- SERINE PROTEASE ENZYME INHIBITOR FROM MARINE 0900- G Rameshkumar*, S Ravichandran, T T Ajith Kumar and 1000 OPP 15 BACTERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR INHIBITION OF T Shunmugaraj 1000 MICROBIAL GROWTH Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu K Sapna*, P P Manzur Ali, Abraham Mathew and K K Elyas Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin OPP 10 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN SELF- 0900- HELP GROUPS IN THE MARINE SECTOR IN ORISSA: 1000 ROLE OF BANK CREDIT OPP 16 MESOPELAGIC ORGANISMS FROM THE DEEP 0900- SCATTERING LAYER OF CENTRAL ARABIAN SEA 1000 Nirupama Panda DURING THE SUMMER MONSOON Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, Orissa P K Karuppasamy, V Divya, A Biju, K R Muraleedharan* and N V Madhu National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi OPP 11 LIVELIHOOD SECURITY AND ENTREPRENEUR 0900- OPPORTUNITIES IN COASTAL FISHERIES OF ANDHRA 1000 CCP 01 GENETIC MANIPULATION TO COMBAT CLIMATE 0900- PRADESH CHANGE 1000 K Kamalraj Jyothi V. Mallia National Institute of Fisheries Post-Harvest Technology & Malad Highway View CHS, Malad (E), Mumbai Training, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh CCP 02 SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES AND 0900- OPP 12 MARINE FUNGI AS SOURCE OF ß GLUCOSIDASE 0900- DISTRIBUTION SHIFTS OF INDIAN MACKEREL 1000 ENZYME FOR BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION 1000 RASTRELLIGER KANAGURTA Abraham Mathew*, K K Elyas, S Rajeev Kumar and K Sapna P K Asokan*, P K Krishnakumar and Shubhadeep Ghosh Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi

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CCP 03 EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND NUTRIENTS ON 0900- CCO 03 IMPACT OF EXTREME CLIMATIC EVENTS ON 1050- GROWTH OF MARINE ALGAE 1000 BRACKISHWATER AQUACULTURE 1100 B Jasper, Joe K Kizhakudan*, E Vivekanandan and M Muralidhar*, B P Gupta, M Jayanthi, M Krishnan and A H Mohamad Kasim G Ponniah CMFRI, Chennai Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai

CCP 04 GLOBAL WARMING, CLIMATE CHANGE AND CORAL 0900- CCO 04 OPTIONS ON FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE FOR 1100- REEF BLEACHING 1000 COPING WITH 1110 Zahra Khoshnood * and Reza Khoshnood E Vivekanandan* and M Rajagopalan International Campus of Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin Mazandaran, Iran

CCO 05 RESPONSE OF OIL SARDINE OF KERALA WITH 1110- CCP 05 MINIMIZING THE GLOBAL WARMING EFFECTS ON 0900- SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EXTREME OCEANOGRAPHIC MARINE ENVIRONMENT 1120 1000 EVENTS Zahra Khoshnood*, Reza Khoshnood and Saeedeh Mosafer K J Thara*, Phiros Shah and R Sajeev International Campus of Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi Mazandaran, Iran

CCP 06 THE CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS IN INDIAN WATERS: 0900- CCO 06 CLIMATE CHANGE ON OCEAN, COASTAL ECOSYSTEM 1130- STATUS, DIVERSITY AND THREATS 1000 AND SMALL ISLANDS — A DEVELOPMENTAL 1140 M. Hussain Ali* and K. Vijayakumaran APPROACH Cranes Software Ltd., Bangalore J Sundaresan*, A L Ramanathan, S Sreekesh, M A A Khan and Prakash Chand ORAL PRESENTATION : CC; EA & OP National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi

CCO 01 Keynote Address 1000- IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MARINE 1040 CCO 07 CARBON CREDITS FOR THE SEAWEED WEALTH OF 1140- ECOSYSTEMS AND FISHERIES INDIAN COAST: OBSERVATION AND PROJECTION 1150 K M Brander P Kaladharan*, S Veena and E Vivekanandan DTU Aqua, Denmark Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of CMFRI, Visakhapatnam

CCO 02 IS ARABIAN SEA RESPONDING TO GLOBAL WARMING 1040- CCO 08 THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON 1150- AND UNDERGOING A CLIMATE SHIFT? 1050 BIOLOGY AND FISHERY OF SHRIMPS IN INDIAN 1200 S Prasanna Kumar*, Raj P Roshin, Jaya Narvekar, P K Dinesh WATERS Kumar and E Vivekanandan E V Radhakrishnan* and A P Dineshbabu National Institute of Oceanography, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin

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CCO 09 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIMATIC VARIABLES, AND 1200- OPO 01 Keynote Address 1400- OIL SARDINE AND INDIAN MACKEREL LANDINGS IN 1210 SCOPE FOR RESEARCH ON SPAWN BIOLOGY OF 1430 KERALA: A MULTIVARIATE MODELLING INQUIRY TELEOSTEAN FISHES E Vivekanandan, J Jayasankar* and K Ratheesan T J Pandian Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

CCO 10 TEMPORAL CHANGES IN THE CLIMATIC AND 1210- OPO 02 PCR APPROACH FOR FOOLPROOF GENDER 1430- OCEANOGRAPHIC VARIABLES OFF KERALA 1220 IDENTIFICATION OF MARINE MAMMALS 1440 E Vivekanandan, K Ratheesan, U Manjusha, R Remya* and P Jayasankar* and B Anoop T V Ambrose Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi OPO 03 BREEDING AND LARVICULTURE OF THE SAPPHIRE 1440- EAO 16 DISTRIBUTIONAL VARIABILITY OF 1220- DEVIL DAMSELFISH CHRYSIPTERA CYANEA 1450 PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN AZHEEKODE 1230 G Gopakumar*, I Santhosi and N Ramamurthy ESTUARY, KERALA Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam Camp, M Joyni Jacob* and B Madhusoodana Kurup Tamil Nadu Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin OPO 04 A RESEARCH REVIEW ON COPEPODS AS LIVE FEED 1450- FOR LARVICULTURE OF MARINE FINFISHES EAO 17 STUDY AND IDENTIFICATION OF PHYTOPLANKTON 1230- 1500 SPECIES IN TAJAN ESTUARY IN A SOUTH CASPIAN 1240 G Gopakumar* and P Vijayagopal SEA BASIN Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam Camp, Tamil Nadu Maryam Shapoori* and Arash Javanshir Islamic Azad University- Savadkooh Branch, Iran OPO 05 EFFICACY OF SEAWEED PRODUCTS ON GROWTH 1500- AND RESISTANCE TO WHITESPOT SYNDROME VIRUS 1510 EAO 18 HARD CORAL DIVERSITY ALONG THE SOUTHWEST 1240- IN THE SHRIMP PENAEUS MONODON POSTLARVAE COAST OF INDIA 1250 G Immanuel*, M Sivagnanavelmurugan, P Iyapparaj, S Jasmine*, Rani Mary George, Mary Manisseri and R Ramasubburayan and A Palavesam Jose Kingsley M S University, Rajakkamangalam, Tamilnadu CMFRI, Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram OPO 06 ENRICHMENT OF EICOSAPENTANOIC ACID 1510- EAO 19 LIFE HISTORY TRAITS AND LENGTH-WEIGHT 1250- CONCENTRATES FROM SARDINE OIL BY BACTERIAL 1520 RELATIONSHIP OF SELECTED DEEPSEA FISHES 1300 (BACILLUS CIRCULANS) LIPASE ISOLATED FROM INHABITING THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE BEYOND 400 SEAWEED TURBINARAIA CONOIDES m DEPTH OFF WESTCOAST OF INDIA Kajal Chakraborty*, P Vijayagopal, K K Vijayan and B Madhusoodhana Kurup and V M Divya* I Rajendran Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin

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OPO 07 SPONTANEOUS SPAWNING OF EPINEPHELUS TAUVINA 1520- OPO 13 BIOACTIVE STUDIES ON KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII 1640- (FORSSKAL) IN CAPTIVITY 1530 AGAINST BACTERIAL PATHOGENS ISOLATED FROM 1650 Grace Mathew INFECTED MARINE ORNAMENTAL FISHES Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi N B Dhayanithi*, T T Ajith Kumar, P Murugesan and T Balasubramanian OPO 08 ANTIBIOTIC PRODUCTION BY MARINE FUNGI FROM 1530- Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu THE SLOPE SEDIMENTS OF ARABIAN SEAS 1540 L Smitha, Neil Scolastine Corraya and Rosamma Philip* OPO 14 ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL 1650- Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi ACTIVITIES OF TOXIC COMPOUNDS FROM THE SEA 1700 ANEMONES HETERACTICS MAGNIFICA [QUOY AND OPO 09 AN EXPERIMENTAL POLYCULTURE OF PEARL OYSTER 1540- GAIMARD, 1833] AND STICODACTYLA MERTENSII (PINCTADA FUCATA), SEAWEED (KAPPAPHYCUS 1550 [BRANDT, 1835] ALVAREZII) AND ASIAN SEABASS (LATES CALCARIFER) Swagat Ghosh*, C R Delma and T T Ajith Kumar IN CAGE OFF VISAKHAPATNAM Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu Biswajit Dash*, Suresh Kumar Mojjada and G Syda Rao Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute,Visakhapatnam, OPO 15 ISOLATION OF MULTIPLE ENZYME PRODUCING 1700- Andhra Pradesh BACTERIA (BACILLUS SUBTILIS) FROM THE 1710 POLYCHAETE, PERINEREIS CULTRIFERA OPO 10 MOLECULAR CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 1550- cDNA OF GONAD INHIBITING HORMONE (GIH) OF 1600 S Elayaraja*, R Krishnaprakash, M Pravin Kumar, BLACK TIGER SHRIMP PENAEUS MONODON FROM P Murugesan and T T Ajith Kumar INDIAN WATERS Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu Reynold Peter*, K K Vijayan, C P Balasubramanian, D L Mohanlal and I S Bright Singh OPO 16 IMMUNOSTIMULANTS IN THE IMMUNE RESPONSE 1710- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi OF PENAEUS MONODON (FABRICIUS) 1720 K Sivakumar*, S Felix, R Saravanan and M Kathiresan OPO 11 ACCLIMATION AND GROWTH OF HATCHERY 1620- Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukkudi, PRODUCED FALSE CLOWN AMPHIPRION OCELLARIS 1630 Tamilnadu TO SURROGATE ANEMONES K Madhu*, Rema Madhu and K M Venugopalan OPO 17 ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF MARINE 1720- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi ACTINOMYCETES AGAINST HUMAN PATHOGENS 1730 Mannangatti Krishnaraj* and Narayanasamy Mathivanan OPO 12 SEX CHANGE OF HATCHERY PRODUCED AMPHIPRION 1630- University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai OCELLARIS: INFLUENCE OF MATING SYSTEM 1640 REMOVAL ON GONAD MATURATION AND NESTING SUCCESS Rema Madhu*, K Madhu and K M Venugopalan Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi

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DAY 4 Day 4; Date: 12.2.2009 DAY 4

POSTER SESSION : OP & EH OPP 23 CHARACTERISATION AND DIVERSITY OF 0900- POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES PRODUCING VIBRIOS 0940 Code Title, Author, Affiliation Time INHABITING MARINE BENTHIC ENVIRONMENTS S Raghul Subin*, Siju M Varghese, M K Satheesh Kumar and OPP 17 MARICULTURE OF KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII ALONG 0900- Sarita G Bhat MALABAR COAST, KERALA 0940 Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin Gulshad Mohammed* and A Anasukoya Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Veraval, Gujarat OPP 24 EDIBLE OYSTER CULTURE – AN ALTERNATIVE 0900- LIVELIHOOD FOR POVERTY STRICKEN PEOPLE OF 0940 OPP 18 THE IMPACT OF LATEX OF CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA 0900- SUNDARBANS WETLAND (LR) B R ON POSTLARVAE OF PENAEUS INDICUS 0940 Madhumita Mukherjee*, Shibdas Basu, Debajit Chakraborty Kadem Ramudu and V M Preetha Kumari* and Abhijit Mitra Tagore Arts College, Puducherry Department of Fisheries, Govt. of West Bengal, Pailan, Kolkata OPP 19 FEEDING ELASTICITY OF PLANKTONIC COPEPOD 0900- PSEUDODIAPTOMUS ANNANDALEI (COPEPODA: 0940 CALANOIDA) OPP 25 MEDICINAL VALUE AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES 0900- C K Haridevi*, Honey U K Pillai, Vineetha Gopinath, OF INDIAN MANGROVES: SCOPE FOR DISEASE 0940 K K Balachandran and C Revichandran MANAGEMENT IN AQUACULTURE National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi D Linga Prabu*, N Jayakumar and S Arun Sudhagar Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi, OPP 20 ISOLATION, PURIFICATION AND PARTIAL 0900- Tamilnadu CHARACTERISATION OF VIBRIOPHAGES FROM 0940 MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM Linda Louis*, Jeena Augustine and Sarita G Bhat EHP 01 TRENDS IN THE ABUNDANCE INDICES OF LARGE 0900- Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin PELAGICS IN THE EXPLORATORY LONGLINE 0940 SURVEYS: AN INDICATION OF OVEREXPLOITATION OPP 21 DYNAMICS OF GROUP FORMATION, DECISION 0900- IN THE INDIAN OCEAN MAKING AND PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN SHGS 0940 V S Somvanshi*, S Varghese, P C Rao and Sijo P Varghese AMONG FISHERS Fishery Survey of India, Mumbai Nikita Gopal*, V Geethalakshmi, J Charles Jeeva, S Balasubramaniam, R Parvathy and M Nasser EHP 02 INDUCTION OF PERIPHERAL ERYTHROCYTIC 0900- Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin NUCLEAR LESIONS IN THE ASIAN CICHLID, ETROPLUS 0940 SURATENSIS (BLOCH) BY CADMIUM OPP 22 ISOLATION OF A NOVEL PROTEASE GENE USING 0900- METAGENOMIC APPROACH 0940 M Muruganandam* and I D Gupta Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Helvin Vincent*, S Smitha and Sarita G Bhat Institute, Dehra Dun Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin

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EHP 03 STUDIES ON POPULATION STRUCTURE, BURROWING 0900- EHP 10 DESTRUCTION OF SPAWNS IN SUNDARBANS 0900- NATURE AND TOXICITY OF HEAVY METALS TO 0940 DAMAGING COASTAL MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM 0940 DONAX SPP. FROM GULF OF MANNAR AND PALK BAY Mahua Das COAST Bhawanipur Education Society College, Calcutta C Archana Devi*, L Palanikumar and A K Kumaraguru Madurai Kamaraj University, Ramanathapuram, Tamilnadu EHP 11 FATE OF PLASTIC IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT 0900- AND THEIR POSSIBLE EFFECT ON MARINE BIOTA 0940 EHP 04 ESTIMATION OF VIRAL ABUNDANCE IN COCHIN 0900- BACKWATERS BY EPIFLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY 0940 S Aanand*, M Kathiresan and P Santhanam Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu Breezy Jacob*, J J Dhanya and Ammini Parvathi National Institute of Oceanography, Cochin EHP 12 POST-TSUNAMI IMPACT ON COPEPOD DIVERSITY IN 0900- EHP 05 THREATENED SPECIES IN THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM 0900- MUTTUKADU BACKWATERS NEAR CHENNAI 0940 OF YEMEN 0940 R Ramanibai* and J Chitra Akram Alkershi* University of Madras, Gunidy Campus, Chennai Faculty of Sciences, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen BIOACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS IN SOME 0900- EHP 06 STUDY ON MEIOFAUNA OF EARTHQUAKE AFFECTED 0900- EHP 13 COMMERCIAL FISHES OF THE PERSIAN GULF, IRAN 0940 INTERTIDAL AREA OF PORT BLAIR, ANDAMAN ISLAND 0940 Z. Khoshnood* and Reza Khoshnood P M Mohan and P Dhivya* Environmental Science, Ahvaz, Iran Pondicherry University, Port Blair

EHP 07 LEAD CONCENTRATION IN EDIBLE FISHES FROM 0900- EHP 14 DIVERSITY OF POSTLARVAE OF LUTJANIDAE ALONG 0900- SOUTHERN IRAN 0940 THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF INDIA 0940 Reza Khoshnood*, N. Jaafarzadeh Haghighi and Z. Khoshnood S G Vincent*, S R Flanet Raj and S G Prakash Vincent Environmental Science, Ahvaz, Iran Institute of Fish Eggs and Larvae Studies, Kuzhithurai, Tamilnadu EHP 08 DISTRIBUTION OF BACTERIOPLANKTON IN THE 0900- INDIAN OCEAN SECTOR OF SOUTHERN OCEAN 0940 EHP 15 EGGS, LARVAE AND JUVENILES OF TRICHIURID 0900- K K Bineesh*, V N Sanjeevan, Rosamma Philip, K U Abdul FISHES TRICHIURUS LEPTURUS (LINNAEUS,1758), 0940 Jaleel and Nousher Khan LEPTURACANTHUS SAVALA (CUVIER,1827) AND Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin EUPLEUROGRAMMUS GLOSSODON (BLEEKER, 1860) FROM THE INSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHWEST COAST EHP 09 HYDROGRAPHY AND HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION 0900- OF INDIA IN UPPANAR ESTUARY, NAGAPATINAM COAST, INDIA 0940 S G Vincent*, S R Flanet Raj and S G Prakash Vincent R Sankar and G Ananthan Institute of Fish Eggs and Larvae Studies, Kuzhithurai, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamilnadu Tamilnadu

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EHP 16 BIOAVAILABILITY OF HEAVY METALS IN WATER, 0900- EHO 05 OPEN SEA FARMING OF KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII OFF 1040- SEDIMENTS AND FISH SPECIES FROM KAATTUPPALLI 0940 COCHIN AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT 1050 ISLAND, SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA Reeta Jayasankar, A Kanagam, Pathik Chandra Mishra and S Rajesh Kumar and N Munuswamy* C Seema University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi

EHO 06 OCCURRENCE AND BIOACCUMULATION OF TRACE 1050- ORAL PRESENTATION : EH ELEMENTS BY BENTHIC POLYCHAETES FROM 1100 SUNDERBAN MANGROVE WETLANDS, WEST BENGAL EHO 01 Keynote Address 0940- M A Alam*, A Gomes and S K Sarkar* University of Calcutta, Kolkata THE HEALTH OF THE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS – KEY TO 1010 SUSTAINABILITY OF BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEM GOODS AND SERVICES EHO 07 TOWARDS AN ECOSYSTEM APPROACH TO LONGLINE 1100- P S B R James* FISHERIES OF THE INDIAN EEZ: IMPACT ON SHARKS 1110 Kammanahalli P.O., St. Thomas Town, Bangalore AND SEA TURTLES V S Somvanshi*, S Varghese and Sijo P Varghese Fishery Survey of India, Mumbai EHO 02 TROPHIC LEVEL AND MEAN TROPHIC INDEX OF FISH 1010- FAUNA ASSOCIATED WITH TRAWL BYCATCH OF 1020 ALGAL BLOOMS ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS OF 1110- KERALA, SOUTHWEST COAST OF INDIA EHO 08 SOUTHWEST INDIA DURING 2005-08 1120 A Biju Kumar* and G R Deepthi M G Sanilkumar*, K B Padmakumar, N R Menon, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram K J Joseph, V N Sanjeevan and A V Saramma Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi EHO 03 SEASONAL ALGAL BLOOM AND WATER QUALITY IN 1020- THE COASTAL KERALA DURING SOUTHWEST 1030 EHO 09 IMPACT OF TSUNAMI ON THE ECOLOGY AND 1130- MONSOON USING IN SITU AND SATELLITE DATA DISTRIBUTION OF BRINE SHRIMPS (BRANCHIOPODA: 1140 R K Sarangi* and Gulshad Mohammed ANOSTRACA) IN THE SALT PANS OF VEDARANYAM, Space Applications Center (ISRO), Ahmedabad TAMIL NADU, INDIA: A CASE STUDY Dola Bhattacharjee*, S Sivagnanam and N Munuswamy Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu EHO 04 DEGRADATION OF NATURAL BEDS OF OYSTER BY 1030- ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES AT ENNORE ESTUARY, 1040 CHENNAI EHO 10 BLOOM OF NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS IN GULF OF 1140- MANNAR, SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA R Thangavelu*, S N Sethi, H M Kasim and P Poovannan 1150 CMFRI, Chennai G Gopakumar*, Bindu Sulochanan and V Venkatesan Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam

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EHO 11 TEMPORAL PATTERNS IN BIODIVERSITY AND HEALTH 1150- BIOACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS IN THE 1250- STATUS OF PALK BAY REEF CORALS 1200 EHO 17 BIVALVE COLLECTED FROM SUNDERBAN WETLAND 1300 Sandhya Sukumaran, Rani Mary George*, K Vinod, Madhumita Mukherjee* and Arpita Sengupta K S Sobhana, T S Naomi and Mary K Manisseri Department of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal, Pailan CMFRI, Thiruvananthapuram DIVERSITY OF EGGS AND LARVAE OF BONY FISHES 1300- EHO 12 EFFECTS OF ON THE 1200- EHO 18 ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF INDIA 1310 ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF MACROBENTHOS OFF 1210 S G Vincent VERAVAL, GUJARAT Institute of Fish Eggs and Larvae Studies, Kuzhithurai, Usha Bhagirathan*, S K Panda, B Meenakumari, V R Madhu Tamil Nadu and D T Vaghela Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi

EHO 13 IMPACT OF NUTRIENT POLLUTION IN ADYAR 1210- ESTUARY, CHENNAI, EAST COAST OF INDIA 1220 L Arockiavasanthi and N Munuswamy* University of Madras, Chennai

EHO 14 ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY OF INSHORE AREAS OF 1220- COCHIN WITH REFERENCE TO THE CONTAMINANTS 1230 FROM UPSTREAM EFFLUENTS P Kaladharan*, P K Krishnakumar, D Prema, A Nandakumar, L R Khambadkar and K K Valsala Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi

EHO 15 EFFECT OF HEAVY METALS ON THE HATCHING OF 1230- EGGS OF THE BANANA SHRIMP PENAEUS 1240 MERGUIENSIS K Vinod* and U G Bhat Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin 1240- EHO 16 PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 1250 SEAGRASS ENVIRONMENTS OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR GROUP OF ISLANDS E Dilipan*, E P Nobi, K Sivakumar and T Thangaradjou Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamilnadu

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Telephone Numbers of MECOS Organizers Best of the Best Awards

The MBAI is proud to announce the institution of 2 new awards for MECOS: Name Responsibility Telephone number (Cell/Mobile) The Dr. S. Jones Memorial Award for the best oral presentation during MECOS 09. The award includes a citation and a cash prize of Rs. 10,000. Dr. G. Syda Rao President 09446344513 Dr. N.G.K. Pillai Convener 09446343473 The Dr. R. Raghu Prasad Memorial Award for Dr. K.S. Mohamed Co-Convener 09447056559 the best poster presentation during MECOS 09. Dr. Mary Manissery Welcome 09446082124 This award also includes a citation and a cash prize of Rs. 10,000. Dr. E. Vivekanandan Abstracts 09446084867 Dr. E.V. Radhakrishnan Help Desk 09447250634 These two awards are in honour and memory of the founding President and Dr. V. Kripa Registration 09495317931 Secretary of the MBAI. Separate juries will evaluate all presentations and posters Dr. G. Gopakumar Programme 09865484215 during MECOS and awards will be given on the concluding day. Dr. R. Sathiadhas Exhibition 09446088696 Dr. V.S. Basheer Poster 09847219320 Dr. P.C. Thomas Rapporteuring 09447291113 Dr. T.V. Sathianandan Presentations 09444234593 MBAI Special General Body Meeting Dr. C. Ramachandran Publicity 09446129341 The Secretary of the MBAI invites all Dr. K.K. Vijayan Souvenir 09446473191 members of the MBAI to attend the Dr. P. Vijayagopal Symposium kit 09496280584 special general body meeting of the Dr. A. Nandakumar Airport Guests 09847268168 association at sharp 1800 h on 10th February 2009 (Day-2 of MECOS) at Dr. I. Rajendran Railway station guests 09446128960 the Conference Hall (Room 201) of Dr. N.K. Sanil Signages 09249869305 the Central Marine Fisheries Research Dr. P. Vijayagopal Food & beverages 09496280584 Institute (CMFRI). The main agenda of the meeting is election of office Dr. Vipin Kumar Cultural evening 09447609588 bearers of the association. This will be Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan VIP guests 09847115515 immediately followed by the musical Dr. Vipin Kumar Compere 09447609588 evening and dinner at the lawns of Dr. K.K.C. Nair Finance 09447014590 CMFRI. Mr. Santhosh Event Manager 09447465549

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Invitation to dinner hosted by the MBAI Folk & Pop Musical Evening

The organizers of MECOS, the Marine Biological Association of India Date : 10-02-2009 (Tuesday, Day-2 of MECOS) (MBAI) are honoured and privileged invite you for a DINNER on 10th Venue : The Lawns of CMFRI February 2009 (Day-2 of MECOS). Time : 1830 h The DINNER is at the lawns of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) from 1830 h onwards. The dress code is informal. There The evening will start with the famous POP music troupe of Cochin - the 8-Beats will be an orchestra playing and a brief exposure to Kerala's folk art will playing popular Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil numbers. The 8-Beats are led by be given. the versatile musician Mr. Preman. The location is about 2 km away from the venue of MECOS and easily accessible by Taxi/ Autorickshaw. For the healthy and brave it is a 15 minute The orchestra will break at 1930 h for an hour's expose of some of the little known brisk walk (see map). FOLK ARTS of Kerala. The first 3 items are presented by a team of artistes of the famous NAATUKOOTAM led by Mr. Rajeevan and the fourth item is led by Mr. Haridas of KALAKSHETHRAM.

THEYYAM: The Theyyam is a popular ritual dance of northern Kerala. As a living cult with several thousand year old tradition, ritual and custom, it embraces almost all castes and classes of Hindu religion in the region. The dancer along with drummers recites the particular ritual song, which describes the myths and legends of the folk deity of the shrine to be propitiated. The dancer finally metamorphoses as the particular deity of the shrine.

MUDIYATTAM: Mudiyattam is a tribal dance in which only women partake. The women stand on small wooden blocks and the dance begins with slow and simple movements of the body, which culminate in graceful movements of the head. The uncombed hair of the participants flow down and swing in rhythmic waves.

KAALA KALI: This is a traditional folk art performed by men in Kerala. It is associated with the paddy harvest and brings out the age-old folk songs of Kerala.

SHINGARI MELAM: The famous percussion instrument CHENDA of is used in this folk music form. A group of nearly 16 people play in unison creating a fabric of rhythm and synergy. The beat builds to a tempo in about 30 minutes.

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