Fishery Survey of India Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, New Fishing Jetty, Sassoon Dock, Colaba, Mumbai-400 005. Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Government of India Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India-110 001.
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FISHERY SURVEY OF INDIA Govt. of India Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (Deptt. of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries) Mumbai Annual Report 2015 -16
Compiled by Shri Bapu. M. Raut and Shri Ashish Kumar
Edited by Dr. Vinod Kumar Mudumala and Shri P. C. Rao
Hindi Translation Smt. Meera Vellan Rajiv
Secretarial Assistance Shri Vishal Kharat
Published by Shri Mahesh Kumar Farejiya Director General (I/C)
Fishery Survey of India Plot 2A, Unit No. 12, New Fishing Harbour, Sasoon Dock, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 005 Fax: 022-22188221 ; Phone: 022-22151865 / 22151866 Website : http//www.fsi.gov.in Email : [email protected]/[email protected] Fishery Survey of India
Annual Report 2015 -16
Contents ...... Page No.
1. Preface ...... 4
2. Mandate ...... 5
3. Operational Bases and Survey Vessels ...... 6
4. Marine Fishery Resources, Assessment & Research Projects
4.1 Demersal Resources Survey & Monitoring ...... 7
West coast ...... 7
East coast ...... 15
4.2 Oceanic tuna Resource Survey Projects ...... 23
5. Physical Target & Achievements ...... 29
6. Vessel-wise Catches & Value ...... 30
7. Scientist Participation in Survey Cruises ...... 31
8. Fleet Maintenance ...... 33
9. Infrastructure Facility ...... 34
10. Training ...... 35
11. Publications ...... 36
12. Research Activities ...... 39
13. Administration and Finance ...... 42
14. Important Events at Bases and Headquarters
14.1 Meetings ...... 46
14.2 Scientist Participation in Conference/ Workshop /Seminar ...... 48
14.3 Visitors/ Delegations ...... 52
14.4 Participation in Conference / Trade fair / Exhibitions ...... 55
14.5 Workshops/ Open houses ...... 56
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15. Co-operation & Association with National & International Organizations ...... 64
16. Abbreviations ...... 65
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PREFACE
It is a great privilege to place the activities and achievements of Fishery Survey of India (FSI) for the year 2015-16 in the form of Annual Report, the valuable contribution made E\WKH6FLHQWL¿F(QJLQHHULQJ$GPLQLVWUDWLRQDQG)LQDQFHGLYLVLRQVRIWKH,QVWLWXWH IRU IXO¿OOLQJ WKH PDQGDWH DQG IRU WKH JURZWK RI WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ GXULQJ WKH \HDU LV DSSUHFLDEOH,H[SUHVVP\VLQFHUHWKDQNVWRRI¿FHUVDQGVWDIIRI)6,IRUDFKLHYLQJWKH targets. We received continuous support from the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and therefore I take this opportunity to convey my sincere thanks to them. )6,KDGEHHQFDUU\LQJRXWVXUYH\DVVHVVPHQWDQGPRQLWRULQJRIWKH¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHV of the Indian EEZ and generating vital information for the sustainable exploitation of ¿VKHU\ UHVRXUFHV VLQFH LWV LQFHSWLRQ %HVLGHV LPSOHPHQWDWLRQ RI WKH UHJXODU VXUYH\ SURMHFWVWKH)6,KDVDOVRFDUULHGRXWGLYHUVL¿HG¿VKLQJPHWKRGVLQFOXGLQJH[SHULPHQWDO ¿VKLQJRQPHVKVHOHFWLYLW\DQGFRPSDUDWLYHVWXGLHVWRXQGHUVWDQGHI¿FLHQF\RIJHDUV This Annual Report presents the highlights of the ongoing survey and allied activities accomplished during the year 2015-16. While accomplishing this task, the Institute also conducted regional workshops, open-houses and marine H[KLELWLRQVHWFIRUWKHEHQH¿WRIWKH¿VKHUPHQWKH¿VKLQJLQGXVWU\DQGWKHHQGXVHUVDVDSDUWRIWKHH[WHQVLRQDFWLYLWLHV in all the maritime states. The Institute has also been acting as an interface between the Ministry of Agriculture and the 6WDWH)LVKHULHV'HSDUWPHQWVLQFROOHFWLRQRIWKHPDULQH¿VKODQGLQJGDWDE\WKHZD\RISURYLGLQJWUDLQLQJWRWKHVWDWH ¿VKHU\RI¿FLDOVDQGGDWDHQXPHUDWRUVXQGHU&66SURJUDPPH The Institute continued to impart training to the students sponsored by the CIFNET, Kochi on board survey vessels on tenure basis as well as the pass out students of CIFNET on casual basis. During the year under report Fishery Survey of India has published the Fishery Bulletin No. 31, on “Demersal Fishery Resources off the East Coast of India- an 8SGDWH´DQG,QGLD¶V1DWLRQDO5HSRUWWRWKH6FLHQWL¿F&RPPLWWHHRIWKH,QGLDQ2FHDQ7XQD&RPPLVVLRQ As a part of the National Marine Fisheries Census, Fishery Survey of India under the Central Sector Scheme (CSS) on “Strengthening of Database and Geographical Information System for the Fisheries Sector”, has conducted the Marine )LVKHULHV&HQVXVLQERWKWKH87¶VRI$QGDPDQ 1LFREDUDQG/DNVKDGZHHS,VODQGVGXULQJ)HEUXDU\0DUFK Engagement of enumerators and census enumeration was carried out in collaboration with the respective Fisheries 'HSDUWPHQWVRIERWKWKH,VODQGV7RFDUU\RXWWKLVFHQVXVZRUNRI¿FLDOVIURPWKH)6,DQGWKHRI¿FLDOVRI¿VKHULHV GHSDUWPHQWIURPERWKWKH,VODQGVJURXSVZHUHLGHQWL¿HGDV6XSHUYLVRUVDQGWKHZRUNZDVH[HFXWHGE\HQJDJLQJ HQXPHUDWRUVLQWKH$QGDPDQ 1LFREDUJURXSRI,VODQGVDQGHQXPHUDWRUVLQWKH/DNVKDGZHHS,VODQGVUHVSHFWLYHO\ 'XULQJWKH\HDUXQGHUUHSRUWWKHÀHHWRIYHVVHOVRIWKH,QVWLWXWHFROOHFWLYHO\DFKLHYHGGD\VRXWDWVHDH[SHQGLQJ DVDPSOLQJHIIRUWRIKRXUVDQG KRRNV7KHLQFLGHQWDO¿VKFDWFKGXULQJWKHVXUYH\ZDVWRQQHV realizing a revenue of `26.29 lakhs as the sale proceeds. The budget grant of the Institute for the year 2015-16 was `66.70 crore and the expenditure was `53.24 crores.
Mahesh Kumar Farejiya Director General (I/C) Fishery Survey of India
MANDATE
The Fishery Survey of India, Mumbai, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries is the nodal agency for carrying out the survey, assessment and PRQLWRULQJRIWKHPDULQH¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHVRIWKH,QGLDQ((=ZLWKLQWKHIUDPHZRUNRIDZHOOGH¿QHGPDQGDWH 7KHPDQGDWHRIWKH,QVWLWXWHLVWXQHGIURPWLPHWRWLPHWRPDWFKWKHGHYHORSPHQWDODFWLYLWLHVRIWKH¿VKHULHV sector as well as to meet the national and global requirements. The present mandate of the Institute as approved by the Evaluation Committee during 2007 is detailed below:
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3. OPERATIONAL BASES AND SURVEY VESSELS
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Mumbai Matsya Vrushti 0RQR¿ODPHQWORQJOLQHU 37.5 465 1215
Matsya Nireekshani Stern trawler 40.5 329 2030
Mormugao Yellow Fin Tuna longliner 35.7 310 800
Sagarika Stern trawler 28.8 189 650
Cochin Matsya Varshini Stern trawler 36.5 269 1160
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Chennai Matsya Drushti 0RQR¿ODPHQWORQJOLQHU 37.5 465 1215
Samudrika Stern trawler 28.8 189 650
Visakhapatnam Matsya Shikari Stern trawler 39.8 352 1740
Matsya Darshini Stern trawler 36.5 269 1160
Port Blair Blue Marlin Tuna longliner 35.7 310 800
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4. MARINE FISHERY RESOURCES, ASSESSMENT & RESEARCH
4.1 DEMERSAL RESOURCES SURVEY AND MONITORING
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B. Catch Composition (%)
Fish trawl Shrimp trawl Fish trawl Shrimp trawl Depth Zone (m) 30-50 50-100 100-200 30-50 50-100 Depth Zone (m) 30-50 50-100 100-200 30-50 50-100 Elasmobranchs 2.26 0.63 0.06 1.60 1.05 Ghol 0.20 0.12 0.25 - - Eels 0.32 0.05 - - - Koth 0.74 0.09 0.13 - - /L]DUG¿VKHV 1.06 1.26 1.33 1.74 3.81 Polynemids 0.08 0.09 0.13 - - &DW¿VKHV 37.17 47.77 39.06 6.78 33.83 S Barracuda 1.05 0.42 - 3.29 4.49 S Nemipterids 3.54 0.66 2.47 12.21 0.86 p Pomfrets 1.33 0.33 - - - p e Clupeiods 1.44 0.27 - 24.71 30.44 e c Carangids 0.97 0.53 - 2.13 0.18 c Chirocentrus 0.10 0.16 - 0.10 - i Other carangids 0.15 0.18 - - 0.86 i /HVVHUVDUGLQH 0.55 1.39 2.28 0.82 - e Dagol 0.27 0.67 - - 0.25 e s s Bombay duck 1.93 0.46 - - - / Horse Mackerel 3.00 1.83 - 0.73 0.18 / Bulls eye 0.84 1.81 6.90 0.48 1.97 G Decapterids 1.52 6.38 35.14 0.48 0.74 G Kalava 0.86 1.05 1.77 2.91 0.25 r 5LEERQ¿VKHV 2.05 0.67 0.19 9.30 1.72 r o o Perches 0.04 0.26 - - - u Mackerel 7.71 4.83 6.27 9.88 2.15 u Karkara 0.74 0.09 - - - p 6HHU¿VKHV 0.71 0.26 - 0.58 0.49 p Other perches 1.25 1.61 0.03 1.02 1.35 Crabs 0.12 0.14 - - - Dhoma 4.59 5.29 0.13 1.79 0.18 Cephalopods 13.31 5.29 1.08 11.92 2.83 Upenoids 2.11 8.27 0.38 0.68 1.60 2WKHU¿VKHV 7.92 7.11 2.40 6.83 10.76 King Fish 0.05 0.02 - - - *HDUZLVHDQGGHSWKZLVHFDWFKFRPSRVLWLRQRIWRSVSHFLHVIRU0DWV\D1LUHHNVKDQL
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(in tonnes) (in tonnes) Depth zone (m) 30-50 50-100 Depth zone (m) 30-50 50-100 Elasmobranchs 51 14 Barracuda 114 122 &DW¿VKHV 51 29 Pomfrets 47 29 S Clupeiods 43 258 Horse Mackerel 226 373 p Decapterids 1111 12336 /L]DUG¿VKHV 887 1090 G e r 5LEERQ¿VKHV 311 1399 c Bulls eye 445 6139 o Mackerel 470 868 i Nemipterids 101 646 u e 6HHU¿VKHV 38 380 Rock cods 1705 2302 p s Shrimps 7 - / Sciaenids 121 244 Crabs 252 287 Silverbellies 34 222 Cephalopods 938 2733 /DFWDULXV 178 760 2WKHU¿VKHV 1469 1499 3URMHFW 'HPHUVDO¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHVVXUYH\DVVHVVPHQWDQGPRQLWRULQJDORQJ6RXWKZHVW&RDVW :DGJH%DQNDQG*XOIRI0DQQDU
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¾ Highest catch rate of 36.40 kg/hr was recorded in the depth range of 30-50 m in latitude 10oN.
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B. Catch Composition (%)
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C. Salient observation ¾ Highest catch rate of 9.5 kg/hr was recorded in the depth zone of 50-100 m of latitude 8o1E\¿VKWUDZODQGNJKULQWKH depth zone of 20-50 m of latitude 10oN by shrimp trawl.
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/DWLWXGH 1 14 29.04 14.39 5.03 34.57 23.27 7.88 15 27.89 24.00 12.73 59.94 122.59 6.85
B. Catch composition (%)
Gear Fish Trawl Cephalopod Trawl Shrimp Trawl Depth Zone (m) 30-50 50-100 100-200 30-50 30-50 200-300 Elasmobranchs 1.79 1.30 0.22 0.57 1.01 1.03 Eel 0.11 0.04 - 0.08 0.10 0.32 &DW¿VKHV 0.92 0.75 - 0.90 0.86 - S Chirocentrus spp. 0.33 0.97 0.09 0.61 0.87 - p e Anchovies 0.35 1.15 - 0.44 0.10 - c Clupeiods - 0.44 - 0.61 - - i /HVVHUVDUGLQH 2.45 1.68 - 6.59 1.07 - e /L]DUG¿VKHV 0.35 0.33 0.17 0.20 0.49 1.74 s / Bulls eye 0.90 3.42 2.91 4.25 7.51 6.98 G 7KUHDG¿QEUHDPV 1.77 7.78 2.93 1.86 0.98 - r Perches 0.46 0.57 0.06 0.20 0.15 - o Kalava 0.62 1.06 - 0.73 0.12 - u Upenoids 7.29 2.32 - 5.23 1.95 - p Dhoma 0.02 0.02 0.15 - 0.12 0.08 Polynemids - - - 0.04 0.02 - Silverbellies 4.57 7.62 - 9.65 8.32 -
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Gear Fish Trawl Cephalopod Trawl Shrimp Trawl Depth Zone (m) 30-50 50-100 100-200 30-50 30-50 200-300 Barracuda 1.85 2.10 0.36 7.80 1.37 0.63 Pomfrets 0.34 0.44 - 0.74 0.42 - Other Carangids 6.99 19.17 0.29 8.53 7.00 - Dagol 0.08 - - 0.43 0.02 - S Horse Mackerel 1.04 2.10 - 0.90 0.74 - p Gerrids - 0.53 - - - - e c Decapterids 6.79 14.93 3.15 24.32 35.32 - i 5LEERQ¿VKHV 0.31 0.88 - 1.80 0.25 - e s Mackerel 1.77 1.28 0.15 3.58 5.59 - / 6HHU¿VKHV 0.61 5.74 - 0.90 0.75 - G r 'HHSVHD¿VKHV - - 9.18 - - 43.62 o Deep sea shrimps - - 4.49 - - 6.11 u p Crabs 0.62 0.46 68.73 2.93 2.61 20.62 Cephalopods 9.50 10.45 0.38 11.97 14.23 2.22 -HOO\¿VK 2.14 9.98 0.44 0.71 5.04 1.74 Blackruff 43.76 - 4.43 0.21 0.02 9.83 2WKHU¿VKHV 2.26 2.45 1.88 3.21 2.98 5.08
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C. Salient observations
¾ Highest catch rate of 139.21 kg/hr was recorded in the depth range 100-200 m of the latitude 13o1E\XVLQJ¿VKWUDZO followed by 122.59 kg/hr in the 30-50 m depth zone of latitude 15oN by using shrimp trawl.
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'%LRORJLFDOVWXGLHV Biological studies on length frequency, length-weight, sex, maturity and food and feeding habits were undertaken during the period. A total of 2148 No. of specimens were measured for length frequency analysis for 44 species, biological studies carried out for 1995 no. of specimens comprising 40 species during the period.
E. Biomass estimation
Area: Latitudes 10oN-16oN (in tonnes) Depth Zone (m) 30-50 50-100 100-200 200-300 Elasmobranchs 7.28 0.04 0.01 0.01 Eel 1.04 - - - &DW¿VKHV 40.45 0.03 - - S p Chirocentrus spp. 44.20 0.03 - - e Anchovies 5.12 0.04 - - c Clupeiods 3.83 0.01 - - i e /HVVHUVDUGLQH 199 0.05 - - s /L]DUG¿VKHV 5.91 0.01 0.01 0.01 / Bulls eye 46.08 0.10 0.13 0.02 G r 7KUHDG¿QEUHDPV 43.72 0.31 0.10 - o Perches 12.66 0.02 - - u Kalava 18.18 0.05 - - p Upenoids 59.18 0.08 - - Dhoma 2.02 - - - Polynemids 0.35 - - -
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(in tonnes) Depth Zone (m) 30-50 50-100 100-200 200-300 Silverbellies 391.82 0.32 - - Barracuda 128 0.07 0.01 - Pomfrets 21 0.02 - - Other Carangids 217.94 1.02 0.02 - S Dagol 4.05 - - - p Horse Mackerel 7.72 0.06 - - e c Decapterids 420.21 0.60 0.12 - i 5LEERQ¿VKHV 27.28 0.04 - - e Mackerel 297.57 0.03 - - s / 6HHU¿VKHV 45.63 0.54 - - G 'HHSVHD¿VKHV - - 0.62 0.16 r Gerrids - 0.02 - - o u Deep sea shrimps - - 0.17 0.01 p Crabs 22.63 0.02 2.29 0.06 Cephalopods 629.11 0.51 0.01 0.01 -HOO\¿VK 124.50 0.32 0.02 - Black ruff 3.71 - 0.43 0.05 2WKHU¿VKHV 67.87 0.07 0.07 -
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Project leader Dr. Annada Bhusan Kar, Fisheries Scientist
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B. Catch Composition (%) Gear Fish Trawl Shrimp Trawl Cephalopod Trawl Depth Zone (m) 30-50 50-100 100-200 30-50 50-100 30-50 50-100 Elasmobranchs 4.4 7.2 - 1.4 4.4 2.6 1.9 Eels - - - 0.6 - - - /L]DUG¿VKHV 0.6 1.3 - 0.4 0.8 - - &DW¿VKHV 10.3 2.9 - 5.1 22.3 - 2.1 Clupeiods 2.2 2.3 - 0.7 2.8 32.8 69.8 Chorinemus 0.2 ------Bulls eye - 0.1 37.5 - - - - Nemipterids 0.4 1.4 37.5 0.6 3.3 - 0.2 S p Perches 2.9 5.6 - 3.9 7.9 1.5 1.2 e Upenoids 3.9 11.9 - 6.6 11.4 3.6 8.1 c Sciaenids 6.5 0.5 - 7.7 0.7 1.8 0.2 i Silverbellies 43.4 34.0 - 54.7 6.3 33.9 4.7 e )ODW¿VKHV 0.1------s Barracuda 3.5 4.7 - 3.3 13.1 - - / Pomfrets 0.7 1.5 - 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.9 G Carangids 3.0 4.6 - 5.0 1.9 6.2 0.5 r Horse Mackerel 6.0 3.2 - 0.2 - 0.7 - o Decapterids 0.5 0.4 - 0.3 0.7 - - u 5LEERQ¿VKHV 0.8 0.1 - 0.6 - 1.8 - p Mackerel 2.8 9.2 - 0.8 4.0 2.6 3.7 6HHU¿VKHV 0.9 0.6 - 0.2 0.1 - 0.5 Gerrids 0.2 5.2 - 0.1 12.9 - 5.8 P.maculatum 3.7 - - 4.1 1.0 - - 0RRQ¿VK 0.1 - - 0.1 1.9 - - Shrimps 0.1 0.2 - 0.2 0.1 - - Cephalopods 1.9 2.7 12.5 1.8 1.7 0.4 0.5 2WKHU¿VKHV 0.9 0.4 12.5 1.2 2.1 10.9 - *HDUZLVHDQGGHSWKZLVHFDWFKFRPSRVLWLRQRIWRSVSHFLHVIRU0DWV\D6KLNDUL
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Silverbellies Silverbellies 15% Cat Įshes 14% Upenoids Sciaenids Mackerel 3% 3% 34% Elasmobranchs Horse Mackerel 5% 5% 43% Elasmobranchs Perches 4% 5% Upenoids Gerrids 4% P.maculatum 5% Barracuda 4% Carangids Barracuda 6% Horse Mackerel 8% Carangids 12% 7% KƚŚĞƌĮƐŚĞƐ KƚŚĞƌĮƐŚĞƐ 8% 10% 9%
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Gear Shrimp Trawl ; Depth : 50-100 m Gear: Cephalopods Trawl ; Depth : 30-50 m
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70% Perches Pomfrets
C. Salient Observations
¾ Highest catch rate of 184.4 kg/hr was recorded by the shrimp trawl in the depth zone of 50-100 m of latitude 16° N followed by the catch rate of 134.2 kg/hr in the depth zone 30-50 m of latitude 18° N.
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E. Biomass estimation Area: Latitudes 10oN-16oN (in tonnes) (in tonnes) Depth Zone (m) 30-50 50-100 100-200 Depth Zone (m) 30-50 50-100 100-200 S Elasmobranchs 252 1534 - S Barracuda 191 893 - p Eels 44 - - p Pomfrets 13 107 - e /L]DUG¿VKHV 29 150 - e Carangids 288 377 - c &DW¿VKHV 152 1290 - c Horse Mackerel 207 362 - i Clupeiods 53 189 - i Decapterids 16 57 - e Chorinemus 3 - - e 5LEERQ¿VKHV 41 4 - s Bulls eye - 8 71 s Mackerel 92 639 - / Nemipterids 42 217 67 / 6HHU¿VKHV 28 31 - G Perches 194 893 - G Gerrids 18 730 - r Upenoids 349 1033 - r P.maculatum 211 66 - o Sciaenids 395 65 - o 0RRQ¿VK 6 125 - u Silverbellies 3041 2264 - u Shrimps 8 14 - p )ODW¿VKHV 33- p Cephalopods 112 277 19 2WKHU¿VKHV 46 147 19
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Base Visakhapatnam
Project co-ordinator Dr A. Anrose, Zonal Director (From 01.04.2015 to 31.05.2015) Shri K. Govinda Raj, Sr. Fisheries Scientist (From 01.06.2015 to 31.03.2016)
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B. Catch Composition:
Gear Expo model bottom trawl Gear Expo model bottom trawl Depth zone (m) 30-50 50-100 Depth zone (m) 30-50 50-100 Elasmobranchs 0.3 0.2 Pomfrets 0.5 1.1 S /L]DUG¿VKHV 1.5 0.3 S Carangids 1.6 1.6 p p e &DW¿VKHV 0.2 0.1 e Horse Mackerel 0.2 0.9 c Clupeiods 2.1 1.5 c Decapterids - 0.9 i i e Nemipterids 1.1 1.8 e 5LEERQ¿VKHV 0.9 0.5 s Perches 4.6 2.8 s Mackerel 3.0 0.9 / Upenoids 5.5 2.3 / 6HHU¿VKHV 0.4 0.1 G G r Sciaenids 0.8 0.5 r Gerrids 3.3 1.6 o Silverbellies 63.4 74.1 o P.maculatum 2.9 2.3 u u p ,QGLDQGULIW¿VK 0.6 - p Cephalopods 1.9 1.4 Barracuda 3.6 3.4 2WKHU¿VKHV 1.6 1.6
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Gear-wise and depth-wise catch composition of top 10 species for Matsya Darshini
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C. Salient Observation
¾ The highest catch rate of 302 kg/hr was recorded in the depth zone of 30-50 m of latitude 17° N.
¾ The catches of silverbellies was dominant in both the depth zones of 30-50 m and 50-100 m.
¾ The highest catch rate of 300 kg/hr was recorded in a single haul in the area latitude 17°45.2’N and longitude 83°26.2’E at a depth of 33 m during the April 2015 voyage.
¾ During May, 2015 voyage in a single haul 168 nos of Pomadasys argenteus species weighing about 1.2 to 2.5 kg each were recorded in the area latitude 18° 16.5’N and longitude 84°14.4’E
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22 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India
4.2 OCEANIC TUNA RESOURCES SURVEY PROJECTS
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Hooks +RRNLQJ5DWH Month operated YFT MAR SWO SHA SAI OTH 727$/ April 2015 - May 2015 - 9HVVHOXQGHUGU\GRFNLQJUHSDLUVDW&6/&RFKLQ -XQH - -XO\ 500------August 2015 4500 - - - 0.11 0.11 0.04 0.27 September 2015 800 - - - - - 0.25 0.25 October 2015 4300 - - 0.02 0.05 - 0.06 0.13 November 2015 6250 0.33 - 0.11 0.06 - 0.08 0.58 December 2015 2715 0.18 - 0.07 0.07 - 0.04 0.37 -DQXDU\ 3450 0.09 0.03 0.09 0.09 0.06 0.03 0.38 February 2016 6250 - - 0.08 0.13 - 0.24 0.45 March 2016 7100 0.06 - 0.09 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.20
<)7± B. Salient observations ¾ +LJKHVWKRRNLQJUDWHRIUHFRUGHGGXULQJ1RYHPEHUIROORZHGE\DQGGXULQJ)HEUXDU\ -DQXDU\DQG'HFHPEHUUHVSHFWLYHO\ ¾ 6ZRUG¿VKDQG & %LRORJLFDO6WXGLHV /HQJWKIUHTXHQF\DQGRWKHU%LRORJLFDOGDWDIRU VSHFLHVZLWKDVDPSOHVL]HRIQRVZHUHFROOHFWHGGXULQJWKH\HDU 23 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 6SHFLHVZLVH+RRNLQJ5DWHIRUWKHYHVVHO ^ƉĞĐŝĞƐǁŝƐĞ,ŽŽŬŝŶŐZĂƚĞ 0.100 0.090 0.080 0.070 0.060 0.050 0.040 0.030 Hooking Rate (in %) (in Rate Hooking 0.020 0.010 0.000 YFT Marlin Sword Fish Shark Sail Fish Others 3URMHFW 7XQDUHVRXUFHVVXUYH\LQ,QGLDQ((=DURXQG$QGDPDQDQG1LFREDU,VODQGEHWZHHQODWLWXGH 5o and 15o N. Project components 1. Survey of oceanic tunas and allied resources by using regular tuna longline in Andaman and Nicobar waters. 6XUYH\RIVZRUG¿VKUHVRXUFHVE\XVLQJGULIWORQJOLQHZLWKOLJKWVWLFNVLQ$QGDPDQDQG1LFREDUZDWHUV 6XUYH\RIELJH\HWXQDUHVRXUFHVE\XVLQJPRGL¿HGGHHSORQJOLQHLQ$QGDPDQDQG1LFREDUZDWHUV 4. Survey of perch resources by using bottom set vertical longline in Andaman and Nicobar waters. 5. Satellite Telemetric Studies on Migration pattern of Tunas in Indian Seas. Gear ¾ 5HJXODUWXQDORQJOLQHZLWK¿YHKRRNVSHUEDVNHW ¾ 'ULIWORQJOLQHZLWKKRRNVSHUEDVNHWZLWKOLJKWVWLFNIRUVZRUG¿VK ¾ 0RGL¿HGGHHSVHWORQJOLQHZLWK KRRNVSHUEDVNHWIRUELJH\HWXQD ¾ Bottom set vertical longline with 30 hooks per basket for perch resources. Vessel Blue Marlin Base Port Blair Project co-ordinator Dr . S. Ramchandran, Sr. Fisheries Scientist Project leader Shri H. D. Pradeep, Fisheries Scientist Results $ 5HJXODUWXQDORQJOLQLQJ Hooks +RRNLQJ5DWH Months operated Tunas Bill Fishes Sharks Others Total April 2015 10000 0.09 0.01 0.07 0.68 0.86 -XO\ 8800 0.02 - 0.03 0.10 0.15 August 2015 8750 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.23 0.27 September 2015 8125 0.06 - 0.13 0.30 0.49 November 2015 8750 0.14 0.022 0.15 0.25 0.56 December 2015 10625 0.16 0.11 0.06 0.27 0.60 February 2016 7225 0.22 0.02 0.20 0.33 0.77 March 2016 8750 0.03 - 0.02 0.21 0.26 24 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India % 'HHSVHWORQJOLQLQJ Hooks +RRNLQJ5DWH Months operated Tunas Bill Fishes Sharks Others Total May 2015 8820 0.11 0.05 0.19 0.31 0.66 -XQH 6790 0.04 0.06 0.04 0.40 0.55 & %RWWRPVHWYHUWLFDOORQJOLQLQJ Hooks +RRNLQJUDWH Months operated Serranidae Lutjanidae Lethrinidae Carcharhinidae Carangidae Other Total October 2015 10920 0.12 0.18 0.17 0.009 0.11 0.03 0.62 -DQXDU\ 7800 0.26 0.01 0.08 - 0.05 0.026 0.43 D. Salient observations 5HJXODUWXQDORQJOLQH ¾ 7KHPD[LPXPDJJUHJDWHKRRNLQJUDWHRIZDVUHFRUGHGGXULQJWKHPRQWKRI$SULOIROORZHGE\GXULQJ )HEUXDU\LQUHJXODU7XQD/RQJ/LQHRSHUDWLRQ ¾ $PRQJWKHFRPPHUFLDOYDULHWLHVPD[LPXPKRRNLQJUDWHIRU7XQDUHFRUGHGGXULQJWKHPRQWKRI)HEUXDU\ZDV DQGLQ'HFHPEHU ¾ $PRQJWKHE\FDWFK6KDUNVUHFRUGHGWKHPD[LPXPKRRNLQJUDWHRIGXULQJWKHPRQWKRI)HEUXDU\IROORZHG E\GXULQJWKHPRQWKRI1RYHPEHU 'HHSORQJOLQH ¾ 'XULQJWKHPRQWKRI0D\DQDJJUHJDWHKRRNLQJUDWHRIUHSRUWHGLQGHHS/RQJ/LQHRSHUDWLRQ6KDUNVGRPLQDWHG WKHFDWFKZLWKDKRRNLQJUDWHRI IROORZHGE\WXQDVDQGELOO¿VKHV %RWWRP6HW9HUWLFDO/RQJOLQH ¾ 'XULQJWKHPRQWKRI2FWREHUDQDJJUHJDWHKRRNLQJUDWHUHFRUGHGZDV $PRQJWKH3HUFKHVWKHPD[LPXP hooking rate was contributed by the family Lutjanidae IROORZHGE\RWKHUIDPLOLHVLethrinidae Serranidae &DUDQJLGDH DQGCarcharhinidae ¾ 'XULQJWKHPRQWKRI-DQXDU\DQDJJUHJDWHKRRNLQJUDWHUHFRUGHGZDV$PRQJWKH3HUFKHVIDPLO\Serranidae GRPLQDWHGWKHFDWFKZLWKDKRRNLQJUDWHRIIROORZHGE\WKHIDPLOLHVLethrinidae Carangidae DQG Lutjanidae 6SHFLHVZLVH+RRNLQJ5DWH LQ IRUWKHYHVVHO%OXH0DUOLQ ZĞŐƵůĂƌdƵŶĂ>ŽŶŐůŝŶĞƐƉĞĐŝĞƐǁŝƐĞ,ŽŽŬŝŶŐZĂƚĞ Deep Set Long line species wise Hooking Rate 0.350 0.300 0.250 0.200 0.150 0.100 Hooking Rate (in %) (in Rate Hooking Hooking Rate (in %)(in Rate Hooking 0.050 0.000 Tunas Bill Fishes Sharks Others 25 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India ŽƚƚŽŵƐĞƚsĞƌƟĐĂů>ŽŶŐůŝŶĞƐƉĞĐŝĞƐǁŝƐĞ,ŽŽŬŝŶŐZĂƚĞ 0.200 0.180 0.160 0.140 0.120 0.100 0.080 0.060 0.040 Hooking Rate (in %) (in Rate Hooking 0.020 0.000 3URMHFW 7XQD UHVRXUFHV VXUYH\ XVLQJ PRQR¿ODPHQW ORQJOLQH LQ WKH $UDELDQ 6HD LQFOXGLQJ /DNVKDGZHHSEHWZHHQODWLWXGHo and 23oN. 3URMHFWFRPSRQHQW 6XUYH\RIRFHDQLFWXQDDQGDOOLHGUHVRXUFHVXVLQJPRQR¿ODPHQWORQJOLQHLQWKH,QGLDQ((= *HDU 0RQR¿ODPHQWORQJOLQHZLWKKRRNVEDVNHW Vessel Matsya Vrushti Base Mumbai Project Co-ordinator Shri A.Tiburtius, Sr.Fisheries Scientist 3URMHFW/HDGHU 6KUL6.'ZLYHGL)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Results $ +RRNLQJ5DWH Hooks +RRNLQJ5DWH Month operated YFT 6.- SHA SWO MAR SAI '2/ OTH Total April 2015 9470 0.16 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.08 0.07 0.49 May 2015 6930 0.06 0.01 0.06 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.04 0.33 0.56 -XQH 2660 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.05 -XO\ 5250 0.32 0.00 0.42 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.13 0.04 0.93 August 2015 9450 0.06 0.00 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.06 0.13 0.49 September 2015 8190 0.02 0.00 0.13 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.18 0.06 0.55 October 2015 7560 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.05 0.07 0.28 November 2015 9248 0.32 0.00 0.18 0.22 0.01 0.00 0.19 0.51 1.44 December 2015 9480 0.39 0.00 0.51 0.03 0.05 0.00 0.46 0.17 1.61 -DQXDU\ 4424 0.38 0.00 0.14 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.16 0.05 0.79 February 2016 6624 0.03 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.29 0.42 March 2016 Idle due to main engine turbocharger repairs and main Auxiliary Engine overhauling. <)7± B. Salient observations ¾ $QDJJUHJDWHKRRNLQJUDWHRIUHFRUGHGIRUDOO¿VKHVDQG ¾ 'XULQJWKH\HDULQWKHDUHDODWLWXGH 1DQGORQJLWXGH(KLJKHVWKRRNLQJUDWHRIZDVUHFRUGHGIROORZHGE\WKH DUHDRIODWLWXGH1DQGORQJLWXGH(ZLWKODWLWXGH1DQGORQJLWXGH(ZLWK 26 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India ¾ 7KHYHVVHOUHFRUGHGDEHWWHUKRRNLQJUDWHRIDQGUHVSHFWLYHO\GXULQJWKHPRQWKVRI1RYHPEHUDQG'HFHPEHU 2015. ¾ $FDWFKRINLQJ¿VK Rachycentron canadum) was recorded by the vessel during November and December 2015 voyages. & %LRORJLFDOVWXGLHV $WRWDORIVSHFLPHQVEHORQJLQJWRVSHFLHVZHUHH[DPLQHGIRU/HQJWKIUHTXHQF\/HQJWKZHLJKWVH[PDWXULW\DQGIRRG feeding habit studies. 6SHFLHVZLVH+RRNLQJ5DWH LQ IRU0DWV\D9UXVKWL Species wise Hooking Rate 0.200 0.180 0.160 0.140 0.120 0.100 0.080 0.060 Hooking Rate (in %) (in Rate Hooking 0.040 0.020 0.000 YFT Skipjack Shark Sword Marlin Sail Fish Dolphin Others Tuna Fish Fish 3URMHFW 7XQD UHVRXUFHV VXUYH\ XVLQJ PRQR¿ODPHQW ORQJOLQH LQ WKH %D\ RI %HQJDO LQFOXGLQJ LQWHUQDWLRQDOZDWHUVEHWZHHQODWLWXGHDQG1 3URMHFWFRPSRQHQWV 7XQDUHVRXUFHVVXUYH\XVLQJPRQR¿ODPHQWORQJOLQLQJLQ%D\RI%HQJDOEHWZHHQODWDQG1 7XQDUHVRXUFHVVXUYH\XVLQJPRQR¿ODPHQWORQJOLQHLQ,QWHUQDWLRQDOZDWHUEHWZHHQODWDQG1 (bounded by longitude 83° and 85°E ) Gear 0RQR¿ODPHQWORQJOLQHZLWKKRRNVSHUEDVNHW Vessel Matsya Drushti Base Chennai 3URMHFWFRRUGLQDWRU 'U/5DPDOLQJDP=RQDO'LUHFWRU Project leader Shri P. Tamilarasan, Fisheries Scientist Results $ +RRNLQJ5DWH Hooks +RRNLQJ5DWH Month Operated YFT 6.- MAR SWO SAI SHA OTH Total April 2015 - May 2015 - 'U\GRFNLQJUHSDLUVDW+6/9LVDNKDSDWQDP -XQH - -XO\ 5670 0.04 - - 0.04 - - 0.05 0.12 August 2015 6300 0.38 0.11 - - - - 0.21 0.70 September 2015 8820 0.14 0.03 - - - 0.01 0.09 0.27 October 2015 8820 0.12 - - - - - 0.11 0.24 27 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Hooks +RRNLQJ5DWH Month Operated YFT 6.- MAR SWO SAI SHA OTH Total November 2015 8820 0.06 0.01 - - - 0.03 0.24 0.34 December 2015 8820 0.52 0.01 0.01 - - - 0.15 0.69 -DQXDU\ 8190 0.20 0.04 - - 0.01 0.01 0.15 0.40 February 2016 9450 0.48 0.06 - - - - 0.16 0.70 March 2016 6300 0.08 0.02 - - - 0.02 0.05 0.17 <)7± B. Salient Observations ¾ 7KHKLJKHVWDJJUHJDWHKRRNLQJUDWHRIZDVUHFRUGHGGXULQJ)HEUXDU\IROORZHGE\ LQ'HFHPEHU ¾ 7KHKLJKHVWDJJUHJDWHKRRNLQJUDWHRIZDVUHFRUGHGIRUWXQDVLQ'HFHPEHU & %LRORJLFDOVWXGLHV %LRORJLFDOVWXGLHVRQDOOSDUDPHWHUVVXFKDV/HQJWKIUHTXHQF\/HQJWKZHLJKW6H[0DWXULW\DQG)RRGDQGIHHGLQJKDELWVZHUH made for 241 specimen constituting 14 Species viz. Thunnus albacores, Katsuwonus pelamis, Xiphias gladius, Coryphaena hippurus, Sphyraena barracuda, Makaira mazara, Sphyraena jello, Carcharhinus limbatus, Mantra birostris Acanthocybium solandri, Carcharhinus longimanus, Alopius pelagicus, Alopius superciliosus and Alepsiorus ferox. 6SHFLHVZLVH+RRNLQJ5DWH LQ IRU0DWV\D'UXVKWL Species wise Hooking Rate 0.250 0.200 0.150 0.100 Hooking Rate (in %) (in Rate Hooking 0.050 0.000 YFT Skipjack Marlin Sword Fish Sail Fish Shark Others Tuna 28 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 5. PHYSICAL TARGET AND ACHIEVEMENTS 3K\VLFDOWDUJHWVDQGDFKLHYHPHQWVLQWHUPVRIYR\DJHV 9 GD\VRXWDWVHD '6 ¿VKLQJGD\V )' DQGVDPSOLQJHIIRUW 6( RIWKH survey vessels during 2015-16 are furnished Below Target Achievements Base Vessels V DS FD SE V DS FD SE M. Vrushti @ 11 220 162 102060 11 207 134 79284 Mumbai M.Nireekshani * 10 200 160 750 11 205 155 618 Yellow Fin @ 9 180 136 85000 9 159 94 35865 Mormugao Sagarika * 10 200 160 750 12 218 154 608 M. Varshini * 10 200 156 450 2 27 18 72 & 3360 - Cochin # 720 - /DYDQLND 20 200 160 750 9 74 57 216 M. Drushti @ 10 200 143 90090 9 168 113 71190 Chennai M. Samudrika * 11 220 176 825 11 220 172 797 M. Shikari * 11 220 176 769 9 97 52 170 # 960 240 Visakhapatnam M.Darshini * 10 200 160 300 3 36 24 85 ** 252 # 960 Blue Marin @ 11 220 166 85000 12 232 168 86635 Port Blair & 18900 19200 Effort Total 123 2260 1755 98 1643 1141 *:Bottom trawling 4594 2566 **:Mid water Trawling 252 - # 7XQD/RQJOLQH +RRNV 362150 272974 &: Bottom Set vertical longline (Hook) 22260 19200 +DQGOLQH¿VKLQJ +RRNV 2640 240 29 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 6. VESSEL-WISE CATCH AND VALUE Catch and values registered by the FSI survey vessels during 2015-16 Base Vessels Catch (Kgs.) Value (Rs.) Mumbai Matsya Vrushti 7666 516431 Matsya Nireekshani 15322 318325 Mormugao Yellow Fin 1941 206326 MFV Sagarika 5402 # Cochin Matsya Varshini 330 5753 0)9/DYDQLND 1174 12316 Chennai Matsya Drushti 2632 125282 MFV Samudrika 6996 938884 Visakhapatnam Matsya Shikari 11857 156004 Matsya Darshini 7172 62215 Port Blair Blue Marin 6110 288301 Total 66602 2629837 &DWFKHVWUDQVIHUUHGWRWKHYHVVHO0)9 30 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 6&,(17,673$57,&,3$7,21,16859(<&58,6(6 )RUFROOHFWLRQRI¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHVGDWDVFLHQWLVWVRIWKH,QVWLWXWHUHJXODUO\SDUWLFLSDWHLQVXUYH\FUXLVHVRIWKHYHVVHOV'HWDLOVRI the scientist participation during the year is given below. Vessel Name and Designation of Scientist participants No. of cruises Days out at sea M. Vrushti 6KUL-DFRE7KRPDV-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 238 6KUL6*3DWZDUL-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 119 'U'(8LNH\6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 240 6KUL$97DPKDQH6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 471 Dr. Kiran Mali, Sr. Research Fellow 1 19 Shri. K. C. Sahu, Sr. Research Fellow 1 20 M Nireekshani Dr.S.K.Dwivedi, Fisheries Scientist 3 47 6KUL6*3DWZDUL-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 240 6KUL-DFRE7KRPDV-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 240 'U'(8LNH\6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 236 6KUL$6LYD6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 120 6KUL5DKXONXPDU7DLORU6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 120 6KUL6DXUDEK8SDGK\H-U5HVHDUFK)HOORZ 227 Yellow Fin Dr. M. Vinod Kumar, Sr. Fisheries Scientist 1 20 Shri Ashok Kadam, Fisheries Scientist 1 11 6KUL5DMX61DJSXUH6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 120 6KUL3XUDQ6LQJK6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 232 Shri Kanhu Charan Sahu, Sr. Research Fellow 1 20 6KUL6XUHQGHU.XPDU-U5HVHDUFK)HOORZ 349 Shri Kiran Mali, Sr. Research Fellow 1 20 Sagarika Dr. Vinod Kumar. M, Sr. Fisheries Scientist 2 32 Shri Ashok Kadam, Fisheries Scientist 2 38 6KUL<7KDUXPDU6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 237 6KUL5DMX61DJSXUH6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 354 6KUL3XUDQ6LQJK6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 238 6KUL$($\RRE-U)LVKLQJ*HDU7HFKQRORJLVW 119 M. Varshini 6KUL18QQLNULVKQDQ-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 17 6KUL$($\RRE-U)LVKLQJ*HDU7HFKQRORJLVW 119 M. Drushti 'U--H\DFKDQGUD'KDV-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 232 'U0.6LQKD-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 240 'U$-RKQ&KHPELDQ-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 233 6KUL&%DEX6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 119 6KUL'DUZLQ&KDWOD-U5HVHDUFK)HOORZ 235 31 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Vessel Name and Designation of Scientist participants No. of cruises Days out at sea Samudrika Shri P.Tamilarasan, Fisheries Scientist 3 48 'U--H\DFKDQGUD'KDV-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 240 'U0.6LQKD-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 120 'U$-RKQ&KHPELDQ-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 115 6KUL<7KDUXPDU6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 226 6KUL&%DEX6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 360 M.Shikari Shri K. Govindaraj, Senior Fisheries Scientist 1 20 Dr. A.B. Kar, Fisheries Scientist 2 17 6KUL1-DJDQQDGK-XQLRU)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 213 6KUL6.3DWWDQD\DN6HQLRU6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 327 M.Darshini Dr. A.B. Kar, Fisheries Scientist 1 20 6KUL1-DJDQQDGK-XQLRU)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 28 6KUL6.3DWWDQD\DN6HQLRU6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 18 Blue Marlin Shri. H. D. Pradeep, Fisheries Scientist 3 58 6KUL*9$3UDVDG6HQLRU6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 360 6KUL6ZDSQLO6KLYGDV6KLUNH6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 480 6KUL3UDW\XVK'DV-U)LVKLQJ*HDU7HFKQRORJLVW 234 32 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 8. FLEET MAINTENANCE $ 'U\GRFNLQJRIWKHYHVVHOVXQGHUWDNHQGXULQJWKH\HDU Name of the Name of the yard 3HULRGRI'RFNLQJ $ÀRDW5HSDLUV Supervisor vessel/ Base Matsya Varshini 0V&6/.RFKL Docked: 15.09.2015 to 16.10.15 Shri Dharamveer Singh, Mechanical Marine Engineer $ÀRDW WR0D\ Shri T. A. Sajive, Chief Engineer Gr.I Shri P. A. Arun Kumar, Skipper Matsya Drushti 0V&6/.RFKL Docked: 16.03.2015 to 23.06.15 Shri M Sam Sundar, Chief Engineer Gr.I $ÀRDW WR 6KUL-RVHSK3DXO6NLSSHU Matsya Shikari 0V+6/9LVDNKDSDWQDP Docked: 27.06.2015 to 12.07.15 Shri C. D. Rao, Mechanical Marine Engineer (Emergency Dry $ÀRDW WR Shri Anilkumar, Chief Engineer Gr.II (on Docking) dispensation) Shri A. P. Udayapan, Skipper Matsya Darshini 0V+6/9LVDNKDSDWQDP Docked: 14.07.2015 to 04.09.15 Shri C. D. Rao, Mechanical Marine Engineer $ÀRDW WR Shri Parithosh Biswas, Skipper MFV Yellow Fin 0V&6/.RFKL Docked: on 30.01.2015 6KUL6.-DLVZDO0HFKDQLFDO0DULQH(QJLQHHU Undocked on10.07.2015 6KUL-RVHSK.,JQDFLRXV&KLHI(QJLQHHU*U, Shri K. P. Vinoji, Skipper % 0DMRU2YHUKDXOLQJRIWKH0DFKLQHU\ (TXLSPHQW Machinery Period of the Name of the vessel Agency Supervision Overhauled Overhauling MFV Vrushti Aux. Engine STBD 18.03.2016 to Dept. Workshop Shri B. Balanayak, Service 31.03.2016 Engineer (Mech) 6KUL-R\0RRWKHGDQ&KLHI Engineer Gr. I Shri Rajendra B. Dokare, Mechanical Supervisor (Sr.) & $FTXLVLWLRQRI6HYHQ9HVVHOVIRU)6, As per the instruction, contained in the Ministry’s letter No. 15021/5/2013 Fy (T-5) Vol. IV dated 02.07.2015 EFC was prepared DQGIRUZDUGHGWRWKH0LQLVWU\WRZDUGVWKHSXUFKDVHRI9HVVHOVIRU)6,YLGHWKLVRI¿FHOHWWHUQR3 'GDWHG 1 Demersal Trawlers - 03 Nos. 2. Mid-water Trawlers - 02 Nos. 0RQR¿ODPHQW/RQJOLQHU cum- squid jigger - 02 Nos. Approval from Ministry is awaited. D. Import of spare parts of the vessels Spare parts worth of Rs. 138.00 lakhs have been imported towards the maintenance of the vessels during the year 2015-16. 33 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 9. INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES &RQVWUXFWLRQRI)DFLOLW\5HVHDUFK&HQWUHDW6DVRRQ'RFN&RODED0XPEDL +4V The construction of Building in respect of Civil works have been completed. However, the electrical works like commissioning of lifts and air conditioning of the Building are yet to be completed. Further, an approval for potable water connection from MCGM is yet to be received. 3HUIRUPDQFHRI0DULQH(QJLQHHULQJ'LYLVLRQ 0(' .RFKL Description Supervision A total No. of 17 vessels were hauled-up in the Slipway of the Shri Dharanveer Singh, Mechanical Marine Engineer Marine Engineering Division for their underwater repair works Shri B. Sathees Kumar, Assistant Engineer (Workshop) and an amount of Rs. 22,80,000/- was realized during the year. )XUWKHU GXULQJ WKH VDPH SHULRG QRV RI /LIH UDIWV ZHUH serviced and an amount of Rs. 79,200/- was realized. 34 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 10. TRAINING 7KHIROORZLQJRI¿FHUVDQGVWDIIDWWHQGHGYDULRXVWUDLQLQJSURJUDPPHVGXULQJWKH\HDU Name Designation Subject/Institute/Place/Period 6KUL%/$QMDQD -U+LQGL7UDQVODWRU Basic computer training at Central Hindi Training Institute, Mumbai 10-14 August 2015 'U$-RKQ&KHPELDQ -U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Training on “Fish Stock Assessment and Ecosystem Modeling” Dr. D. E. Uikey 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW INCOIS, Hyderabad 16-22 September 2015 Shri P. Chalapati Rao Statistician Training-cum-workshop on Marine Fisheries Census-2016 data Shri Bapu M. Raut Data Processing Assistant collection at CMFRI, Mumbai on 20-21 November 2015. Shri Ashish Kumar Data Processing Assistant Dr. A. B. Kar, Fisheries Scientist Training on “Sea tag” at Regional centre of CMFRI, 6KUL1-DJDQQDGK6KUL -XQLRU)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Visakhapatnam. C.Babu Shri 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 28-29 November 2015 S. K. Pattanayak 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW Shri C. N. Raithatha Upper Division Clerk Training on Right to Information Act,2005 at Regional Training Shri. C. D. Rao Mechanical Marine Engineer Centre, Mumbai 28-29 December 2015 Attended the training programme on “Sea safety Equipment XVDJH´DW.DSXODGLEEDGLSDOHP%KHHPLOLRQ-DQXDU\ Dr. S. Ramachandran Sr. Fisheries Scientist Administrative matters, Conference Hall, Botanical Survey of Ms. Anitha Manjula Ekka Upper Division Clerk India, Port Blair 31 March 2016 Shri. N. Vardhan Stenographer Gr –I 7UDLQLQJWR&,)1(7WUDLQHHV As per the mandate on Human Resources Development, the Institute continued to provide on-the-job-training to CIFNET trainees. The Base-wise details of onboard training imparted are given below: Base No. of Trainees At the begining Appoinment during Completed training At the end of the year the year during the year of the year Mumbai 12 11 12 11 Mormugao-2-2 Cochin 2 - 2 - Chennai-1-1 Visakhapatnam 2 - 1 1 7UDLQLQJWRWKHRI¿FLDOVRIRWKHU&HQWUDO*RYW'HSDUWPHQWV 6KUL3DUDV1DWK-KD6FLHQWLVW&,)7XQGHUJRQHWKUHHPRQWKV3URIHVVLRQDO$WWDFKPHQW7UDLQLQJ3URJUDPPHRQ³6WXG\RI'HHSVHD JLOOQHWGHVLJQLQJIRUODUJHSHODJLFVDQGGLIIHUHQWPHWKRGVXVHGXQGHU)LVDWIRUWKH¿VKSRSXODWLRQG\QDPLFVDQGVWRFNDVVHVVPHQW´ during 30th May- 30th August, 2015 under the supervision of the Dr. Sijo P. Varghese, Sr. Fisheries Scientist and Shri A. E. Ayoob, -U)LVKLQJ*HDU7HFKQRORJLVW 35 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 11. PUBLICATIONS 7KH,QVWLWXWHKDVEHHQHIIHFWLYHO\GLVVHPLQDWLQJWKHUHVRXUFHVVXUYH\¿QGLQJVWRWKHLQGXVWU\DQGRWKHUHQGXVHUVWKURXJKYDULRXV SXEOLFDWLRQVOLNHDQQXDOUHSRUWPDJD]LQHVFKDUWVVSHFLDOSXEOLFDWLRQVEXOOHWLQV5HVRXUFHV,QIRUPDWLRQ6HULHV 5,6 VFLHQWL¿F SDSHUV HWF 6RPH RI WKH )6, 3XEOLFDWLRQV ZHUH WUDQVODWHG LQWR UHJLRQDO ODQJXDJHV IRU WKH EHQH¿W RI WKH ORFDO ¿VKHUPHQ DQG mechanized boat operators. During the year following publications were released. +LQGL0DJD]LQH Matsya Dwani-2015-16 (Hindi) by Kochi Base. Matsya Kirti- 2015-16 (Hindi) by Mormugao Base Meena News Meena News Vol. XXXII. No. I 6XUYH\3URJUDPPH Fishery Resources Survey, Assessment & Research Programme 2015-16 Fishery Bulletin Fishery Bulletin No. 31, “Demersal Fishery Resources off the East Coast of India- an Update” Reports Annual Report 2014-15 ,QGLD¶V1DWLRQDO5HSRUWWRWKH6FLHQWL¿F&RPPLWWHHRIWKH,QGLDQ2FHDQ7XQD&RPPLVVLRQ Resources Information Series - 19 issues Four issues each from Port Blair and Viskhapatnam Bases, three issues each from Mumbai, Goa and Chennai Bases and two issues IURP.RFKL%DVHZHUHSXEOLVKHGLQUHVSHFWLYHORFDOODQJXDJHVIRUWKHEHQH¿WRI¿VKHUPHQ Papers published / presented by scientists 3DSHUSXEOLVKHGLQ-RXUQDOV0DJD]LQHV Sajeevan M.K. and Rajashree B. Sanadi. 2015: Evaluation of the effect of lunar cycle and monsoon on the distribution and DEXQGDQFHRI6NLSMDFN7XQD-RXUQDORI$TXDWLF%LRORJ\RI)LVKHULHV9ROSS Gulati Deepak K. and Premchand, 20156WDQGDUGL]DWLRQRIGLVWDQWZDWHUWXQDORQJOLQHKRRNLQJUDWHIRU\HOORZ¿QWXQD 7KXQQXV DOEDFDUHV IURP)LVKHU\6XUYH\RI,QGLDÀHHW ± ,27&±±:377± Varghese Sijo P., D.K. Gulati, N. Unnikrishnan and A.E. Ayoob, 2015. Biological aspects of silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis LQWKHHDVWHUQ$UDELDQ6HD-RXUQDORIWKH0DULQH%LRORJLFDO$VVRFLDWLRQRIWKH8. '2, 6 Sinha.M.K., Premchand & A.Tiburtius; 2015. Status of Seer Fish Fishery Including Some Biological Characteristics of Scomberomerus Commerson in Indian Waters IOTC-2015.WPNT 05-14 Varghese Sijo P., N. Unnikrishnan, Deepak K. Gulati and A. E. Ayoob, 2016. Size, sex and reproductive biology of seven pelagic VKDUNVLQWKHHDVWHUQ$UDELDQ6HD-RXUQDORIWKH0DULQH%LRORJLFDO$VVRFLDWLRQRIWKH8.'2, 6 Varghese Sijo P., and N. Unnikrishnan, 2016. Notes on metazoan parasites of Alepisaurus ferox and Xiphias gladius of the eastern Arabian Sea. Marine Biodiversity 46:157–161. 36 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 3DSHUVSUHVHQWHGLQ2WKHU:RUNVKRSV6HPLQDUV6\PSRVLXPV Anrose. A, M. K. Sinha and C. Babu, 2015. Deep Sea Fisheries, Its Prospects, Issues and Challenges in India. Paper presented in WKH)$'DVVLVWHG376/3ZRUNVKRS)LVKHULHV5HVRXUFH0DQDJHPHQWKHOGRQ th September, 2015 at Chennai. Organised by Dept. of Rural Development and Panchayatraj, Govt of Tamilnadu. A. B. Kar, 2015³'LYHUVL¿HG)LVKLQJ0HWKRGV´SUHVHQWHGDWWKH:RUNVKRSRQ³7KHSURPRWLRQRIGHHSVHD¿VKLQJLQFRDVWDO GLVWULFWVRI$QGKUD3UDGHVKWKURXJKPHFKDQL]HGDQGPRWRUL]HGERDWV´KHOGDW9LVDNKDSDWQDP$QGKUD3UDGHVKRQ-XO\ Reddy K. S. N, A. Siva, 2015. “Morphometric, Meristic and some biological aspects of Acropoma japonicum (Gunther, 1859) recorded from the Indian waters during UGC sponsored National Seminar on Marine Biodiversity and Management of coastal ecosystem (MBMCE) organized by Dept. of Marine living resources, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam during 8-9 April 2015. Ramachandran S 2015.³3URVSHFWVRIVXVWDLQDEOHH[SORLWDWLRQRIGHPHUVDO¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHVRI,QGLDQ((=´RQWKHRFFDVLRQRI &HQWHQDU\FHOHEUDWLRQVRI=RRORJLFDO6XUYH\RI,QGLDRQ³/HVVHU.QRZQ0DULQH$QLPDOVRI,QGLD´ /(.0$, RUJDQL]HGE\ Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair on 12th-XQH Paper presented in XV AZRA International Conference on “Recent Advances in Applied Zoological Researches” held at Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, India during 11th-13th February, 2016. Sangeetha E. S, A. Anrose, Manas Kumar Sinha and P. Sivabalan, 2016.3UHVHQW6WDWXVDQG3URVSHFWVRI6HHU¿VK¿VKHU\LQ,QGLD DQGVRPHELRORJLFDODVSHFWVRI,QGR3DFL¿F.LQJ0DFNHUHO 6*XWWDWXV DQG1DUURZ%DUUHG6SDQLVK0DFNHUHO 6&RPPHUVRQ Sivabalan P., A. Anrose, Manas Kumar Sinha and E.S. Sangeetha, 2016$Q2YHUYLHZ2I*RDW¿VK¿VKHU\DORQJ,QGLDQFRDVWDQG biology of Upeneus moluccensis. 3DSHUVSUHVHQWHGLQ:RUNVKRSVXQGHUH[WHQVLRQDFWLYLWLHVRI)6, 3DSHUVSUHVHQWHGLQWKH5HJLRQDO:RUNVKRSRQ³0DULQH)LVKHULHV5HVRXUFHVRI$QGDPDQDQG1LFREDU,VODQGVDQG'LYHUVL¿HG )LVKLQJ0HWKRGV´KHOGDW3DQFKD\DW6DPLWL+DOO5DQJDW0LGGOH$QGDPDQRQWK-XO\ Prasad G. V. A., 2015. “Oceanic Resources of Andaman Waters and their seasonal and temporal variations and survey results of Fishery Survey of India” Swapnil S. S., 2015. “Safety at Sea” Swapnil S. S., 2015. “Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries” Pratyush D., 2015³'LYHUVL¿HG)LVKLQJ0HWKRGVDQG6XLWDELOLW\RI%RWWRP6HW9HUWLFDO/RQJOLQHIRUWKHH[SORUDWLRQRI3HUFK resources’ Kanthen S., 2015.³0DLQWHQDQFHRIRXWERDUGLQ¿VKLQJERDWV´ Papers presented in the Regional Workshop on “Marine Fisheries Resources of the Upper East-coast of India” held at Mohana, Digha, West Bengal on 27th August 2015. Kar A.B, 2015. “Marine Fishery Resources of the Upper East coast of India” Kar A. B, 2015.³'LYHUVL¿HG)LVKLQJ0HWKRGV´ Papers presented in the Regional Workshop on “Marine Fisheries” held at Malvan, Maharashtra on 7th February 2016. Nagpure R. S., 2016. ³'HPHUVDO¿VKHULHVUHVRXUFHVRI0DKDUDVKWUDFRDVWFKDQJHRYHUWKHGHFDGHV´ Kadam A., 2016.³2FHDQLF¿VKHULHVUHVRXUFHVDQGKDUYHVWLQJPHWKRGV´ Singh P., 2016. “Code of conduct for Responsible Fisheries” Suranje R., 2016. “Sea safety and navigation” -DLVZDO6.“Fuel conservation” 37 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Papers presented in the Regional Workshop on “Marine Fisheries Resources of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Eco-friendly Fishing Methods” held at Panchayat Samiti Hall, Rampur, Mayabunder, North and Middle Andaman on 13th February 2016. Prasad G.V.A., 2016. “Marine Fishery Resources of Andaman Waters and their seasonal and temporal variations and survey results of Fishery Survey of India” Swapnil S. S., 2016. “Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries” Pratyush D., 2016.³(FRIULHQGO\¿VKLQJPHWKRGVDQGVXLWDELOLW\RI%RWWRP6HW9HUWLFDO/RQJOLQHIRUWKHH[SORLWDWLRQRI3HUFKHV and allied resources” Papers presented in the Regional Workshop on “Fishery Resources of Kerala coast –sustainable utilization” conducted at 1HHQGDNDUD)LVKLQJ+DUERXUDQG ,QVKRUH 2IIVKRUHPDULQH¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHVRI.HUDODFRDVW DW3RQQDQL0DODSSXUDP.HUDOD on 03 September 2015 and 19 February 2016 respectively. Unnikrishnan N., 2015. “Marine Fisheries Resources” Ayoob A. E, 2015.³-XYHQLOH¿VKFDWFKDQG&RGHRI&RQGXFWIRU5HVSRQVLEOH)LVKHULHV´ Kumar Arun, 2015. “Safety at Sea” &KHSSDOOL-$ “Methods to reduce fuel consumption, Maintenance and repairs of marine engines” Paper presented in the workshop on “Marine Fishery Resources of Andhra and Tamil Nadu coast” held at Nellore, on 5th March, 2016. Babu.C, 2016. “Marine Fishery Resources of Andhra and TamilNadu coast” Tamilarasan P 2016. “Code of conduct for Responsible Fisheries” Sinha M. K., 2016³'LYHUVL¿HG)LVKLQJ0HWKRGV´ 38 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 12. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 12.1 Inter-institutional projects Fishery Survey of India, jointly with other National institutes, participated in implementation of the following Research projects UHOHYDQWWR0DULQH¿VKHULHV 6DWHOOLWHWHOHPHWU\VWXGLHVRQPLJUDWLRQSDWWHUQRIWXQDVLQ,QGLDQVHDV 6$7781$ Objectives: 7RGHYHORSWKHEDVHOLQHGDWDEDVHRQWKHHQYLURQPHQWDQGELRORJLFDOSDUDPHWHUVLQÀXHQFLQJWKHWXQDPLJUDWLRQDQGEUHHGLQJ 7RGHYHORSDQGLPSURYHWKHWXQD¿VKHU\IRUHFDVWV\VWHPZLWKEHWWHUDFFXUDF\OHYHOVLQSUHGLFWLQJWKHSUREDEOHWXQD¿VKLQJ grounds. Duration of the project 5 years and 2 months from February 2011-March 2016 Principal Investigator Shri Premchand, Director General, FSI Co-Principal Investigators Dr. A. K. Bhargava, Zonal Director, Mumbai base Shri D. M. Ali, Zonal Director, Mormugao base 'U/5DPDOLQJDP=RQDO'LUHFWRU&KHQQDLEDVH Dr S. Ramachandaran, Sr. Fisheries Scientist, Port Blair base Results During the year, under the project on “Satellite telemetry studies on migration pattern of tunas in Indian seas” (SATTUNA) in collaboration with Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad two nos. of tuna were tagged. 'XULQJ-DQXDU\FUXLVHRI0DWV\D'UXVKWLWZRQRVRI\HOORZ¿QWXQDZHUHWDJJHGDQGWKHVL]HUDQJHZDVEHWZHHQFPDQG 110 cm in the area between latitude 18°N/ longitude 85°E and latitude 18°N/ longitude 87°E. 2QERDUG 7UDLQLQJ 3URJUDPPH RQ 7XQD /RQJOLQLQJ IRU )LVKHUPHQ IXQGHG E\ 1DWLRQDO )LVKHULHV Development Board (NFDB) Objective 7RWUDLQWKH¿VKHUPHQRQWKHWHFKQRORJ\RIWXQDORQJOLQLQJRQERDUG)6,VXUYH\YHVVHOV 3URMHFWJRDO 7RGHYHORSWUDLQHGPDQSRZHULQWKHWXQD¿VKLQJRSHUDWLRQ Duration of the project : April 205 to March 2016 Principal Investigator : Shri Premchand, Director General, Fishery Survey of India Co Principal Investigators : Dr. A. K. Bhargava, Zonal Director, FSI, Mumbai Base Shri D. M. Ali, Zonal Director, FSI, Mormugao Base 'U/5DPDOLQJDP=RQDO'LUHFWRU)6,&KHQQDL Dr. S. Ramachandran, Sr. Fisheries Scientist, FSI, Port Blair Base 6KUL$7LEXUWLXV6U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW)6,0XPEDL +4V 39 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Results 'XULQJWKH\HDUWULEDO¿VKHUPHQ\RXWKIURP0XV9LOODJH3HUND9LOODJH.LQ\XND9LOODJH$URQJ9LOODJH7DSRPLQJ Village of Car Nicobar and Mildera, Katchal, Nancowry of Nicobar District were imparted training in tuna long lining on board 0)9%OXH0DUOLQGXULQJ-XO\DQG6HSWHPEHUYR\DJH The trainees nominated from the Department of Fisheries, A & N Administration were imparted hands-on training on various DVSHFWVRI¿VKLQJRSHUDWLRQVLQFOXGLQJDUUDQJHPHQWRIYDULRXVFRPSRQHQWVRIWKHJHDUXVHRIEDLW¿VKVKRRWLQJDQGKDXOLQJ IDEULFDWLRQULJJLQJDQGUHSDLURIWKHORQJOLQHJHDU7KHWUDLQHHVZHUHDOVRJLYHQSUDFWLFDOGHPRQVWUDWLRQRQORFDWLQJWKH¿VKLQJ grounds, collection of oceanographic parameters, biology and movement pattern of the tunas, navigational requirements during shooting, hauling, scouting, handling and preservation of the catch. 6WUHQJWKHQLQJRI'DWDEDVHDQG*HRJUDSKLFDO,QIRUPDWLRQ6\VWHPIRU)LVKHULHV6HFWRUXQGHU&HQWUDO Sector Scheme (CSS) Objectives: † Interacting with Maritime States and Union Territories for improving marine landing data collection by providing necessary WUDLQLQJRQWKHGDWDFROOHFWLRQPHWKRGRORJ\GDWDSURFHVVLQJDQG¿VKWD[RQRP\LQFROODERUDWLRQZLWK&0)5,DWGLIIHUHQW places. 3ULQWLQJRI+DQGERRNRQ7D[RQRP\LQUHJLRQDOODQJXDJHVIRUWKHEHQH¿WRIGDWDHQXPHUDWRUV &RQGXFWLQJ0DULQH)LVKHULHV&HQVXVRI$QGPDQ 1LFREDUDQG/DNVKDGZHHS,VODQGV Results As per the objectives of the Central Sector Scheme (CSS) on “Strengthening of Database and Geographical Information System of the Fisheries Sector”, Government of India, the Fishery Survey of India had conducted the Marine Fisheries Census in Andaman 1LFREDUDQG/DNVKDGZHHS,VODQGVGXULQJ)HEUXDU\0DUFKDVSDUWRIWKH1DWLRQDO0DULQH)LVKHULHV&HQVXV±LQ collaboration with Fisheries Departments of both the Island groups. Two training programmes on census data collection schedules were arranged for the supervisors, one at Port Blair on 20-02-2016 and the other at Kochi on 22-02-2016. $VSDUWRIWKHFHQVXVWKHHQXPHUDWRUVFROOHFWHGLQIRUPDWLRQRQ¿VKHUIRONIDPLOLHVLQFOXGLQJVRFLDOHGXFDWLRQDODQGJHQGHUZLVH RFFXSDWLRQDOVWDWXVGHWDLOVRI¿VKLQJFUDIWDQG¿VKLQJJHDURZQHUVKLS7KHLQIRUPDWLRQRQLQIUDVWUXFWXUHIDFLOLWLHVDYDLODEOHLQ ¿VKLQJYLOODJHVDQGRWKHUIDFLOLWLHVIRU¿VKLQJLQGXVWU\GHWDLOVRIODQGLQJFHQWUHVHWFZHUHFROOHFWHGE\WKHVXSHUYLVRUV 40 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 7KHOLVWRIRI¿FLDOVLGHQWL¿HGDVVXSHUYLVRUVIRU&HQVXVZRUNIURP)LVKHU\6XUYH\RI,QGLDDQGGHWDLOVDUHJLYHQEHORZ Sl Name Designation UT Tehsil/ Islands No. 1 Shri Dharm Veer Singh Mechanical Marine Engineer Neil/ Havelock / Ferargunj 2 P. Chalapati Rao Statistician Rangat 3 Dr. S. K. Dwivedi Fisheries Scientist Port Blair (U) 4 'U-RKQ&KHPELDQ -U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Diglipur 5 Shr S. G. Patwari -U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Car Nicobar Andaman & Ncobar Islands 6 Shri G. V. A Prasad 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVW Ferrargunj 7 Shri Y. Tharumar 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVW Mayabunder 8 Shri S.K. Patnayak 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVW /LWWOH$QGDPDQ3URWKUDSXU36 9 Shri Swapnil Shirke 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVW Katchal/ Kamorta/ Noncowrie 10 Shri Pratyush Das Fishing Gear Technologist Great Nicobar 11 Shri Prabhakar Raj Fisheries Scientist Agatti 12 Shri N.Unnikrishnan -U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Kiltan 13 Shri A. E. Ayoob -U)LVKLQJ*HDU7HFKQRORJLVW Kavaratti / Kadmat 14 Shri Ashish Kumar Data Processing Assistant Androth /DNVKDGZHHS,VODQGV 15 Shri Yogesh Gangurde Data Entry Operator Amini 16 Shri Raju Nagpure 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW Bitra/ Chetlat 17 Shri A. Siva 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW Kalpeni 18 Shri Rahul Kumar Tailor 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW Minicoy ,QDGGLWLRQWRWKHDERYH)6,RI¿FLDOV RI¿FLDOVIURPWKH'HSDUWPHQWRI)LVKHULHV$QGDPDQ 1LFREDU$GPLQLVWUDWLRQDQG RI¿FLDOVIURPWKH'HSDUWPHQWRI)LVKHULHV/DNVKDGZHHS$GPLQLVWUDWLRQZHUHDOVRVHUYHGDVVXSHUYLVRUVLQWKHLUUHVSHFWLYH Islands for census data collection. Shri P. Chalapati Rao, Statistician, Shri Bapu M. Raut, Data Processing Assistant and Shri Ashish Kumar, Data Processing Assistant from Statistics section have coordinated the entire Census work. 12.3 Ph.D. Awarded Shri H.D. Pradeep, Fisheries Scientist, Port Blair Base of FSI was awarded with the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) degree in Marine-Biology-Zoology on 14th September 2015 by the Madras University for his WKHVLVHQWLWOHG³6WXGLHVRQWKHVHOHFWHGVQDSSHUV )DPLO\ /XWMDQLGH RI0DGUDV&RDVWZLWKUHIHUHQFHWR WKHLUUHSURGXFWLYHVWUDWHJLHV´XQGHUWKHJXLGDQFHRI/DWH'U966RPYDQVKL)RUPHU'LUHFWRU*HQHUDO of Fishery Survey of India. 41 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 13. ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE Shri Premchand, Dy. Director General (Fy.) was the Head of the institute with additional charge of Director General during the year. 13.1 Sanctioned posts The category-wise number of sanctioned posts are furnished below: No. of Posts Group Category Headquarters Bases Total A 6FLHQWL¿F 72633 Technical 5 14 19 Administrative 1 - 1 B 6FLHQWL¿F 62834 Technical 6 35 41 Administrative 14 36 50 Floating staff - 95 95 C 6FLHQWL¿F -11 Technical 4 159 163 Administrative 32 98 130 Floating staff - 184 184 2I¿FHUVLQGLIIHUHQWVWDWLRQV 1DPHDQGGHVLJQDWLRQRIWKHRI¿FHUVRIWKH,QVWLWXWHVDVRQ0DUFKDUHJLYHQEHORZ +HDGTXDUWHUV0XPEDL 0RUPXJDR%DVH Dy. Director General (Fy.) Shri Premchand Mechanical Marine Engineer 6KUL6.-DLVZDO Director (Engineering) Shri Mahesh Kumar Farejiya Senior Fisheries Scientist Dr Vinod Kumar Mudumala System Analyst Shri N. V. R. Murthy Senior Fisheries Scientist Shri A. Tiburtius Kochi Base Statistician Shri P. Chalapati Rao Zonal Director Shri D. K. Gulati Fisheries Scientist Dr Ansuman Das Senior Fisheries Scientist Dr Sijo P. Varghese Programmer Shri Chittajallu Bhaskar Mechanical Marine Engineer Shri Dharmveer Singh $VVLVWDQW$FFRXQW2I¿FHU 6KUL-*2KRO Fisheries Scientist 6KUL-(3UDEKDNDU5DM Assistant Engineer Shri B. Sathees Kumar Mumbai Base (Workshop) Service Engineer (Mech.) Shri Balanayak Banavat -XQLRU)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Shri N. Unnikrishnan Fisheries Scientist Dr.S. K. Dwivedi Fisheries Scientist Shri A. S. Kadam Chennai Base -XQLRU)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Shri S. G. Patwari Zonal Director 'U/5DPDOLQJDP -XQLRU)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 6KUL-DFRE7KRPDV Mechanical Marine Engineer Shri D. Bhami Reddy 42 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Fisheries Scientist Shri P. Tamilarasan Fisheries Scientist Dr. A. B. Kar -XQLRU)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 'U--D\DFKDQGUD'KDV -XQLRU)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 6KUL1-DJDQQDGK -XQLRU)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Dr. Manas Kumar Sinha -XQLRU)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 6KUL$-RKQ&KHPELDQ Port Blair Base Sr. Fisheries Scientist Dr S. Ramachandran 9LVDNKDSDWQDP%DVH Fisheries Scientist Dr H. D. Pradeep Senior Fisheries Scientist Shri K. Govindaraj Service Engineer (Mech.) Shri Manoj Kumar O.T Mechanical Marine Engineer Shri C. Dhananjaya Rao %XGJHWDQG$FFRXQWV The details of the Budget Grant and Expenditure of the Institute during 2015-16 Particulars Budget Grant Actual Expenditure Plan Revenue 5017.55 4003.85 Capital 384.45 208.72 Sub-Total 5402 4212.57 Non-Plan Revenue 1247 1096.94 Capital 3 - Dept. Canteen 25 14.36 Sub-Total 1111.3 Grand Total 13.4 Appointments The details of the appointments during the year Name Designation %DVH+4V Date Shri Harish Kumar* Multi Tasking Staff Visakhapatnam 01.04.2015 Shri Sunkari Kirankumar Multi Tasking Staff Visakhapatnam 23.06.2015 * terminated on 03.09.2015 13.5 Transfers The transfers effected during the year %DVH+4V Name Designation Date From To Smt Rajashri K. Mendon 2I¿FH6XSHULQWHQGHQW 0XPEDL +4V Mumbai 06.04.2015 Smt. Mallika P. Stenographer Gr.I Mumbai 0XPEDL +4V 13.04.2015 Dr. S. K. Dwivedi Fisheries Scientist Port Blair Mumbai 16.04.2015 Shri T. A. Sajive Chief Engineer-Gr-I Visakhapatnam Cochin 30.05.2015 Shri A. Siva 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW Visakhapatnam 0XPEDL +4V 15.06.2015 Shri S. Kanthen Mechanical Supervisor (S) Port Blair Chennai 25.08.2015 Shri G. V. S. Sarma Mechanical Supervisor (Sr) Chennai Port Blair 01.09.2015 43 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India %DVH+4V Name Designation Date From To Shri Y. Tharumar 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW Mormugao Chennai 14.09.2015 Shri M. V. Ajith Kumar Chief Engineer Gr.II Mormugao Visakhapatnam 10.11.2015 6KUL39/DWKHHVK Upper Division Clerk Cochin Port Blair 16.11.2015 Shri A. Mohan Welder Port Blair Cochin 08.12.2015 Shri C. G. Anilkumar Chief Engineer-Gr-II Visakhapatnam Cochin 18.01.2016 Smt. M. K. Sreemathi 2I¿FH6XSHULQWHQGHQW Cochin 0XPEDL +4V 17.02.2016 Shri Ashok S.Kadam Fisheries Scientist Mormugao Mumbai 21.03.2016 Shri P. Pappa Rao Sr. Clerk Visakhapatnam Chennai 30.03.2016 13.6 Promotions The promotions effected during the year Designation Name %DVH+4V Date From To Shri C. N. Raithatha /RZHU'LYLVLRQ&OHUN Upper Division Clerk 0XPDEL +4V 08.07.2015 Shri A. A. Dowlath /RZHU'LYLVLRQ&OHUN Upper Division Clerk Cochin 08.07.2015 Smt. Ramalakshimi /RZHU'LYLVLRQ&OHUN Upper Division Clerk Chennai 05.08.2015 Shri S. Moni Upper Division Clerk 2I¿FH6XSHULQWHQGHQW Chennai 19.08.2015 6KUL39/DWKHHVK Upper Division Clerk 2I¿FH6XSHULQWHQGHQW Port Blair 30.11.2015 5HWLUHPHQWV 7KHGHWDLOVRIUHWLUHPHQWVRIRI¿FHUVVWDIIGXULQJWKH\HDU Superannuation/ Name Designation %DVH+4V Date Voluntary Shri V. S. Sumra Multi Tasking Staff 0XPEDL +4V Voluntarily 11.04.2015 Shri K. Sethuraman Multi Tasking Staff Chennai Superannuation 30.04.2015 Shri C. V. Chandrasekharan Radio Telephone Operator Cochin Superannuation 30.04.2015 Shri K. P. Syed Mohammed Bosun (C) Cochin Superannuation 30.04.2015 Dr. A. Anrose Zonal Director Visakhapatnam Superannuation 31.05.2015 Shri T. V. S. Prasad Service Engineer (I/C) Chennai Superannuation 31.05.2015 Shri B. Devadas Sr. Deckhand cum Cook Mormugao Superannuation 31.05.2015 6PW-60DU\ Net Mender Chennai Voluntarily 31.07.2015 Shri N. S. Madlani Upper Division Clerk 0XPEDL +4V Superannuation 31.08.2015 Shri P. S. Sudhakaran Sr. Deckhand cum Cook Chennai Voluntarily 01.09.2015 Shri D. M. Ali Zonal Director Mormugao Superannuation 30.09.2015 Shri G. S. S. Rajan Carpenter Mormugao Superannuation 30.09.2015 Shri P. Chokkaiah Staff Car Driver Gr.I, Port Blair Superannuation 30.09.2015 Dr. A. K. Bhargava Zonal Director Mumbai Superannuation 30.09.2015 Shri G. Apparao Safaiwala Visakhapatnam Superannuation 31.12.2015 44 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Superannuation/ Name Designation %DVH+4V Date Voluntary Smt. V. Nirmala 2I¿FH6XSHULQWHQGHQW Chennai Superannuation 31.12.2015 Shri.S.Talaspore Skipper Chennai Superannuation 29.02.2016 Shri.D.Chelladurai Carpenter Chennai Superannuation 31.03.2016 13.8 Obituary Dr. V . S . Somavanshi ( WR Dr. V. S. Somavanshi Former Director General of Fishery Survey of India breathed his last in his hometown /DWXU0DKDUDVKWUDRQ6HSWHPEHU 'U6RPDYDQVKLUHWLUHGIURP*RYW6HUYLFHLQ0D\ DIWHU serving long innings with the Fishery Survey of India. Dr. Somavanshi was serving extensive for the last \HDUVDV'LUHFWRU*HQHUDORIWKHOQVWLWXWH+LVFRQWULEXWLRQWRRXUNQRZOHGJHRIWKH¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHVLQ WKH ,QGLDQ ([FOXVLYH (FRQRPLF =RQH DUH KLJKO\ VLJQL¿FDQW$V DQ DFFRPSOLVKHG)LVKHULHV 6FLHQWLVW 'U 6RPDYDQVKLORYHGKLVVXEMHFWDQGZDVRIWHQSDVVLRQDWHDERXWWKHGHYHORSPHQWRIRIIVKRUH¿VKHULHVLQWKH country. He represented India in many international meetings and organizations, in particularly the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission from its very inception the mid- nineties. From 2004-2009, Dr Somavanshi represented FSI in the Technical Advisory Council of the BOBP-IGO and helped to shape the work of the new IGO. Name Designation %DVH+4V Date Shri P. S. Sudhakaran Sr.Dockhand cum Cook Chennai 27.01.2016 Shri Edward Kerketta 6U$GPLQLVWUDWLYH2I¿FHU 0XPEDL +4V 29.01.2016 Shri A. K. Sahamdar Multi Tasking Staff Porbandar 23.03.2016 5HVLJQDWLRQ7HUPLQDWLRQ Name Designation %DVH+4V Resig./Termination Date Dr. M. K. Sajeevan, -U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 0XPEDL +4V Resignation 27.05.2015 Shri Harish Kumar Multi Tasking Staff Visakhapatnam Termination 03.09.2015. 45 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India ,03257$17(9(176$7%$6(6$1'+($'48$57(56 0HHWLQJV +DOI Sl No. 1DPHRIWKH2I¿FHU Designation 2I¿FH 1 Shri Premchand Dy. Director General (Fy.) )6,+HDG4XDUWHUV 2 Shri Mahesh Kumar Farejiya Director (Engineering) 3 Shri A. Tiburtius Sr. Fisheries Scientist 4 Dr. Ansuman Das Fisheries Scientist 5 Shri Ashok K Khitha Mech. Supervisor (Sr) 6 Dr. A. K. Bhargava Zonal Director Mumbai Base of FSI 7 Shri Balanayak Service Engineer (Mech) 8 Shri D. M. Ali Zonal Director Mormugao Base of FSI 9 6KUL6.-DLVZDO Mech. Marine Engineer 10 Shri D. K. Gulati Zonal Director Cochin Base of FSI 11 Shri Sathish Kumar Assistant Engineer 12 Dr. Ramalingam Zonal Director Chennai Base of FSI 13 Shri D. Bhami Reddy Mech. Marine Engineer 14 Dr. S. Ramachandran Sr. Fisheries Scientist Port Blair Base of FSI 15 Shri O. T. Manoj Kumar Service Engineer (Mech) 16 Shri K. Govindaraj Sr. Fisheries Scientist Visakhapatnam Base of FSI 17 Shri C. D. Rao Mech. Marine Engineer 18 6KUL1-DJDQQDGK -U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 19 Shri S. K. Pattnayak 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 20 Shri A. Udayakumar 2I¿FH6XSHULQWHQGHQW $QQXDO5HYLHZ0HHWLQJ 7KH$QQXDO 5HYLHZ RI 2SHUDWLRQDO DQG 6FLHQWL¿F$FWLYLWLHV 526$ meeting of Fishery Survey of India was held on 10th March 2016 at the Cochin Base of Fishery Survey of India to review the activities XQGHUWDNHQ GXULQJ WKH \HDU DQG DOVR WR ¿QDOL]H WKH )LVKHU\ Resources Survey, Assessment and Research programme for the year 2016-17. The list of participants is given below: 46 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Sl 1DPHRIWKH2I¿FHU Designation 2I¿FH No. 1 Shri Premchand Dy. Director General (Fy.) )6,+HDG4XDUWHUV 2 Shri Mahesh Kumar Farejiya Director (Engineering) 3 Shri Ramana Murthy System Analyst 4 Shri A. Tiburtius Sr. Fisheries Scientist Mumbai Base of FSI 5 Shri Balanayak Service Engineer (Mech) 6 6KUL6.-DLVZDO Mech. Marine Engineer Mormugao Base of FSI 7 Dr. M. Vinod Kumar Sr. Fisheries Scientist 8 Shri D. K. Gulati Zonal Director Cochin Base of FSI 9 Shri Sathish Kumar Assistant Engineer 10 Dr. Sijo P. Varghese Sr. Fisheries Scientist 11 6KUL-(3UDEKDNDU5DM Fisheries Scientist 12 Shri N. Unnikrishnan -U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW 13 Dr. Ramalingam Zonal Director Chennai Base of FSI 14 Shri D. Bhami Reddy Mech. Marine Engineer 15 Shri K. Govindaraj Sr. Fisheries Scientist Visakhapatnam Base of FSI 16 Shri C. D. Rao Mech. Marine Engineer 17 Dr. S. Ramachandran Sr. Fisheries Scientist Port Blair Base of FSI 18 Shri O. T. Manoj Kumar Service Engineer (Mech) &RQVXOWDWLYH&RPPLWWHH0HHWLQJV 0XPEDL +4V The Consultative Committee meeting of Fishery Survey of India Headquarters, Mumbai was held on 22nd March, 2016 in WKHFRQIHUHQFHKDOO)6, +4V XQGHUWKH&KDLUPDQVKLSRI6KUL Premchand, Dy. Director General (Fy.). The members from various institutes participated viz. CMFRI, CIFE, MPEDA, INCOIS, &0/5(DQG)LVKHUPHQ&RRSHUDWLYH6RFLHWLHVSDUWLFLSDWHGLQWKH meeting. Chennai Base &RQVXOWDWLYH &RPPLWWHH PHHWLQJ ZDV KHOG RQ -DQXDU\ in the conference hall of FSI, Chennai. Dr. Beela Rajesh, IAS Commissioner of Fisheries chaired the meeting and the Committee approved the proposed Fishing programme for the year 2016-17. 47 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 14.2 Participation of Director General and Scientists in various events. 7KH'LUHFWRU*HQHUDO ,& 3DUWLFLSDWHGLQWKHIROORZLQJHYHQWV Sl. Event Venue/Date No. 1 )DFLOLWDWLQJWKH2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJH,QVSHFWLRQRI9LVDNKDSDWQDP%DVHE\WKH6HFRQGVXE Visakhapatnam FRPPLWWHHRI3DUOLDPHQW&RPPLWWHHRQ2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJH 10 April, 2015 2 Review meeting of the Projects sponsored by ESSO-INCOIS under the project “Marine Hyderabad Fishery Advisory Services (MFAS) at INCOIS, Hyderabad 27-28 April 2015 3 Export of Marine Products from India-System to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi 8QUHSRUWHGDQG8QUHJXODWHG ,88 ¿VKLQJ 8 May 2015 4 Discussion on necessary arrangement for organizing second meeting of MORFORM–2015 Chennai %2%/0(:RUNVKRS 20 May 2015 523rd Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Empowered Committee on Marine Fisheries. New Delhi -XQH 6 0HHWLQJ RQ 'LVSRVDO RI GHFRPPLVVLRQHG ¿VKLQJ YHVVHO 0DWV\D 6XJXQGKL DW 0DULQH Kochi Engineering Division, Cochin base of FSI, Kochi -XQH 7 Meeting with Fisheries institutes to review their activities achievements etc. at CIFNET, Kochi Kochi -XQH 8 6HFRQGPHHWLQJRIWKH025)250 %2%/0(:RUNVKRS DW&KHQQDL Chennai -XQH 9 Meeting on Examination of the subject Development of Fisheries – A review New Delhi -XQH 10 First meeting of the Committee constituted to suggest Draft National Policy on Marine New Delhi Fisheries 6 August 2015 11 +DOI \HDUO\ 5HYLHZ PHHWLQJ RI 2SHUDWLRQDO DQG 6FLHQWL¿F$FWLYLWLHV 526$ RI )6, DW Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam Base 22-23 September 2015 12 'LVFXVVHG %2%/0( ± 3KDVH ,, DQG 6$3 GRFXPHQWV XQGHU WKH &KDLUPDQVKLS RI -RLQW New Delhi Secretary (Fisheries), Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi 21 October 2015 13 World Fisheries Day Celebration at NASC Complex Pusa, New Delhi 21 November 2015 14 Ninth Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Bay of Bengal Programme Chennai Inter Governmental Organisation, Chennai 21-22 December 2015 15 Attended the 2nd Meeting of the Committee constituted to suggest draft National Policy on New Delhi Marine Fisheries, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi -DQXDU\ 16 $WWHQGHGWKH&RQVXOWDWLRQPHHWLQJIRUUHYLHZRILPSOHPHQWDWLRQRI3KDVH±,RI%2%/0( New Delhi Project and prospects of Phase – II at Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi -DQXDU\ 17 Stakeholders consultation to suggest draft National Policy on Marine Fisheries at CIFNET, Kochi Kochi 4 February 2016 18 0HHWLQJUHJDUGLQJ¿UHDFFLGHQWRQERDUGWKHYHVVHO0)9 48 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Sl. Event Venue/Date No. 22 Meeting on VACCIN project .DGPDW/DNVKDGZHHS 11-14 March, 2016 23 Appearing in person before the Tribunal with regard to Contempt of Court in C.P Kochi 1R LQ2$¿OHGE\6KUL0&-R\6NLSSHU 5HWLUHG EHIRUH 23 March, 2016 Hon’ble CAT. Ernakulum Bench . ,QYROYHPHQWRIVFLHQWLVWVRWKHURI¿FLDOVLQYDULRXVSURJUDPPHVFRQGXFWHGE\RWKHURUJDQL]DWLRQV Sl. Name / Designation Events Venue/Date No. 1 'U$-RKQ&KHPELDQ-U)LVKHULHV Stakeholder’s meeting on “Sustainable Fisheries Chennai Scientist Development in Tamilnadu – Policy perspectives” 7 April 2015 2 Dr. S. Ramachandran, Participated in the Island Kisan Mela 2015 on the Port Blair Sr. Fisheries Scientist theme “Island Agriculture”. 9 April 2015 3 Dr. S. Ramachandran, Participated in the “Farm Innovators Meet- 2015” Port Blair Sr. Fisheries Scientist 10 April 2015 4 Dr. S. Ramachandran, National Seminar on “Harmonizing Biodiversity Port Blair Sr. Fisheries Scientist and Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities” 17 April 2015 conducted by Andaman Science Association. 5 Shri S.K. Pattnayak, Fisheries stake holders consultation meet CMFRI, Visakhapatnam 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 18 April 2015 6 Dr. A. Anrose, Zonal Director Participated in “Pollution Response Seminar and Visakhapatnam Shri C.D. Rao, Mechanical Marine Exercise – 2015” 13-14 May 2015 Engineer 6KUL6.3DWWQD\DN6U6FLHQWL¿F Assistants 6KUL$6LYD6HQLRU6FLHQWL¿F Assistants 7 Dr. A. Anrose, Zonal Director Meeting on ”Security Incident on PSV Malaviya Visakhapatnam Sixteen, off Rig Platinum Explorer” 21 May 2015 8 'U/5DPDOLQJDP=RQDO'LUHFWRU Participated in Public awareness programme Chennai, Shri P. Tamilrasan, Fisheries Scientist organized by NETFISH/MPEDA, Kochi and GAIA -XQH 'U-&'KDV)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW International Organisation Dr. M. K. Sinha, Fisheries Scientist 9 'U'HZDQDQG8LNH\6U6FLHQWL¿F Attended the Thane District Fisheries consultative Thane Assistant FRPPLWWHHPHHWLQJRQHIIHFWRI3XUVHVHLQH¿VKLQJRQ -XQH Ku. Rajashree B. Sanadi, WKHWUDGLWLRQDO¿VKLQJDFWLYLW\RI0DKDUDVKWUD&RDVW 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 10 Dr. S. Ramachandran, Sr. Fisheries Participated in the Centenary celebrations of Port Blair Scientist =RRORJLFDO6XUYH\RI,QGLDRQ³/HVVHU.QRZQ0DULQH -XQH $QLPDOV RI ,QGLD´ /(.0$, RUJDQL]HG E\ Zoological Survey of India 11 Ku. Rajashree B. Sanadi, 4XDUWHUO\ PHHWLQJ RI 5XUDO$GYLVRU\ &RPPLWWHH RI Goregaon, Mumbai 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW Akashwani. -XQH 49 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Sl. Name / Designation Events Venue/Date No. 12 'U/5DPDOLQJDP=RQDO'LUHFWRU National Consultation on “Main streaming Ocean Chennai 'U-&'KDV-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Research for Ocean & Resource Management” -XQH 'U0DQDV.XPDU6LQKD-U)LVKHULHV (MORFORM-II) organised by FSI and sponsored by Scientist %2%/0( 'U$-RKQ&KHPELDQ-U)LVKHULHV Scientist 6KUL&%DEX6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW 13 'U/5DPDOLQJDP=RQDO'LUHFWRU Meeting on “Proposal of Tamil Nadu Government for BOBP, Chennai Dr. Manas Kumar Sinha, Fisheries UHSODFHPHQWRI¿VKLQJÀHHWLQWKH3DON%D\LQWRGHHS -XQH Scientist VHD ¿VKLQJ E\ SURFXULQJ WKH QHZ JLOO QHW FXP WXQD ORQJOLQHUVZLWKDVVLVWDQFH´RUJDQL]HGE\'HSWW of DAHD & F, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India 14 Dr A.B.Kar, Fisheries Scientist :RUNVKRS RQ ³7KH SURPRWLRQ RI GHHS VHD ¿VKLQJ Visakhapatnam in coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh through -XO\ mechanized and motorized boats” 15 6KUL6.3DWWQD\DN6U6FLHQWL¿F National Seminar on “Water resources with colloquium Andhra University, Assistant on interlinking of rivers” Visakhapatnam -XO\ 16 'U'HZDQDQG8LNH\6U6FLHQWL¿F Meeting on ‘Mumbai District Fisheries Consultative Mumbai Assistant Committee’ -XO\ 17 'U/5DPDOLQJDP=RQDO'LUHFWRU First consultation on safe boat building on FAO Chennai Dr. M.K. Sinha, standards, jointly organized by the IEEE Artisanal -XO\ -U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW GHHS VHD ¿VKHUV $VVRFLDWLRQ RI 'HHS 6HD *RLQJ Artisanal Fishermen and South Indian Federation of Fishermen 18 Shri D.K.Gulati, Zonal Director Meeting on the project “Vulnerable assessment and NIO Regional centre, Dr. Sijo P. Varghese, Development of Adaptation Strategies for Climate Kochi Sr. Fisheries Scientist Change Impact with special reference to Coasts and -XO\ Island Ecosystem of India (VACCIN)” 19 6KUL18QQLNULVKQDQ-U)LVKHULHV Workshop on “Present and Future prospects of Periyar Kaloor, Kerala Scientist River in the Eloor/Edayar Industrial area, organised by 1 August 2015 Shri A.E. Ayoob, State Pollution Control Board. -U)LVKLQJ*HDU7HFKQRORJLVW 20 Dr. Dewanand Uikey, Meetings of Rural Advisory Committee of Aakashwani Mumbai 6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQW (AIR), under the mass-media support towards the 2 September 2015 ¿VKLQJLQGXVWU\ 21 Shri. N. Unnikrishnan, 1st meeting of Expert Committee on Fishhold subsidy MPEDA, Kochi, -U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW scheme. 22 September 2015 22 'U0.6LQKD-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Public awareness programme on “Coastal Pollution CIFNET, Chennai prevention” organized by GAIA International 16 October 2015 Organization 23 Shri D. K. Gulati, Zonal Director 17th meeting of the IOTC Working Party on Tropical Montipillier, France Tuna. 23-28 October 2015 24 Shri A. Tiburtius, Sr. Fisheries QGPHHWLQJRI-RLQW:RUNLQJ*URXSEHWZHHQ,QGLDDQG Panjim, Goa Scientist %DQJODGHVKRQFRRSHUDWLRQLQWKH¿HOGRI¿VKHULHV 27 - 30 October 2015 50 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Sl. Name / Designation Events Venue/Date No. 25 'U0.6LQKD-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Attended one day user awareness programme University of Madras, on “Shodhganga and Anti-Plagiarism Software- Chennai. URKUND 29 October 2015 26 Shri K. Govindaraj, Sr. Fisheries Attended the Research Meet conducted by East Visakhapatnam Scientist Godavari Riverine Estuarine Ecosystem (EGREE) 5-7 November 2015 Dr. A. B. Kar, Fisheries Scientist 27 Dr. S. Ramachandran, Sr. Fisheries Presented a talk on “Role of FSI in the development Port Blair Scientist of Marine Fisheries in Andaman & Nicobar Islands” 11 November 2015 28 6KUL18QQLNULVKQDQ-U)LVKHULHV QGPHHWLQJRI([SHUW&RPPLWWHHRQ¿VKKROGVXEVLG\ Kochi Scientist scheme at MPEDA. 8 December 2015 29 'U'HZDQDQG8LNH\6U6FLHQWL¿F Meetings of Rural Advisory Committee of Doordarshan Mumbai Assistant held at Doordarshan Kendra 9 December 2015 30 Shri A. Tiburtius, Sr. Fisheries 8th meeting of working group constituted for New Delhi Scientist monitoring and review of implementation of IOTC -DQXDU\ resolution at Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi 31 Shri P. Tamilrasan, .Fisheries Scientist Administrative committee meeting on “Conversion of Directorate of Fisheries, Mechanized Fishing Boats as tuna long liners Chennai. -DQXDU\ 32 Shri A. Tiburtius, Sr. Fisheries A review of the implementation of phase-I of the New Delhi Scientist %2%/0( SURMHFW LQ RUGHU WR WDNH GHFLVLRQ RQ WKH -DQXDU\ country’s position regarding signing of the Phase-II %2%/0(SURMHFWDW.ULVKL%KDYDQ1HZ'HOKL 33 'U/5DPDOLQJDP=RQDO'LUHFWRU Participated the brainstorming meeting on CSIR XII NIO,Goa plan Project Ocean Finder(Ocean Science towards -DQXDU\ IRUHFDVWLQJ,QGLDQ0DULQH/LYLQJ5HVRXUFHV3RWHQWLDO 34 Dr. Sijo P. Varghese , Sr. Fisheries Workshop of Indian Ocean Coastal States on the Male, Maldives Scientist Application of Harvest Control Rules (HCRs) and 3-4 February 2016 Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) organised by the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture, Republic of Maldives. 35 Shri D. K. Gulati, Zonal Director Stake holder’s consultative meeting on 'National CIFNET, Kochi, 6KUL18QQLNULVKQDQ-U)LVKHULHV Policy on Marine Fisheries- 2016 (NPMF) 04 February 2016 Scientist 36 6KUL18QQLNULVKQDQ-U)LVKHULHV International Conference on 'Towards a Sustainable Kochi, Scientist Blue Economy: Production, Strategies and Policies' 4-6 February 2016. $($\RRE-U)LVKLQJ*HDU organised by Kerala University of Fisheries and Technologist Ocean Studies (KUFOS), 37 'U/5DPDOLQJDP=RQDO'LUHFWRU Attended the stake holder meeting for drafting of CIBA,Chennai 'U$-RKQ&KHPELDQ-U)LVKHULHV “National Marine Fisheries Policy 2015” 09 February 2016 Scientist Dr. A. B. Kar, Fisheries Scientist 6KUL6.3DWWQD\DN6U6FLHQWL¿F Assistant 38 'U/5DPDOLQJDP=RQDO'LUHFWRU Attended the stake holder meeting for drafting of CMFRI, Visakhapatnam “National Marine Fisheries Policy 2015 11 February 2016 51 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Sl. Name / Designation Events Venue/Date No. 39 6KUL37DPLOUDVDQ-U)LVKHULHV Attended and delivered lecture in the State level UGC Chennai 6FLHQWLVW'U$-RKQ&KHPELDQ sponsored seminar on “Exploration and Exploitation 12 February 2016 -U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW of Marine Faunal Resources”organized by Govt. Arts College for Men (Autonomus), Nandanam, Chennai 40 Shri D. K. Gulati, Zonal Director Stakeholders consultative meeting on 'National Policy CMFRI, Kochi, on Marine Fisheries- 2016'. 15 February 2016 41 Shri A. Tiburtius, A consultation meeting on Tuna Fisheries at BOBP- Chennai Sr. Fisheries Scientist IGO, Chennai 23 February 2016 42 6KUL1-DJDQQDGK Workshop on “Skill Development of Fishermen Srikakulam -U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW Youth” 03 March 2016 43 Dr. A. B. Kar, Fisheries Scientist Workshop on “Philosophy, Methods & Ethics of CMFRI, Visakhapatnam 6KUL6.3DWWQD\DN6U6FLHQWL¿F Science” 22–24 March 2016 Assistant 44 Shri A. Tiburtius, Sr. Fisheries Meeting for collection of Pop-up Satellite Archival Hyderabad Scientist Tag (PSAT) at INCOIS 15 March 2016 9LVLWRUVGHOHJDWLRQV Name & Designation Purpose Place & Date 0XPEDL+4V Miss P. Megha, West-coast.in, NGO To collect the information on Annual Marine Mumbai Fisheries Production of India. 27-May 2015 6KUL-KRQ+DPEUH\)$2&RQVXOWDQW 7HFKQLFDOHYDOXDWLRQRI%2%/0(SURMHFW -XQH Shri Anupreet Anand &ROOHFWHGLQIRUPDWLRQRQ¿VKODQGLQJGDWDRQ'LX 14-September 2015 Daman and southern Gujarat region. Mumbai Base Two students of Anjuman-I-Islam 7R JDLQ WKH NQRZOHGJH RQ YDULRXV ¿VKLQJ FUDIWV Panvel Kalsekar Technical College JHDUV HFRIULHQGO\ ¿VKLQJ PHWKRGV LGHQWL¿FDWLRQ 7KLUWHHQ VWXGHQWV ZLWK RQH 3URIHVVRU . - RIFRPPHUFLDOLPSRUWDQW¿VKHVDQGYDULRXV¿VKLQJ Mumbai Somaiya College of Science and Commerce,. techniques. They also visited the vessel MFV Matsya 07 October 2015 9UXVKWLDQGZHUHH[SODLQHGDERXWQDYLJDWLRQDO¿VK Seventeen students with three Professors of Ulhasnagar, Thane. ¿QGLQJHTXLSPHQWVDQGDFWXDO¿VKLQJRSHUDWLRQV R. K. Talreja College of Arts and Science & -DQXDU\ Commerce, 0RUPXJDR%DVH 11 students of M.Sc. Marine Biology, Karwar Visited as a part of their study tour and given Karwar, Karnataka University Post Graduate Centre, awareness about the institute activities and marine 11 May 2015 ¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHVRI,QGLD Cochin Base Five trainees, Department of Fisheries Visited the survey vessel Matsya Varshini and gained /DNVKDGZHHS ¿UVWKDQGLQIRUPDWLRQDQGH[SRVXUHDVSDUWRIVKRUW 11 May 2015 term course on wooden boat building at CIFNET. Forty nine students along with teacher, BFSc, 9LVLWHG0('DQGVXUYH\YHVVHOVDVDSDUWRI¿VKLQJ Panangad, Kochi KUFOS experience programme. -XQH Dr. Sajeev Kumar Balyan, Hon’ble Minister Visited the survey vessels and was briefed about the New Delhi of State for Agriculture and Food Processing FSI activities. -XQH Industries 6KUL$GLWK\D.XPDU-RVKL,)6-W6HFUHWDU\ Reviewed and discussed about the FSI activities. New Delhi (Fisheries) and Shri P.R. Meshram, Director -XQH (Fy. Admn), DAHD&F 52 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India )LIWHHQ 2I¿FLDOV 'HSDUWPHQW RI )LVKHULHV Visited MED and survey vessels under training 16 October 2015 Government of Kerala programme on Advance Fishing Technology at CIFT. Twenty eight students, GRFT VHSS Visited MED and survey vessels and gained Karunagapally Kochi knowledge about the institute activities and marine 04 November 2015 ¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHVRI,QGLD Chennai Base Dr. M. Arumugam, Professor and Head, Dept Discussed about the FSI activities and marine Chennai of Zoology, University of Madras resources of India. 08 April 2015 Dr. P. Ravichandran, Member Secretary, Coastal Aquaculture Authority of India Shri Ashok Kumar Angurana, IAS, Secretary Reviewed and discussed about the FSI activities. New Delhi DQG6KUL$GLW\D.XPDU-RVKL-RLQW6HFUHWDU\ 11 May 2015 (Fy), DAHD&F Eighteen students, MSc (Zoology) of the Attended 3 days internship training in the Institute as Chennai Government Arts College, Nandanam a part of their curriculum. -XO\ Eighteen students along with faculty members Visited FSI survey vessel as a part of their training Chennai sponsored by the Centre for Entrepreneurship programme on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. -XO\ Development, Anna University Dr.Beela Rajesh IAS, Commissioner of Discussed about the FSI activities. Chennai Fisheries, Govt.of Tamilnadu 06 March 2016 9LVDNKDSDWQDP%DVH Shri Rijush Ranjan, Profesor along with 16 Visited as a part of their study tour and they were Dholi, Bihar students, College of Fisheries, EULHIHGDERXWWKH)6,DFWLYLWLHVDQGPDULQH¿VKHULHV 01 April 2015 resources of India. Shri S.P. Sharma, Inspector General / Institutional visit. Chennai Commander Coast Guard Region (East). 14 May 2015 Shri K. Chambasiva Rao along with 27 Visited as a part of their study tour and they were Bhavadevarapalli, students, EULHIHGDERXWWKH)6,DFWLYLWLHVDQGPDULQH¿VKHULHV Andhra Pradesh Sri M.V.K.R Fisheries polytechnic. resources of India. 29 May 2015 Shri S. Viswanathan along with 30 students Chennai -XQH Shri B. 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Mahajan, Dean (I/C) along with Visited as a part of their study tour and they were -DEDOSXU 30 students, College of Fisheries Science, EULHIHGDERXWWKH)6,DFWLYLWLHVDQGPDULQH¿VKHULHV 18 March 2016 NOVSU resources of India. Shri Manoj Marrson, Fangang Dist Trades & 7R FROOHFW LQIRUPDWLRQ RQ PDULQH ¿VKHU\ UHVRXUFHV Naning City, China 0DUNHWLQJ/WG3RUW%ODLU of east-coast and west-coast including feasibility of 19 March 2016 setting of a processing unit in east-coast of India. Shri Sibesh Singh, Superintendent of Police To know about the institutional activities and to South Andaman FROOHFW¿VKHU\FKDUWV -XO\ Shri M. Elangovan, Sharon Marine Exports Collected information on distribution and abundance Phoenix bay, Port Blair 3YW /WG &KHQQDL DQG 6KUL & + 9DOODEKD indices of oceanic tuna and perch resources in EEZ 05 August 2015 Rao, Chairman A&N Fisheries Co-operative of India around Andaman & Nicobar waters. )HGHUDWLRQ/WG Dr. S Venu, Assistant Professor, along with Visited as a part of their study tour and they were Brookshabad, Port Blair 14 M.Sc students, Dept. of Ocean Studies and EULHIHGDERXWWKH)6,DFWLYLWLHVDQGPDULQH¿VKHULHV 06 August 2015 Marine Biology, Pondicherry University resources of India. Shri Arif Mustafa, Assistant Director To know about the institutional activities and South Andaman )LVKHULHV =RQDO)LVKHULHV2I¿FH$QGDPDQ FROOHFWHG¿VKHU\FKDUWV 10 August 2015 and Nicobar Administration Smti R. Menaka, IAS, Secretary (Fy), A & N 7RGLVFXVVDERXW)6,DFWLYLWLHVDQG¿VKLQJPHWKRGV Port Blair Administration. She also visited MFV Blue Marlin. 11August 2015 Dr. V. Anand, Secretary, Bharath Vidya 7RFROOHFWWKHLQIRUPDWLRQRQPDULQH¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHV Palghat road, Pollachi, Nikketan School, MCV Campus of Andaman & Nicobar waters. Tamil Nadu 07 September 2015 Dr. Manmathan, ANCOST, NIOT Dollygunj, Port Blair 09 October 2015 6KUL 6 - %DVKD 0DULQH /LQHV 2FHDQLF New Delhi 3YW/WG -DQXDU\ 54 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 14. 4 Participation in the conference/trade fair/exhibition Fishery Survey of India participated in the following national and international exhibitions/trade fairs. During these exhibitions PRGHOVRIYDULRXVW\SHRI¿VKLQJERDWJHDUVFKDUWVRQVXUYH\DFWLYLWLHVVXUYH\ÀHHW¿VKLQJPHWKRGVDQG¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHVHWF ZHUHGLVSOD\HG7KHVHH[KLELWLRQVEHQH¿WWHGYDULRXVVWDNHKROGHUVDQGJHQHUDOSXEOLF Title Organised by Place/Period ‘Swasraya Bharath 2015 - Science and Swadeshi Science Movement, Kerala. Swapnanagari, Kozhikkode. Technology Exhibition 15-21 October 2015. Utkal-Banga Utsav-2015 All India Agragami Handicapped Samiti, Chandaneswar Mahavidyalaya Campus, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. Balasore, Odisha. 14-20 November 2015 27th Krishi Shilpa ‘O’ Banijya Mela” All India Agragami Handicapped Samiti, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur district, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. West Bengal. 9 December 2015 ‘SCIENTIA -2016’ National Science MES Asmabi College Kochi Exhibition -cum- Aquarium Show -DQXDU\ International Conference on ‘Aquatic Central Calcutta Science & Culture Science City, Kolkata. Resources and Sustainable Management’ Organization for youth 17-19 February 2016 58th Kissan Mela’ Acharya N.G.Ranga University, Andhra Anakapalle, Pradesh 26 -27 February 2016 Aqua Goa Mega Fish Festival -2016 Director of Fisheries, Govt. of Goa and Navelim, Goa. co-sponsored by NFDB, Hyderabad -DQ\XDU\ 6HFRQGPHHWLQJRI-RLQW:RUNLQJ*URXS Fishery Survey of India, Mormugao Base Hotel Taj, Panaji, Goa between India and Bangal Desh on Co- 28-29 October 2015 RSHUDWLRQLQWKH¿HOGRI)LVKHULHV 9th National Mission Meeting on Fishery Survey of India, Mormugao Base 11 February 2016 Conservation of Shark-India International Conference on “Towards Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Kochi a sustainable blue economic production Studies (KUFOS). 4-6 February 2016 strategies and policies” Fishermen Rally Port Blair Marine Fisheries Resources of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and 'LYHUVL¿HG)LVKLQJ0HWKRGV5DQJDW0LGGOH$QGDPDQ-XO\ 2015 F.S.I., Dept. of Fisheries, A & N Admn, Gram Panchayat hall, Rangat, Middle Andaman. Marine Fisheries Resources of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Eco-friendly Fishing Methods. Rampur, Mayabunder, North and Middle Andaman on 13 February 2016. F.S.I., Dept. of Fisheries, A & N, Admn, Panchayat Samiti Hall, Rampur, Mayabunder, North and Middle Andaman. 55 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India VLJLODQFHDZDUHQHVVZHHN 7KH³9LJLODQFH$ZDUHQHVV:HHN´ZDVREVHUYHGE\WKH)LVKHU\6XUYH\RI,QGLD +4V DQGLWV%DVHVIURP2FWREHUWR 1RYHPEHU$OOWKHRI¿FLDOVWRRNRDWKRQWKLVRFFDVLRQ $NDVKYDQLDQG'RRUGDUVKDQ3URJUDPPHV 'U'HZDQDQG8LNH\6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQWRI0XPEDL%DVHRI FSI attended recording of a interview conducted by Aakashwani, Mumbai on ‘Fishing operation- when and where’ and also on “Use RISURSHUJHDUIRU¿VKLQJ´RQ-XQHDQG-DQXDU\LQ local language Marathi. The broadcast of the interview was taken SODFHRQ -XQHDQG-DQXDU\UHVSHFWLYHO\ Dr. S. Ramachandran, Sr. Fisheries Scientist participated in the LQWHUYLHZE\WKHRI¿FLDOVRI'RRUGDUVKDQDORQJZLWKWKH1)'% participants on 30.07.2015. :RUNVKRSRSHQKRXVHFRQGXFWHGE\WKHLQVWLWXWH $VSDUWRIWKHH[WHQVLRQDFWLYLWLHVWKH0XPEDL +4V DQG%DVHRI¿FHVRI)LVKHU\6XUYH\RI,QGLDRUJDQL]HGUHJLRQDOZRUNVKRSV RSHQKRXVHVDWPDMRUPDULQH¿VKODQGLQJFHQWUHVLQWKHPDULWLPHVWDWHV87V Mumbai Base A One day regional workshop & exhibition on ‘Marine Fisheries’ was organised by Base on 22nd August 2015 at Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil Mahavidyalaya, Pandharpur, District Solapur (Maharashtra) IRUWKHEHQH¿WRIWKHVWXGHQWVRIWKH'HSWRI=RRORJ\7KHH[KLELWLRQ was set up in the separate hall of the college on 21st August 2015 E\ GHSLFWLQJ WKH PDULQH ¿VKHU\ FKDUWV ¿VK SKRWRJUDSKV ¿VKHU\ VORJDQV LQORFDOODQJXDJHLH0DUDWKL 'U-*-DGKDY3ULQFLSDO K.B.P. College, Pnadharpur presided over the inaugural function whereas Dr. A. K. Bhargava, Zonal Director was the chief guest of the function. 6KUL6*3DWZDUL-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVWDQG'U'HZDQDQG8LNH\6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQWZHUHWKHJXHVWVRIKRQRXU,QWKH technical session, Dr. Dewanand Uikey gave a guest lecture on ‘Marine Fish & Fishery Resources’, as well as a talk on future SURVSHFWVDQGVFRSHLQ¿VKHULHVVHFWRUIRUWKHJUDGXDWHVWXGHQWV0RUHWKDQVWXGHQWVDQGWKHLUIDFXOWLHVDWWHQGHGWKHSURJUDPPH DORQJZLWKIHZIUHVKZDWHU¿VKHU\HQWUHSUHQHXUV 0RUPXJDR%DVH One day regional workshop on “Marine Fishery Resources of Goa: Sustainable Utilization, Development and Management” was organized at Malvan, Maharashtra on 7 February 2016. Shri Meghanad G. Dhuri, President, Sindhudurg Zilla Macchimar Sahakari )HGHUDWLRQ/WG0DOYDQZDVWKH&KLHI*XHVW Shri Vijay B.Kamble, Assistant Commissioner of Fisheries, Govt. of Maharashtra was the Guest of Honor in the workshop. He GHOLYHUHGWDONRQ³$QRYHUYLHZRI0DKDUDVKWUD)LVKHULHV6KUL6.-DLVZDO0HFKDQLFDO0DULQH(QJLQHHUGHOLYHUHGWKHNH\QRWH DGGUHVVHPSKDVL]LQJWKHDFWLYLWLHVRI)6,$WRWDORI¿VKHUPHQIURP&RRSHUDWLYH6RFLHWLHV0DUNHWLQJ6RFLHWLHVDQGRI¿FLDOV of Department of Fisheries, Govt. of Maharashtra participated in the workshop. 56 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Chennai Base 2QH GD\ UHJLRQDO ZRUNVKRS RQ ³0DULQH ¿VKHU\ 5HVRXUFHV RI Tamilnadu coast” was organized on 8th October 2015 at TATA community hall, Parangipattai, Cuddalore district. Dr. M.S. Mohamed Yunoos, Chairman, Town Panchayath, Parangipettai was the Chief Guest. Shri. K. Selvan, Dy. Director of Fisheries (Regional), Dept. Of Fisheries, Govt of Tamilnadu, presided RYHU WKH IXQFWLRQ 'U / 5DPDOLQJDP =RQDO 'LUHFWRU GHOLYHUHG the Keynote address. Dr.Velvizhi, Principal Scientist, M.S.Swaminathan Reseach Foundation, Poompuzhar delivered special address on the occasion. 6KUL5(ODQJRYDQ6FLHQWLVW6KUL37DPLODUDVDQ)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW'U--H\DFKDQGUD'KDV-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVW'U$-RKQ &KHPELDQ-U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVWDQG6KUL&%DEX6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQWPDGHSUHVHQWDWLRQVGXULQJWKHZRUNVKRS$ERXW ¿VKHUPHQ¿VKHUZRPHQSXEOLFDQG6WDWH¿VKHU\RI¿FLDOVDWWHQGHGWKHZRUNVKRS Second, One day regional workshop on “Marine Fishery Resources of Tamilnadu and Andhra coasts” was organized on 3rd March 2016 at College of Fishery Science, Muthukur, Nellore Dist, Prof. K.S.Krishna Prasad, Associate Dean, College of Fisheries, 0XWKXNXUZDVWKH&KLHI*XHVW6KUL.6LWD5DPD5DMX-W'LUHFWRU of Fisheres, Dept of Fisheries, Govt of Andhra Pradesh, Nellore SUHVLGHG RYHU WKH IXQFWLRQ 'U /5DPDOLQJDP =RQDO 'LUHFWRU delivered the Keynote address. Prof. Hari Babu and Prof. D. R. K. Reddy, College of Fisheries, Muthukur delivered address on the occasion. Shri P. Tamilarasan, Fisheries Scientist, Dr. M. K. Sinha, -U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVWDQG6KUL&%DEX6U6FLHQWL¿F$VVLVWDQWRIWKHEDVHPDGHSUHVHQWDWLRQLQWKHZRUNVKRS$QRSHQKRXVHZDV also arranged at the venue where Charts, Models of gears, gear accessories and life saving equipments were displayed. About 150 ¿VKHUPHQDWWHQGHGWKHZRUNVKRSDQGVWXGHQWVYLVLWHGWKHRSHQKRXVH3URI26XGKDNDU&ROOHJHRI)LVKHULHVSURSRVHGWKH vote of Thanks. Cochin Base One day regional workshop on “Fishery Resources of Kerala coast–sustainable utilization” conducted at Neendakara Fishing Harbour on 3rd September 2015. Second, one day regional workshop on ' Inshore & Offshore PDULQH ¿VKHU\ UHVRXUFHV RI .HUDOD FRDVW RUJDQLVHG DW WKH conference hall of Mini Civil Station, Ponnani, Malappuram on 19th February 2016. 9LVDNKDSDWQDP%DVH One day regional workshop was organised on ³0DULQH ¿VKHU\ UHVRXUFHVRIWKHXSSHUHDVWFRDVWRI,QGLD´ in association with the Directorate of Fisheries, Govt. of West Bengal at Mohana, 'LJKD:HVW%HQJDORQ$XJXVW6KUL5)/HSFKD$GGO Director of Fisheries, Govt. of West Bengal was the Chief Guest RIWKHRFFDVLRQ7KHIXQFWLRQZDVSUHVLGHGRYHUE\'U3.-DQD -RLQW'LUHFWRURI)LVKHULHV 0( 06 *RYWRI:HVW%HQJDO6KUL Debabrata Das, Karmadakhya, Matsya-O-Prani Sampad Sthayee 57 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India Samiti and Shri Samsundar Dash, Secretary, West Bengal United Fishermen’s Association were the Guest of Honour. Shri. K. *RYLQGDUDM6U)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVWGHOLYHUHGWKHNH\QRWHDGGUHVV9DULRXVDVSHFWVRIPDULQH¿VKHULHVZHUHGLVFXVVHGGXULQJWKH SURJUDPPH'U$%.DU)LVKHULHV6FLHQWLVWGHOLYHUHGWZRVFLHQWL¿FSDSHUV$QH[KLELWLRQZDVDOVRRUJDQL]HGLQWKHYHQXHIRUWKH EHQH¿WRIWKHORFDO¿VKHUPHQVWDWH¿VKHULHVRI¿FLDOVDQGJHQHUDOSXEOLF Port Blair Base One day workshop on “Marine Fisheries Resources of Andaman and 1LFREDU,VODQGVDQG'LYHUVL¿HG)LVKLQJ0HWKRGV´ZDVRUJDQLVHG DW3DQFKD\DW6DPLWL+DOO5DQJDW0LGGOH$QGDPDQRQWK-XO\ 2015. The main aim of the workshop was to disseminate the information on the resources potential and availability of various 'LYHUVL¿HG)LVKLQJ0HWKRGVDQGWRH[SORLWWKHDEXQGDQWRFHDQLF resources as well as the Perch resources, optimum utilization of ¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHVDQGDOVRWRVDYHWKHPDULQHHQYLURQPHQWHWFWR WKHORFDO¿VKHUPHQRI5DQJDW%D\1LPEXWDOD 58 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJH$FWLYLWLHV +LQGLZRUNVKRSVDQGVHPLQDUV 0XPEDL +4V TRVWUHQJWKHQWKHLPSOHPHQWDWLRQRI2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJHDQGEULQJJURXSSDUWLFLSDWLRQLQWKLVHQGHDYRUDRQHGD\+LQGLZRUNVKRS RQ³*HQHUDO+LQGL´ZDVKHOGRQWK-XQHDW)6, +TUV 0XPEDL6PW5LWD&KDWXUYHGL+LQGL3UDGK\DSDN+LQGL7HDFKLQJ Scheme delivered a lecture on the above topic. While addressing the participants she urged them to utilize the information imparted in the workshop and an interactive session was held wherein, queries raised by the participants were answered by the chief guest of the workshop. Second, one day Hindi Workshop was organized on 8th September 6KUL1DUHVK.XPDU2I¿FHU,Q&KDUJH&HQWUDO7UDQVODWLRQ Bureau was invited to deliver a lecture on “Importance of Technical 7HUPLQRORJ\ LQ RI¿FLDO +LQGL ZRUN´ +H XUJHG WKH SDUWLFLSDQWV to utilize the knowledge gained in the workshop and requested everyone to increase the use of Hindi in correspondence to achieve the prescribed target mentioned in the Annual Programme. Twenty ¿YHVWDIIPHPEHUVDFWLYHO\SDUWLFLSDWHGLQWKHZRUNVKRS Third, one day Hindi workshop was conducted on 11th December LQRUGHUWRLQFUHDVHWKHXVHRI+LQGLLQRI¿FLDOZRUNE\WKHHPSOR\HHV'U5DNHVK.XPDU$VVWW'LUHFWRU+LQGL7HDFKLQJ Scheme, New Mumbai delivered lecture on ‘Hindi Correspondence’. He gave brief summary of the various correspondence and narrated proper methods to make noting & drafting in Hindi. 28 staff members actively participated in the workshop. Fourth, one day Hindi workshop was organized on 16th March, 2016 for the staff members to promote the use of Hindi in RI¿FLDOZRUN6KUL1DUHVK.XPDU$VVWW'LUHFWRU&HQWUDO7UDQVODWLRQ%XUHDXZDVLQYLWHGWRGHOLYHUDOHFWXUHRQ³8VHRI+LQGLLQ 2I¿FLDOZRUN´+HJDYHVRPHVLPSOHWLSVWRFKRRVHWKHFRUUHFW+LQGLZRUGIRUWUDQVODWLRQ+HDOVRJDYHVRPHSUDFWLFDOWUDLQLQJLQ 7UDQVODWLRQ7ZHQW\¿YHVWDIIPHPEHUVDFWLYHO\SDUWLFLSDWHGLQWKHZRUNVKRS7KHZRUNVKRSZDVZHOOUHFHLYHGE\WKHSDUWLFLSDQWV Mumbai Base Four Hindi workshops were organised by the Mumbai Base of Fishery Survey of India, Mumbai on 17th-XO\WK6HSWHPEHU 2015, 28th November 2015 and 30th March 2016 respectively. The ZRUNVKRSVZHUHDWWHQGHGE\DOOWKHRI¿FHUVDQGVWDIIPHPEHUV,Q WKH¿UVWZRUNVKRSKHOGRQWK-XO\6KUL6KDLOHVK53D\ $FFRXQW2I¿FHUGHDOWWKHWRSLFRQ³5HWLUHPHQWEHQH¿W´,QWKH second workshop held on 28th September 2015, Shri. Arun Naik, Regional Training Centre, Mumbai gave a lecture on “Personality development”. In the third workshop held on 28th November 6KUL'$6XWDU57&0XPEDLGHDOWWKHWRSLFRQ/HDYH and Travel Concession. Whereas, in the fourth workshop, held on 30th March, 2016, Shri Harsh Mohan Krishnatre, gave guidance on Hindi noting and drafting 59 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 0RUPXJDR%DVH Two One day workshops were organized on 18 September 2015 and 22 December 2015 respectively. Dr.O.P.Tripathi, Professor (Hindi), Goa University, Panaji was the resource person for WKH ¿UVW ZRUNVKRS DQG 6KUL 9LQRG .XPDU 6KDUPD '\'LUHFWRU 5HJLRQDO,PSOHPHQWDWLRQRI¿FH0XPEDLZDVWKHUHVRXUFHSHUVRQ for the second workshop. Cochin Base )RXU+LQGLZRUNVKRSVZHUHFRQGXFWHGRQ-XQH-XO\'HFHPEHUDQG 0DUFKUHVSHFWLYHO\ 9LVDNKDSDWQDP%DVH )LUVW +LQGL :RUNVKRS ZDV RUJDQL]HG RQ -XQH 6PW 9 6XJXQD 'HSXW\ 0DQDJHU 2I¿FLDO ODQJXDJH 9LVDNKDSDWQDP Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam was the resource person. Second and third Hindi Workshops were organized on 07 August 2015 and 23 December 2015 respectively. Smt. Rama 'HYL 6HFUHWDU\ 72/,& +LQGL 2I¿FHU (DVW &RDVW 5DLOZD\ Visakhapatnam and Sri. Ghanashyam Prasad Namdev, Assistant Director, Hindi Teaching Scheme, Visakhapatnam were the resource persons respectively. )RUWK+LQGL:RUNVKRSZDVRUJDQL]HGRQ0DUFK6PW0LPRQD&KRZKDQ0DQDJHU 2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJH 6WDWH%DQNRI ,QGLD$GPLQLVWUDWLYH2I¿FH9LVDNKDSDWQDPZDVWKHUHVRXUFHSHUVRQ Port Blair Base A Hindi workshop was conducted on 16 September 2015. Shri 6KDKQDZD] -XQLRU 7UDQVODWRU ZDV WKH UHVRXUFH SHUVRQ RQ WKH occasion. He explained the fact of evolution of the word “Hindi”. Second Hindi workshop was conducted on 30 November 2015. 6KUL 0DKHQGUD 3UDWDS 0LVKUD +LQGL 2I¿FHU %KDUDW 6DQFKDU 1LJDP/WG3RUW%ODLUZDVWKHUHVRXUFHSHUVRQ+HH[SODLQHGWKH NH\SRLQWVRI2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJH$FW 'XULQJWKHZRUNVKRS REMHFWLYHW\SHZULWWHQWHVWRQRI¿FLDO/DQJXDJHZDVDOVRFRQGXFWHG DOORI¿FHUVDQGVWDIIPHPEHUVHQWKXVLDVWLFDOO\SDUWLFLSDWHG 7KLUG+LQGLZRUNVKRSZDVFRQGXFWHGRQ0DUFKZKHUHLQ6KUL6KDKQDZD]-XQLRU7UDQVODWRUZDVWKHUHVRXUFHSHUVRQ 60 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India +LQGL'D\DQG+LQGL)RUWQLJKW&HOHEUDWLRQ 0XPEDL +4V Fishery Survey of India (Hqrs.) Mumbai celebrated 'Hindi Day' on 14 September 2015 and ‘Hindi Fortnight’ during 14-29th September 2015. The inaugural function of Hindi Day & Hindi Fortnight was held on 14 September 2015 at FSI (Hqrs). Shri Premchand, Director General (IC) read out the ‘Appeal’ on the occasion of ‘Hindi Day’ received from the Hon’ble Agriculture )DUPHUZHOIDUH0LQLVWHU6KUL5DGKD0RKDQ6LQJK7KURXJKWKHµ$SSHDO¶WKH+RQ¶EOH0LQLVWHUUHTXHVWHGDOOWKHRI¿FHUVDQG HPSOR\HHVWRDFFRPSOLVKPRUHDQGPRUHZRUNRULJLQDOO\LQ+LQGL'XULQJWKH+LQGL)RUWQLJKW¿YHFRPSHWLWLRQVZHUHFRQGXFWHG on (i) Hindi dictation 2) Hindi Typing 3) General knowledge on Hindi 4) Antakshari and Poem recitation. As many as 25 staff members participated in the competitions with fervor and enthusiasm. The valedictory function of the 'Hindi Fortnight was held on 29 September 2015 at FSI (Hqrs.). During the function Hindi poem recitation was conducted and six employees participated in the programme. Shri K. V. Singh, Chief Engineer, CPWD, was the Chief Guest and Shri Gurudayal Singh, Executive engineer and Smt. Rita Chathurvedi, Hindi Pradhyapak, Hindi Teaching Scheme were the Special Guest for the function. The special guest played the role of a judge for the poem recitation competition. The Chief Guest gave away the prizes to the winners of the above scheme as well as the winners of the various competitions. Mumbai Base During the Hindi Day and Hindi Fortnight, various activities were organised from om 14 September 2015 to 28 September 2015. The Hindi Day and Hindi Fortnight was inaugurated by Dr. A. K. Bhargava, Zonal Director on 14 September 2015. The valedictory function of Hindi Fortnight was organised on 29 September 2015 and the prizes were distributed to the winners of various competitions held during Hindi Fortnight celebration. 0RUPXJDR%DVH Hindi Fortnight 2015 was observed from 14 September to 28 September 2015. Shri Bodhraj, MMD Surveyor, Goa was the Chief Guest during the function. During this period, competition in Hindi speech, poem and song recitation were conducted for staff PHPEHUV7KHYDOHGLFWRU\FHUHPRQ\RIWKHIRUWQLJKWZDVKHOGRQ 2FWREHU'U3UDVDG0RKDQ-DXKDUL'LUHFWRU*HQHUDO *RD6KLS\DUG/WG9DVFRZDVWKH&KLHI*XHVW+HJDYHDZD\WKHSUL]HVWRWKHZLQQHUVRIYDULRXVFRPSHWLWLRQVKHOGGXULQJWKH fortnight. Cochin Base Hindi fortnight was organised from 14 September to 28 September 9DULRXVFRPSHWLWLRQVLQ+LQGLZDVRUJDQLVHGIRUWKHRI¿FHUV and staff. Hindi quiz competition was organised for the staff by Sri. 5DPHVK+LQGLRI¿FHUIURP+LQGXVWDQ2UJDQLF&KHPLFDOV Chennai Base Hindi Fortnight was observed during 01 September to 14 September 2015. During Hindi Fortnight the inaugural function was RUJDQL]HG RQ 6HSWHPEHU 7KH IXQFWLRQ ZDV FKDLUHG E\ 'U / 5DPDOLQJDP =RQDO 'LUHFWRU &KHQQDL +H XUJHG WKH LPSRUWDQFHRI+LQGLLQGD\WRGD\RI¿FLDOZRUNDQGUHTXHVWHGWKHRI¿FHUVDQGVWDIIRIWKHEDVHWRWDNHLQLWLDWLYHDQGFDUU\RXWWKH RI¿FLDOZRUNLQ+LQGLDVIDUDVSRVVLEOH'XULQJWKH+LQGL)RUWQLJKWFHOHEUDWLRQYDULRXVFRPSHWLWLRQVZHUHRUJDQL]HGLQZKLFKWKH staff members of the base actively participated. 61 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 9LVDNKDSDWQDP%DVH Hindi Fortnight was observed from 4 September to 18 November 2015. On 13 September 2015 Hindi short stories, poem and song recitation were conducted among the children of the employees. Subsequently, on 14 September 2015, writing competition and Hindi ‘Prashnamanch’ programme were also organized among the employees. Valedictory function was organized on 18 6HSWHPEHU6PW0DLPRQD&KRZKDQ0DQDJHU 2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJH 6WDWH%DQNRI,QGLD$GPLQLVWUDWLYH2I¿FH6LULSXUDP Visakhapatnam, was the Chief Guest for the valedictory function and distributed prizes to the winners. The function was presided over by Shri K. Govindaraj, Senior Fisheries Scientist, Fishery Survey of India, Visakhapatnam. Port Blair Base Hindi Fortnight was celebrated during 3 September to 17 September 2015. The function was inaugurated by Dr. S Ramachandran, Senior Fisheries Scientist. During the fortnight YDULRXVFRPSHWLWLRQVOLNH4XL]DQGVLQJLQJZHUHFRQGXFWHG7KH Valedictory function of the Hindi fortnight was conducted on 17th 6HSWHPEHU6KUL.DO\DQ.DGYDQH3URJUDPPH2I¿FHU$\XVK Hospital, Port Blair was the chief Guest on this occasion. During the event, prizes were distributed by the chief guest to the winners of various competitions. 9LVLWRIWKH+RQ EOH3DUOLDPHQWDU\&RPPLWWHHRQ2I¿FLDOODQJXDJHDW9LVDNKDSDWQDP 7KH,QVSHFWLRQRQ2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJHRIWKH9LVKDNKDSDWQDP%DVHRI)6,ZDVFRQGXFWHGRQ$SULOE\WKH6HFRQGVXE FRPPLWWHH RI WKH FRPPLWWHH RI 3DUOLDPHQW RQ 2I¿FLDO /DQJXDJH DW9LVDNKDSDWQDP7KH &RPPLWWHH 5HYLHZHG WKH ,QVSHFWLRQ 4XHVWLRQQDLUHSUHSDUHGE\WKH9LVKDNKDSWQDP%DVHDQGLVVXHGVRPHRUGHUVWRLPSOHPHQWWKH2/,&3ROLF\LQWKH2I¿FH7KH Parliamentary Committee has appreciated the work done by Visakhapatnam Base. 3DUWLFLSDWLRQLQ72/,&0HHWLQJV Participant(s) 'HVLJQDWLRQ Venue and Date Shri Premchand Director General (IC) Western Rly (Hqrs.) Mumbai. Shri Vishal Kharat /RZHU'LYLVLRQ&OHUN 30-Apr 2015 Shri M. K. Farejiya Director (Engg.) Western Rly (Hqrs.) Mumbai. Smt. Meera Vellan -U+LQGL7UDQVODWRU 21-Oct 2015 Shri D. K. Gulati Zonal Director Cochin 6PW/HHQD73 -U+LQGL7UDQVODWRU 28-May 2015 Dr. S. Ramachandran Senior Fisheries Scientist 26 August 2015 and 2 February 2016 Shri Shahnawaz -U+LQGL7UDQVODWRU CARI , Port Blair Dr. S Ramachandran, Senior Fisheries Scientist along with Shri 6KDKQDZD]-XQLRU7UDQVODWRUUHFHLYLQJPHPHQWRDQGFHUWL¿FDWH for bagging 3rd SODFHLQWKHLPSOHPHQWDWLRQRI2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJH DPRQJ DOO WKH FHQWUDO JRYHUQPHQW RI¿FHV GXULQJ ³+DOI \HDUO\ PHHWLQJRI7RZQ2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJH,PSOHPHQWDWLRQ&RPPLWWHH 72/,& ´RQth August 2015. 62 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 5HJLRQDO2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJHFRQIHUHQFH 6KUL'.*XODWL=RQDO'LUHFWRUDQG6PW/HHQD73-U7UDQVODWRU&RFKLQ%DVHSDUWLFLSDWHGLQWKHKLJKOHYHORI¿FLDOODQJXDJH RULHQWDWLRQSURJUDPPHRUJDQLVHGRQ$XJXVWLQ&0)5,7KHVHFUHWDU\'HSWRI2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJHKHDGHGWKHSURJUDP 14.6.5 Hindi Kavi Sammelan $VDSDUWRILPSOHPHQWDWLRQRIRI¿FLDOODQJXDJH2QHGD\+LQGL³.DYL6DPPHODQ´ZDVRUJDQL]HGE\9LVDNKDSDWQDP%DVHRI)6, DW'LYLVLRQDO5DLOZD\0DQDJHURI¿FH9LVDNKDSDWQDPRQ$XJXVW6PW&KDQGUDOHNKD0XNKHUMHH'LYLVLRQDO5DLOZD\ Manager, Eastern Railway was the Chief Guest of the occasion. About 18 poets from various central Govt. organizations including some renowned poets of Visakhapatnam participated and recited their poems on various topics. The Chief Guest encouraged the participants by presenting mementos. $ZDUGV3UL]HV7URSK\ Shri N.V. Ramana Murthy, System Analyst was honoured with Aashirwad Smriti Chihn for contribution in implementation of +LQGLLQRI¿FLDOZRUN7KHSUL]HZDVJLYHQWRKLPLQWKH$DVKLUZDGWK5DMEKDVKD6DPPHODQKHOGRQ6HSWHPEHUDW University of Mumbai, Fort, Mumbai. 3RUW%ODLU%DVHRI)6,UDQNHGUGLQWKHLPSOHPHQWDWLRQRI2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJHDPRQJDOOWKHFHQWUDOJRYHUQPHQWRI¿FHVVLWXDWHGLQ the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Shri N. 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Shri N.V. Ramana Murthy, System Analyst 2. Shri Shubhrajit Das, Stenographer Gr. II 6HFRQG3UL]H 6KUL9LVKDO..KDUDW/RZHU'LYLVLRQ&OHUN 2. Shri S. C. Bala, Upper Division Clerk 6KUL5DNHVK.XPDU/RZHU'LYLVLRQ&OHUN 63 Annual Report 2015-16 Fishery Survey of India 15. CO-OPERATION AND ASSOCIATION WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES 1. Committee to consider the proposal for introduction of Vessel Monitoring System (VMS). 2. Inter-Ministerial Empowered Committee on Marine Fisheries. 3. Working Group constituted for monitoring and review of implementation of Indian Ocean Tuna Commission resolutions. 4. Working Group for review and revision of data on tuna for submission to the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission. &RPPLWWHHWRDVVHVVWKHLPSDFWRIWKH¿VKLQJEDQDQGWRUHYLHZLWVGXUDWLRQ :RUNLQJ*URXSRI([SHUWVFRPPLWWHHIRUUHYDOLGDWLRQRISRWHQWLDO¿VKHU\UHVRXUFHVLQWKH,QGLDQ((= 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVRU\&RPPLWWHHRI&HQWUHIRU0DULQH/LYLQJ5HVRXUFHVDQG(FRORJ\ &0/5( 0R(6.RFKL 8. 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ABBREVIATIONS %2%/0( %D\RI%HQJDO/DUJH0DULQH(FRV\VWHP BOBP-IGO : Bay of Bengal Programme – Inter Governmental Organisation CCRF : Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries CIFNET : Central Institute of Fisheries Nautical Engineering & Training CIFRI : Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute CIFT : Central Institute of Fisheries Technology CMFRI : Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute &0/5( &HQWUHIRU0DULQH/LYLQJ5HVRXUFHVDQG(FRORJ\ EEZ : Exclusive Economic Zone FSI : Fishery Survey of India GIS : Geological Information System GoI : Government of India IFCO : International Foster Care Organisation IITF : India International Trade Fair IMS : Indian Meteorological Society INCOIS : Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Science IOTC : Indian Ocean Tuna Commission ,27&6& ,QGLDQ2FHDQ7XQD&RPPLVVLRQ6FLHQWL¿F&RPPLWWHH ITPO : Indian Trade Promotion Organisation MCS : Monitoring Control and Surveillance NASC : National Aeronautics and Space Council NFDB : National Fisheries Development Board NIC : National Informatics Centre NIOT : National Institute of Ocean Technology PSC : Project Steering Committee RAC : Research Advisory Committee 5$/%$0 5HFHQW$GYDQFHVLQ/REVWHU%LRORJ\$TXDFXOWXUHDQG0DQDJHPHQW SAC : Space Applications Centre 6$&0/53 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVRU\&RPPLWWHHRQ0DULQH/LYLQJ5HVRXUFHV3URJUDPPH SIFT : State Institute of Fisheries Technology 72/,& 7RZQ2I¿FLDO/DQJXDJH,PSOHPHQWDWLRQ&RPPLWWHH VMS : Vessel Monitoring System Species <)7 65 Annual Report 2015-16 Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Government of India Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India-110 001. 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