CMFRI Annual Report 1956

Studies on the sea fishery resources of India and their utilization were continued during the year by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Station. In addition to the work at the Headquarters Station at Mandapam, Sub- Station at Kozhikode, Research Units at Bombay, Karwar, Ernakulam (Cochin) and Madras and at the existing fishery survey centres, a new Research Unit to study the fisheries of the Andhra Coast was set up at Waltair in March 1956. As a preliminary to the setting up of a Research Unit at Calcutta a nucleus staff has been posted there. The Research Units at Ernakulam and Karwar have been strengthened and accommodated in more suitable buildings