CMFRI to formulate action plan for sustainable management of marine ecosystem Business Standard dated 1st July 2017

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) will take a lead role in formulating a national-level action plan for the sustainable management of marine and coastal ecosystems of the country. As per the direction of the NITI Aayog, the premier think-tank of the Government of India, the CMFRI will collaborate with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India to draft the management strategies for strengthening the resilience to achieve healthy and productive ocean ecosystems, the institute said in a release here today. In a combined effort, the NITI Aayog, CMFRI and WWF-India will jointly organise a two-day brainstorming session of eminent marine biologists, environmentalists, technocrats, fisheries experts across the country and senior officials of fisheries departments from all the maritime States and UTs on July 4 and 5 at the CMFRI, it said