CMFRI to draft action plan for sustainable ocean wealth The Hindu Business Line dated 3rd July 2017

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute will take a lead role in formulating a national-level action plan for the sustainable management of marine and coastal ecosystems. As per the direction of NITI Aayog, CMFRI will collaborate with the World Wildlife Fund-India to draft the management strategies for strengthening the resilience to achieve healthy and productive ocean ecosystems. NITI Aayog, CMFRI and WWF-India will jointly organise a two-day session of eminent marine biologists, environmentalists, technocrats, fisheries experts across the country and senior officials of fisheries departments from all the maritime States on July 4 and 5 at the CMFRI. The draft action plan will be finalised at the end of the session