ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute

Location: Headquarter: Kochi, Research Centres: Mandapam (Tamil Nadu), Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Veraval (Gujarat), Mangalore (Karnataka), Karwar (Karnataka), Mumbai (Maharashtra), Calicut (Kerala), Vizhinjam (Kerala) and Digha (West Bengal).

The institute deals with the estimation of marine fisheries landings and effort optimisation for the exploited stocks of finfish and shellfish; coastal mariculture; hatchery technologies for finfishes, shrimp, edible oyster, mussel and clams; culture of seaweeds; biodiversity; and climate change and several other aspects for India’s marine fisheries development. 

Website: https://www.cmfri.org.in

ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture

Location: Headquarter: Chennai, Research Centres: Kakdwip (West Bengal) and Navsari (Gujarat).

The Institute deals with strategic Research for sustainable brackishwater aquaculture including species and systems diversification; hatchery technologies for finfish and shellfish; nutrition and feed development; health management; and genetics improvement of finfish and shellfish species, etc.  

Website: https://ciba.icar.gov.in

ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute

Location: Headquarter: West Bengal, Research Centres: Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Guwahati (Assam) and Vadodara (Gujarat).

ICAR-CIFRI deals with management of inland openwaters viz., rivers, reservoirs, lakes and wetlands for sustainable fisheries management and conservation; culture-based fisheries; and enclosure aquaculture, etc.

Website: https://www.cifri.res.in

ICAR- Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture 

Location: Headquarter: Bhubaneshwar, Research Centres: Rahara (West Bengal), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), Bengaluru (Karnataka) and Bhatinda (Punjab).

The ICAR-CIFA deals with species and systems diversification in freshwater aquaculture; nutrition and feed development; health management; and genetic improvement programmes on selected commercially important species, etc. 

Website: https://cifa.nic.in

ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology

Location:  Headquarter: Kochi, Research Centres: Veraval (Gujarat), Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and Mumbai (Maharashtra). 

The ICAR-CIFT deals with strategic research in designing and developing energy-efficient fishing crafts; resource-specific fishing gears for responsible fishing; development of fisheries products and byproducts, etc.

Website: https://www.cift.res.in

ICAR-Central Institute of Cold Water Fisheries Research

Location: Headquarter: Bhimtal (Uttarakhand)

The ICAR-CICFR deals with development of location-specific culture systems and breeding technologies for potential coldwater species; fish feeds and nutrition; fish health management, etc. The Directorate also works on open-water fisheries management of higher altitudes. 

Website: https://www.cicfr.res.in

ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education

Location: Headquarter: Mumbai, Research Centres: Kolkata (West Bengal), Balabhadrapuram and Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), Powarkheda (Madhya Pradesh), Rohtak (Haryana), Motipur (Bihar).  

The ICAR- CIFE, a deemed University, offers post-graduate and doctoral programmes in fisheries and aquaculture in 11 disciplines; and other human resource development programmes. The institute is dedicated in developing and demonstrating shrimp farming technology in inland saline-waters of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.   

Website: https://www.cife.edu.in

ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources 

Location: Headquarter: Lucknow, Research Centre: Kochi (Kerala). 

The ICAR-NBFGR deals with assessment, cataloguing, characterization and conservation of fish genetic resources. The institute also assesses the risks associated with exotic germplasm, and is engaged in fish health management including leading national programmes on disease surveillance and antimicrobial resistance.

Website: https://www.nbfgr.res.in