Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology

Abstract

The Ministry of Earth Sciences (former Department
of Ocean Development) had established a Vessel
Management Cell (VMC) at Kochi during 1989
primarily for the running and management of the
Fishery Oceanographic Research Vessel FORV
Sagar Sampada with a staff strength of about 15. In
1998, the VMC was elevated to an attached office,
“Center for Marine Living Resources and Ecology”
with the additional mandates of implementing the
national Marine Living Resources Programme
(MLRP), co-ordination of Southern Ocean Fishery
Programme and establishment of MLR Data and
Referral Center. Since then, with the growth and
diversification of research activities related to these
mandates, the operational needs of CMLRE have
grown proportionately. At present, CMLRE has a
strength of 10 scientists and 16 supporting staff.