London: Scientists claim to have found the first direct evidence that bacteria in the ocean can harvest light energy from sunlight for survival, thanks to a unique photoprotein.
They would be released in the sea around 21 islands
THE Gulf of Mannar National Marine Park (GOMNMP) has developed a technique to breed seahorse artificially with the help of a private marine research centre for the first time in the State.
Seahorse is among the most endangered marine species and fishermen and others have been strictly warned not to net them while fishing.
BREAKTHROUGH IN AQUACULTURE
IN a significant breakthrough in aquaculture, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has succeeded in the breeding and larval production of Cobia, a promising species for sea farming.
They have high value in commercial market worldwide
PROFITABLE:Ornamental fishes produced at Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute at Mandapam.
RAMANATHAPURAM: The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, CMFRI, Mandapam has developed a new technology for growing marine ornamental fishes, which have high value in commercial market world wide.
KOLKATA, 18 March: The ministry of Earth Sciences is sending a team to the Arctic region for conducting a study on climate change next week.
The change of climate in the Arctic region will affect the monsoon pattern of India adversely which in turn will affect the food resources in the long run..
CUDDALORE: A five-year research by marine biologists has now made it possible to breed marine ornamental fishes in hatcheries even using low saline estuarine water
Intensive sampling was carried out in the marine environment of Mumbai and Jawaharlal Nehru ports to investigate the composition of benthic sessile population on three different occasions during 2001 to 2002. this study recorded 29 species of hard substratum fauna and 14 associated fauna.
