The institute recently launched a programme to train 5000 fishermen in open sea cage farming technologies under NFDB funding. CMFRI has thus emerged as a platform effectively extend the results emanating from its various research programmes to the fishermen community and other stakeholders. Way forward Sustainability of the fishery resources is core to a healthy and vibrant marine fisheries sector in India. To grow further, the following focus areas have been identified fishery modelling and forecasting Green auditing – valuation of marine bio-diversity and ecosystem services Nanotechnological approaches in mariculture and environment management. References External links CMFRI in Media CMFRI Repository CMFRI Vision 2050 CMFRI Website Indian Journal of Fisheries CMFRI Annual Report 2010-11 CMFRI Annual Report 2011-12 CMFRI Annual Report 2012-13 CMFRI Annual Report 2013-14 CMFRI Annual Report 2014-15 CMFRI Annual Report 2015-16 CMFRI Annual Report 2016-17 CMFRI Annual Report 2017-18 Research institutes in Kochi Fisheries and aquaculture research institutes in India Fishing in India 1947 establishments in India Research institutes established in 1947