In order to provide access to the institute’s technologies and know how, the CMFRI organises following types of need based training programme for the benefit of farmers, researchers, academicians, administrators, students on various aspects of marine fisheries and mariculture.
- Short course – 1-3 days duration
- Intensive courses – 5-10 days duration
- Training @ field - 2-5days duration
- Summer/Winter schools - 21 days duration
Organising Summer / Winter Schools
Intensive Course on Cage Farming
Field Training at Fishing Harbours
Hands on Training in Fish breeding
Training to officials of SAARC Countries
Annual Training Calendar of ICAR-CMFRI for 2026
Sl. No. | Name of the Institute/AICRP/AINP | Title of Training | Tentative dates | No. of days | Type of trainees (Farmers/ Govt officials/ Private Sector/ FPOs/ Foreigners) | No. of participants | Training Coordinator |
1. | ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi | ‘Procedures and practices for maintenance and upkeep of Marine Taxonomy Lab/Museum’ | 06-17 July, 2026 | 10 | CMFRI Staff
| 10 | Dr. Rekha J. Nair, Principal Scientist, MBEMD Mob: 9446415736 |
2. | ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi | Hands-on Training on “live feed culture, larviculture and nursery rearing of Marine fin fishes” | 03-14 Aug. 2026 | 10 | CMFRI Staff | 20 | Dr. Rajesh N. rajeshnellora@yahoo.co.in Mob: 8984031339 |
3. | ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi | Marine habitats and fisheries | 12-20 September, 2026 | 7 | Faculty, Scientists, Researchers, Students | 30 | Dr. Vaisakh G. vaisakh.G@icar.org.in Mob: 6353420195 |
4. | ICAR-CMFRI, Visakhapatnam Regional Centre | Farm/Hatchery Practices | 02-13 August, 2026 | 10 | Farmers, Entrepreneurs | 30 | Dr. Sekar Mgarajan sekarrajaqua@gmail.com Mob: 9505768370 |
5. | ICAR-CMFRI, Mandapam Regional Centre | Short-term training/on-the-job experience in 'Marine Sciences' | 04-22 May, 2026 | 15 | Researchers, Students | 45 | Dr. Anikuttan K.K. Mob: 9751865267 |
6. | ICAR-CMFRI, Vizhinjam Regional Centre | Fish Seed production | 08-19 June, 2026 | 10 | State Fisheries Officials, Researchers, Students | 40 | Dr. Biju Sam Kamalam J. Mob: 7895773558 |
7. | ICAR-CMFRI, Vizhinjam Regional Centre | Fish Seed production | 21-30 Sep., 2026 | 10 | Farmers, Entrepreneurs | 30 | Shri Ambarish P Gop, Scientist, Vizhinjam RC of CMFRI Mob. 9847553047 |
8. | ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi | Stock assessment of finfish | 03-11 Oct., 2026 | 7 | Researchers, Students | 20 | Dr. Surya S, Senior Scientist, Vizhinjam RC of CMFRI Mob. 8870127234 |
9. | ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi | familiarization with various techniques in water and sediment analysis | 09-17 November. 2026 | 7 | Farmers, Researchers, Students | 20 | Dr. Rajeev Ranjan, Senior Scientist, MBEMD, CMFRI, Kochi Mob. 9760824896 |
10. | ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi | 'Zooplankton diversity' | 01-18 December, 2026 | 15 | State Fisheries Officials, Farmers, Researchers, Students, Entrepreneurs | 25 | Dr. Miriam Paul Sreeram Principal Scientist, MBEMD Mob: 9958785660 |
Note: Fees for each training program will be updated in due course.
Human Resource Development
- CMFRI also provides facilities for carrying out short-term research programmes/ internship for Post graduate students subject to ICAR Guidelines
- CMFRI is a recognised research centres of various universities and offers facilities to the awardees of various fellowships like UGC-JRF, DST-INSPIRE, and CSIR etc. for pursuing their Ph.D. programmes.
Some of the Universities which recognise CMFRI as a research centre
- Central Institute of Fisheries Education
- Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin
- University of Kerala
- Mangalore University
- University of Madras
- Andhra University
