Developing and Demonstrating Adaptation Strategies for Marine Fisheries and Mariculture

• Studying the spawning behaviour of economically important fishes in relation to climatic factors to harness the beneficial effects of climate change.
• Unravel the relationship between climatic factors and chlorophyll on abundance of major fishes.
• Demonstrate the climate coping technologies in marine fisheries to primary and secondary stakeholders.
• Climate change modelling and projections for Indian marine fisheries sector.

NICRA PHASE-II WORK COMPONENTS 2021-22 ONWARDS

• Data Mining & Analytics
• Risk Assessment and adoption of weather forecast
• Behaviour of Supply Chain
• Environmental aspects
• Response of capture and culture species to climate change
• Adaptive Management in response to climate change-Reports

NICRA Phase II Work Components 2020-2021

• Phenology, Trophodynamics & Abundance estimation
• Spatio-temporal studies on Habitat Shift & Species Distribution
• Vulnerability assessment and predictive modelling of key marine species
• Critical Habitat management
• Carbon sequestration studies
• Blue Carbon potential
• Climate resilient product development
• National Resilience Framework for Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Climate resilient technology development and popularizing
• Scientific events, workshops on capacity building

NICRA PHASE-I WORK COMPONENTS

• Capture Fisheries and Modelling
• Mariculture
  • Cage farming of Pompano
  • Integrated Multi Trophic Aquaculture
• Technology Demonstration
• Participatory Programmes
• Training programmes
• Capacity development programmes