Central Institute of Fisheries Education
(Deemed University - ICAR)
Fisheries University Road, Versova
Mumbai-400 061, India
http://www.fisheriesuniversity.org
EPABX Lines  :22 - 6361446/7/8
Director  : 022 - 6363404 (O)
Joint Director  : 022 - 6302232 Fax: : 022 - 6361573, 6310657
e-mail  fishinst@bom3.vsnl.net.in

Central Institute of Fisheries Education

MANDATE    THRUST AREAS   ACHIEVEMENTS   TECHNOLOGIES GENERATED 

Ever since its establishment in 1961, the Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai, has played a pivotal role in post-graduate fisheries education and training. Research and extension endeavours were strengthened with the transfer of administrative control of CIFE from the Government of India to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 1979. In due recognition of its services to the development of Indian fisheries in general and human resource development for the purpose in particular, CIFE was conferred the status of a Deemed   University in 1989.

MANDATE

• To conduct education and research programmes leading to post-graduate (M.F.Sc.) and doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in specialised disciplines of fisheries science and technology 

• To conduct capsule courses for catering to the refresher training needs of fisheries developmental and extension personnel 

• To conduct basic research in frontier areas of fisheries science and technology through institutional and collaborative efforts 

• To conduct need-based capsule/vocational training on various technlogies related to fisheries and allied disciplines 

• To provide institutional support for consultancy and participation in sponsored projects and programmes with other institutions and agencies for fisheries research in inland, coastal and marine (both within EEZ and beyond) sectors

• Biotechnological innovations in aquaculture

• Hormonal formulation for induced maturation in prawns and shrimps

• Aquafeed formulations using local feed ingredients

• Hazard reduction of pollutants in aquatic biotopes through environmental management

• Health management in aquaculture

• New candidate species (molluscs, seaweeds etc.) for aquaculture and product development

• Bioactive compounds and drugs from fisheries resources

• Simulation modelling and Geographical Information Systems

• Development of immunodiagnostic kits with special reference to diseases of crustaceans

• Development of crustacean cell lines

• Molecular diagnosis of diseases in aquaculture

• Aquatic resources of Southern Ocean

• Socio-economic and EIA studies related to fisheries and aquaculture

• Application of Information Technology in fisheries education, extension and research

ACHIEVEMENTS 

• Development of hatchery technology for giant freshwater prawn

• Use of artificial seawater as a substitute to natural seawater in giant freshwater prawn hatchery

• Development  of methods for culture of live food organisms for use in aqua-hatcheries

• Culture of brackishwater fishes and shrimps in ground saline water ponds of inland states

• Use of ozone for water quality and disease management in aqua-hatcheries

• Field testing of a new hormonal formulation `Ovatide' for fish breeding

• Development of immuno-diagnostic kits for disease management in  aquaculture

• Improved techniques of chromosome preparation from        shrimps and prawns

• Standardization of short-term blood lymphocytes and fibroblast culture techniques for in vitro chromosome preparation in carps and catfishes

• Estimation of standing stock and MSY of horse-mackerel (Megalaspis cordyla) in the north-west sector of the Exclusive Economic  Zone.

• Identification of jelly fishes, octopus, cone snails, cat fishes and scianid fishes that are potential  sources of bioactive substances

• Establishment of toxicity of carp bile and its possible role in causing chronic renal failure or malfunctioning in human beings

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

CIFE's academic programmes include M.F.Sc. in Fisheries Resource Management, Inland Aquaculture, Freshwater Aquaculture, Mariculture, Post-Harvest Technology, Genetics & Biotechnology, Pathology & Microbiology, Business Management and Nutrition & Biochemistry; Doctoral (Ph.D.) programmes in Fisheries Resource Management, Inland Aquaculture, Mariculture, and Post-Harvest Technology; and PG Diploma  programmes in Marine Fisheries and Inland Fisheries.   Admission to these  courses are made on the basis of national level entrance examinations. The institute has been recognised as a Centre of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Fisheries Science by the ICAR. Under this, training programmes for the teachers, especially dealing with fisheries subjects, are organized. Summer Schools are also conducted for such teachers. The Institute conducts need-based/vocational training courses on various topics for the national and international candidates.

TECHNOLOGIES GENERATED 

• Polyculture of carps

• Hatchery technique for carp breeding

• Hatchery management and farming of giant freshwater prawn

• Use of artificial sea water for operating giant prawn hatchery

• Aquafarm fish breeding and rearing

• Management of freshwater and brackishwater aquafarms

• Preparation of fishery products using low-value marine fishes.