Joint Initiative in Marine Fish Taxonomy: The Integrated Efforts of ICAR-NBFGR and FSI for Enhancing Expertise

Joint Initiative in Marine Fish Taxonomy: The Integrated Efforts of ICAR-NBFGR and FSI for Enhancing Expertise

17th December 2023, Kerala

A Workshop on “Ichthyotaxonomy: Journey from conventional to molecular methods” jointly organised by ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources and Fishery Survey of India was inaugurated by Dr. R. Jeyabaskaran, Director General, FSI Office, Kochi (Kerala) today to ignite young minds to initiate research in ichthyotaxonomy.

Joint Initiative in Marine Fish Taxonomy: The Integrated Efforts of ICAR-NBFGR and FSI for Enhancing Expertise

Dr U.K. Sarkar, Director, ICAR-NBFGR; Shri. M. Habibullah, Director, CIFNET; Dr. Shine Kumar, Director, NIFPHAAT; Dr. Sijo P. Varghese, Zonal Director, FSI, Kochin; Dr. T. T. Ajith Kumar, Head PAGR Centre of ICAR-NBFGR, Kochi, Scientists of FSI and NBFGR were present during the inaugural function.

Joint Initiative in Marine Fish Taxonomy: The Integrated Efforts of ICAR-NBFGR and FSI for Enhancing Expertise

Dr. Jeyabaskaran emphasised on the importance of fish taxonomy and the need to organise workshops to train personnel who can document the fishery resources of the Country.

Dr. Sarkar briefed about the importance of integrated taxonomy and its utility in cataloguing valuable marine fishery resources and existing new species from the institute belonging to the peninsular marine waters.

About 45 participants from various research and academic organisations nationwide attended the workshop.

(Source: National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resource, Lucknow)

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