India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Government of India, through the Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, implements a comprehensive programme to assess and monitor Marine Living Resources (MLR) in India's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), aligned with the institutions' mandate.
In the last three years (2023-2026), CMLRE has undertaken ~19 surveys for the assessment of fishery resources and marine biodiversity in the Indian EEZ.
Scientific data generated through CMLRE is being utilised to support sustainable MLR management, marine conservation, and evidence-based policy formulation. Key applications include the estimation of the potential fishery yield of the Indian EEZ (conducted every eight years), identification of ESBAs (Ecologically & Biologically Significant Areas), development of biodiversity inventories and genomic reference libraries, identification of fish spawning grounds and seasons, submission of data for national and international commitments (including the Convention on Biological Diversity and SDG-14), and publication of scientific reports on deep sea and distant-water fishery resources of the Indian EEZ.
The steps/initiatives to strengthen scientific research, ecosystem monitoring, and long-term assessment of marine living resources in Indian waters are elaborated below.
This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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