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Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos) present volition acceptable up a Marine Biology Centre (MBC–L) astatine Kavaratti, Lakshadweep.
The projected centre volition relation arsenic a spoke instauration nether Vertical 6 of the Deep Ocean Mission — Advanced Marine Station for Ocean Biology — conceptualised by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).
A caller gathering of the varsity’s governing assembly approved the task successful designation of its world and probe linkages with the Union Territory of Lakshadweep and successful effect to requests from the administrative departments, according to a merchandise issued here.
The caller centre volition big state-of-the-art laboratories for marine genomics, coral restoration, and bluish biotechnology, on with coastal and offshore tract probe stations for semipermanent ecological monitoring and community-based marine restoration initiatives involving section stakeholders, it says.
The assembly besides approved the connection to motorboat Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP) and Five-Year Integrated Postgraduate Programmes (FYIPGP). The varsity volition motorboat a FYUGP programme connected Climate and Data Science successful relation with Institute for Climate Change Studies (ICCS). The Director of Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, a subordinate of the governing council, has evinced involvement to motorboat a programme successful Operational Oceanography, according to the release.
It has been decided to formulate a probe programme to place areas with deep-sea fisheries resources, disconnected the Kerala coast, utilizing some outer and oceanographic information monitoring. The assemblage volition motorboat a FYIPGP successful Marine Sciences successful relation with the projected MBC-L. The assembly has besides accorded in-principle support recognising ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), Chennai, and ICCS, Kottayam, arsenic probe centre of the Kufos.
The assembly has decided to heighten the merit assistance magnitude from ₹2,500 to ₹5,000 per semester, effectual from the existent world year, it says.
