Objectives

• Assessment of breeding of Indian major carps in hatcheries and in rivers in relation to climate change
• Assessment of the distribution and breeding of cold-water fishes in relation to climate change
• Assessing the distribution and breeding behaviour of selected estuarine fishes
• Assessment of reproductive competence and thermal tolerance of carps
• Selection of adaptive fish species and fish breeding practices
• Impact assessment of climate change on inland fisheries in peninsular rivers
• Development of adaptation strategies
• Assessment of Carbon sequestration options in selected aquaculture centred wetlands
• Assessment of economic vulnerability of the fishermen household
• Assessment of habitat quality and breeding behaviour of important species in rivers and estuaries with reference to climatic change
• Studies on reproductive biology of selected species and fish assemblage pattern in defined stretches of the perennial and peninsular rivers
• Impact of climate related flow alterations to fish diversity in selected river stretches