In addition to 16 ongoing projects which are being implemented presently, the following new projects were sponsored during the year 1997-98.


Geological and Geophysical Studies of the Carlsberg ride(the Indian ridge programme) at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa.

Continuance of GPS monitoring in India and Antarctica at National Geophysical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad.

Assessment of Environmental parameters and the Marine Living Resources(Primary and Secondary) in the Indian EEZ and the role of Myctophid fauna in the mesopelagic habitat at Regional Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi.

Investigation on the Benthic Productivity in the EEZ of India at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi.

Stock assessment, biology and resource mapping of deep-sea shrimps & lobsters, cephalopods and fishes in the Indian EEZ at Fishery Survey of India, Bombay.

Studies on Deep Scattering Layer (DSL) at Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi.

Harvest technology and catch composition of deep sea fishery resources in the Indian EEZ at Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi.

Predictive Models for Marine Fisheries off the North Andhra Coast-An Ecosystem approach at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

Response of Halophilic Archaebacteria to chemical stress at Goa University,Goa.

Methane and Gas Hydrates in Marine Sediments from Eastern Arabian Sea: Distribution, origin and their possible impact on Climate change at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa.

A case study on coastal zone management; Bio-Geo-Chemical Fisheries Recycling of Environmental sensitive elements in the Mandovi-Zuari Riverine, Estuarine and Shelf Regions of Goa, West Coast of India at Goa University, Goa.

Coordinated study of Very Low Frequency (VLF) phenomena at Antarctica.