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...