India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Marine Living Resources (MLR) Programme of CMLRE for survey, assessment and monitoring of marine living resources in the Indian EEZ.
Deep Ocean Mission (DOM), under which CMLRE is the nodal agency for exploration and conservation of deep-sea biodiversity in India's EEZ, particularly in biodiversity hotspots such as seamounts.
In addition, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI), Kochi is also conducting comprehensive and continuous programmes for assessment and monitoring of marine living resources across India's territorial waters and EEZ. The assessment and monitoring framework operated by ICAR-CMFRI rests on two distinct but complementary pillars:
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