Research

The research objectives of SDMRI are multi and inter disciplinary involving the research work on

• Conservation and management of coastal and marine ecosystems;
• Integrated coastal and disaster management;
• Ecosystem restoration and monitoring (coral reef and seagrass restoration, artificial reefs and mangrove restoration);
• Coastal ecosystem monitoring;
• Coral & seagrass monitoring, coral biology and larval recruitment and fish catch monitoring;
• Fish Spawning Aggregations;
• Climate change and costal ecosystems;
• Environmental Impact Assessment;
• Environmental and resource monitoring;
• Biodiversity studies (Identification and Assessment);
• Marine natural products;
• Biofouling;
• Pollution;
• Aquaculture;
• Seafood processing and development of value added products;

Societal

• Coastal fisher folk, in particular women socio-economic status upliftment through capacity building and education
• Environmental education and awareness building among coastal folk

Academic

• To promote higher education in Marine Science through M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. programme