CIFRI Awards
Inland fisheries are a vital component in the livelihoods and food security of people throughout
the world, as well as contributing huge economic benefits and recreation. These valuable assets are jeopardised by a lack of research-based understanding of the long-term impacts of fisheries on inland ecosystems, and similarly the impact of human activities associated with inland waters on fisheries and aquatic biodiversity. To achieve this goal, a new research approach is needed that focuses on quantifying economic, social, and nutritional benefits of inland fisheries; improving assessments designed to evaluate fisheries exploitation potential ecosystem productivity and aquatic biodiversity. For sustainable inland Fisheries management an ecosystem-based approach is most important. 
In this training program, trainees were taught about different aspects of ecosystem modelling such as ecosystem-based fisheries management, different food web modelling, ecopath, ecosim and ecospace models, various statistical packages for inland fisheries, and other dynamic modelling in R platforms, etc. Hands-on practical was conducted by various expert resource persons from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; Gushkara Mahavidyalaya, Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal; Kyung Hee University, Korea; ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore, etc. 
In the valedictory session as a concluding remark the Director, ICAR-CIFRI urged all the participants to work hard in their respective field for quality data collection to come up suitable management measures in the inland open waters. He also assured all the participants that ICAR-CIFRI will always remain supportive for any kind of support required in research in ecosystem-based modelling. Dr. Archan Kanti Das, In-charge training and Extension Cell congratulates all the participants for successful completion of the training program. 
