Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi
| மீன்வள கல்லூரி மற்றும் ஆராய்ச்சி நிலையம் | |
| Motto | "கற்போம் ஆய்வோம் வெல்வோம்" |
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Motto in English
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"Learn Explore Succeed" |
| Type | College |
| Established | 1977 |
| Dean | Dr. G. Sugumar |
| Location |
Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India Coordinates: 8°46′37″N 78°06′33″E / 8.777051°N 78.1091°E |
| Campus | Urban ( outside city on harbourbypass road) |
| Affiliations | Tamil Nadu Fisheries University |
| Website |
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The Fisheries College and Research Institute (FCRI) is situated in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India.
Fisheries College and Research Institute initially started as Fisheries College was established in the year 1977 as a constituent unit of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University at Thoothukkudi, a famed town for Pearl fishing. Thereby it became the first college in the state of Tamil Nadu and the second one in India (after College of Fisheries, Mangalore) to offer the Bachelor of Fisheries Science (B.F.Sc) degree in India. When the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University was carved out of the existing Tamil Nadu Agricultural University on 20 September 1989, the college was reaffiliated to the newly formed Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. The college was duly renamed as Fisheries College and Research Institute (FCRI) during the year 1990 in order to include its focus on research and extension. The college has now become an integral part of the newly established Tamil Nadu Fisheries University with its headquarters at Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu.
FCRI functions from four campuses. The Main Campus of FCRI is about 10 km away from the city of Thoothukkudi and is spread over an area of 24 ha which is accessible through the Harbour Bypass Road. The Shore Laboratory Campus is separated from the main campus by a distance of 11 km, and is located within the Fishing Harbour Complex,Thoothukkudi over an area of 0.4 ha and is connected by the North Beach Road. Maritech Research & Extension Center is located on the outskirts of Tharuvaikulam, a fishing village which is 25 km away from the main campus, and facilitates research on mariculture activities. It is accessible through the familiar East Coast Road that runs along the coast of Tamil Nadu. There is a separate campus for residential purposes housing the staff quarters and hostel in an area of 1 ha which is 3 km away from the main campus and is located at the Teachers Colony,Thoothukkudi.
The main campus has the administrative block, computer laboratory, ARIS cell, auditorium, conference hall, AV hall, examination hall, UG / PG classroom blocks, Library, Museum and e-learning laboratory.
Research centres at the college include Fish Quality Monitoring and Certification Centre and Maritech Research Centre. The main campus of FC&RI has 2 ha of Earthen fish ponds, 2.70 ha area of reservoir, 31 freshwater prawn farms, Freshwater prawn hatchery, Carp hatchery, Glass hose aquarium and Shrimp Raceway system, catfish farm and hatchery, ornamental fish rearing facility and cryopreservation unit. The shore laboratory campus houses the facilities of fish processing and fishing technology. They include fish processing hall, fish canning unit, value added products preparation unit, packaging machineries, separate microbiology, biochemistry and quality control laboratories, marine workshop, net mending facility, navigation tools and marine bio laboratory. There is a small outboard engine fishing craft for conducting fishing. The Maritech Research & Extension center has the facilities for the culture of marine finfishes and shrimps in ponds and cages. Other facilities include Fishing training cum research vessel (Dolphin), Recirculatory Research Complex, Tilapia Rearing Complex, Fish cryo lab, Electrofisher, Fish deboner, Epifluroscent microscope, Shimadzu HPLC, ELISA reader, Gas Chromatography, GPS system, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, Carbon analyser, Audio and Video Recording Room, PCR, Microbiology Laboratory, Virology Laboratory, Quality Control Laboratory, Value addition laboratory and Fish Engine Workshop.
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