ABSTRACT
Among other ventures undertaken at the Center for Advanced Studies in Marine Biology in the town of Perangipettai in Tamil Nadu, India, scientists, including biologists, aquaculturalists, and resource managers, are currently involved in a so-called Potential Fishing Zone Forecasting Project. In collaboration with local fishermen working the waters of the coast of the neighbouring Bay of Bengal, and in response to recent problems with excessive fishing, changes in seasonal regularity, shifts to the seabed and currents, and other such trying characteristics of the Tamil Nadu marine environment, the researchers have initiated a project of trying to systematically take stock of the immediate natural surroundings with a view to ensuring a sustainable fishing trade in the future.
