Kochi:
Balaji Ramakrishnan, director of the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), said on Tuesday that India’s first manic deepest ocean mission ‘Samdrayan’ is expected to be launched by the end of 2026 at a depth of 6,000 meters at a depth of 6,000 meters.
He was speaking after inaugurating the five-day National Training Program on the ‘Role of Fisheries in Blue Economy’ at the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) here.
“The mission will take deep sea discovery down to 6000 meters, with three scientists to be taken to ‘fisheries’. NIT, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, is the nodal agency implementing the nodal agency of Deep Ocean Mission,” he said.
Developed with India’s indigenous technology, this advanced 25-ton 4th-generation vehicle has been engineered to withstand excessive pressure and temperature in deep sea with a specially made of titanium.
Ramakrishnan said, “This mission is expected to be a game-changer for the research of India’s deep-community, which to open avenues for assessment of both living and non-living resources in the deep ocean, for opening of a way, comprehensive ocean observations and evaluation of deep sea tourism.” Ramakrishnan said.
The launch is planned as a step-by-step process, and by the end of this year an important phase of a depth test of 500 meters is estimated, “he said, adding the journey to dive will take four hours from adding, and is expected to come out at the same time.
The director of the NIOT stated that the mission would play an important role in collecting important samples from the deep ocean region, providing opportunities for scientists to understand the unique characteristics of the organism and water in the field.
Citing another success in the region, he said that an innovative technique called ‘Samudrajiva’ has been developed to focus on the farming of open maritime era.
“The technology is currently in the stage of performance,” he said, indicating that it is designed for offshore areas of the electronically monitored submerged fish, to customize the growth of fish to adapt to the growth -rich dark sea environment.
Due to having a separate sensor, the oceanjiva is capable of monitoring individual fish biomass, growth and movement and water quality parameters, he said.
“Technology is expected to be one of the major developments in India’s food security,” he said.
Dr. Ramakrishnan said that these emerging technologies will be important for sustainable development in the maritime fisheries sector and would significantly support the initiative of the country’s blue economy.
The training program on fisheries is being jointly organized by CMFRI and Vijnana Bharati (Vibha).
In his President’s address, Dr. Dr.fri Director Dr. Grinonson George said that integrating NIOT’s technology with sea research achievements of CMFRI would be important in the advancement of a healthy blue economy in India.
He said, “Technical promotion India, especially there is an urgent need to avail the ability to cultivate the cultivation of maritime algae”, he said and emphasized the need for jellyfish blooms and harmful algal blooms to support fishermen and fish farmers or the need for initial warning systems.
The National Center for Ocean Information Services Sathesh Shenoi, Vibha general secretary Vivekananda Pai, and former Director of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Dr. S Prasanna Kumar also spoke on the occasion.
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