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DIVISION: I - MARINE BIOLOGY - A Prelude to Marine Biology - The Fish Food Organisms:
Planktons – The Bacterio-plankton – The Phytoplankton – Different Groups of Phytoplankton –
Distribution of Phytoplanktons in Indian Ocean – (Ecological Provinces and Mass-Forms) – The
Zooplanktons – Distribution of Zooplanktons in Indian Ocean –Vertical Migration of Zooplankton –
Indicator Species - The Mud-Banks – The Red-Tides – The Benthos - The Organisms of Sea-bottom –
The Sea-weeds – The Organic Production in the Ocean - The Organic Production in the Indian Ocean
–Marine Pollution
DIVISION: II - MARINE FISH AND FISHERIES OF INDIA - Sardine Fishery of India -
Mackerel Fishery of India - Tuna and Tuna-Like Allied Fishery of India – Bombay-duck Fishery of India
- Pomphrates Fishery of India – Silver-Belly Fishery of India – Elasmobranch Fishery of India - Sciaenids
Fishery of India - Polynemids Fishery of India - Sole Fishery of India – Marine Cat-fish Fishery of India -
The Anchovies Fishery of India - The Seer-Fish Fishery of India - The Crustacean Fishery of India
–Prawn/ Shrimp Fishery of India –The Crab Fishery of India –The Lobster Fishery of India –The
Stromatopods Fishery of India - Molluscan Fishery of India - The Chank Fishery in India –The Pearl
Oyster Fishery in India –The Edible-Oyster Fishery in India –The Mussel Fishery in India –The Calm and
Cockle Fishery in India –The Cephalopods Fishery of India
DIVISION: III - OCEANOGRAPHY AND METEOROLOGY - Oceanography - Some Major
Features of the Earth and the Oceans – The Relation between the Ocean and the Land - The Topographic
features of the Ocean Floor - General Distribution of Salinity in the Ocean - General Distribution of
Temperature in the Ocean - General Distribution of Density in the Ocean - Sun light Penetration in the
Ocean – Sound Transmission in the Ocean – The Water-Mass and its Characteristics - The Up-Welling -
General Ocean Currents - The Current Systems of the World Ocean – The Waves in the Oceans - The
Tides in the Ocean – The Physiography of the Indian Ocean – The Chemical Oceanography - The
Fisheries Oceanography of the Arabian Sea - The Fisheries Oceanography of the Bay of Bengal -
Meteorology
DIVISION: IV – FISH POPULATION DYNAMICS - Fisheries Management - Study of Age and
Growth of Fishes – Age Determination by Growth-Checks on Hard-parts – Fish Length from Growth-
Rings – Growth Characteristics of Fish - Sampling for Resources Estimation - Estimation of Mortality
and Exploitation-Rates - Estimation of Stock, Recruitment and Yield per Recruit - Fitting Yield Models.