ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute

The government of India established a Central Inland Fisheries Research Station at Calcutta in 1974, under the then Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Later, in 1959, the Central Inland Fisheries Research Station was elevated to a full-fledged research institute, christened "Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute". In 1967 it came under the administration of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture (currently Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare), New Delhi. ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute strives for knowledge-based management of inland open waters for sustainable fisheries, conservation of aquatic biodiversity, the integrity of ecological services, and deriving social benefits from these waters.