Fisheries Research and Training Institute

The Fisheries Research and Training Institute (Urdu: دانش کدہِ تربیت و تحقیقِ ماہی گیری‎) is a research institution in Lahore, Pakistan.[1] with work centring on inland fisheries and aquaculture in Pakistan. Its role is to promote fisheries and aquaculture in the country. The institute is divided in 7 sections:[2] Aquaculture, Biology and Ecology, Nutrition, Pathology and Disease, Chemistry, Fisheries Management, and Training.

Fisheries Research and Training Institute, Lahore, Pakistan

Fisheries Research and Training Institute, Lahore, Pakistan
Established	1952
Location	Batapur, Lahore, Pakistan
Website	punjabfisheries.gov.pk

The institute is head by the Director Fisheries (R&T), Punjab Lahore and each section is headed by a Deputy Director Fisheries, each of whom is assisted by Assistant Director Fisheries.

Faculty

Sr #	Name	Designation	Qualification	Year Joined the Institute
1.	Dr. Sikandar Hayat	Director Fisheries	PhD, M.Phil.	Since 2008
2.	Dr.Ehsan Mehmood Bhatti	Deputy Director Fisheries	PhD
3.	Zahid Iqbal Rana	Deputy Director Fisheries	B.Sc.
4.	Muhammad Azeem Ch.	Deputy Director Fisheries	B.Sc.
5.	Aftab Zaheer Khan	Deputy Director Fisheries	B.Sc.
6.	Manzoor Hussain Bhatti	Assistant Director Fisheries	B.Sc.
7.	Abdul Rehman Makki	Assistant Director Fisheries	B.Sc.
8.	Tariq Raheed	Botanist	M.Sc. Botany

Research activities

The institute conducts multidisciplinary research and training activities, with the main objectives in related areas under:[3]

• A. Merits of various aquaculture systems and methods to improve production of commercially important species
• a. Assessment of production potential with various levels of inputs in ponds.
• b. Formulation of low cost balanced feed.
• c. Breeding, selection and mass rearing.
• d. Diseases and their prevention.
• e. Pond engineering and water dynamics
• f. Fish production as a component of an integrated farming system.
• B. Biology and ecology of selected species of commercial importance
• a. Studies on food, feeding, reproduction, spawning, life cycles and behavior of selected species.
• b. Migration patterns of migrating species.
• C. Post-harvest technology for fish
• D. Management systems for lakes and reservoirs to improve fish production
• E. Control of pollution as affecting naturally occurring fish population
• F. Fisheries economics and marketing
• G. Studies of the socio-economic conditions of fishermen and fish farmers

Training

The institute organizes short and long term specialized training courses of a multidisciplinary nature covering the basic and applied aspects of Fisheries and Aquaculture for pre-service and in-service Fisheries personnel and private entrepreneurs.[4] These courses include:

• Pre promotion course for Director Fisheries
• Pre promotion course for Deputy Director Fisheries
• Pre promotion course for Assistant Director Fisheries
• Pre promotion course for Fisheries Research Assistant

See also

• List of research institutes in Pakistan

References

1. "ISESCO Center for promotion of Science". ISESCO Center for promotion of Science. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
2. "Punjab Fisheries Department" (PDF). Punjab Fisheries Department. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
3. "Fisheries: Portal". Government of the Punjab. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
4. "Directorte". Government of the PUnjab. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.