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13. Department of Ocean Development 14. Environment Protection Training and Research InstituteGachibowli, Hyderabad - 500 019,India Phone: +91-40-3001241,3001242, 3000489Fax: +91-40- 3000361E-mail: info@eptri.comAssessment of environment parameters and marine living resources(primary and secondary) in Indian EEZ (Nodal Agency NIO Kochi)Stock assessment, biology and resource mapping of deep sea shrimps,lobsters and fishes in Indian EEZ (Nodal agency-Fisheries Survey ofIndia)Investigations of toxical algal blooms and benthic productivity inIndian EEZ (Nodal agency- Cochin University of Science andtechnology)Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System (COMAP) -monitoring and modelling of marine pollution along entire Indiancoast and islands. Parameters monitored are temp, salinity, DO, pH,SS, BOD, inorganic phosphate, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, totalphosphorus, total nitrite, total organic carbon, petroleumhydrocarbons, pathogenic vibros, pathogenic E.coli, shigella,salmonella, heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb) and pesticide residues (DDT,BHC, Endosulfan). Monitoring is carried out along the ecologicallysensitive zones and urban areas (NIO Mumbai- Apex coordinatingagency).Sea Level Measurement Programe (SELMAM)- sea level measurementat selected stations (Porbandar, Bombay, Goa, Cochin, Tuticorin,Madras, Machilipatnam, Visakhapatnam, Paradeep, Calcutta andKavaratti (Lakshadweep Island)) along Indian coast and islands usingmodern tide gaugesDetailed coastal maps through Survey of India showing contour at 1/2a metre interval in the scale of 1:25000. (Nellore- Machhalipatnam workalready over)Marine Data Centre (MDC) IMD for Ocean surface meteorology,GSI for marine geology, SOI for tide levels, Naval HydrographicOffice for bathymetry, NIO Goa for physical chemical and biologicaloceanography, NIO Mumbai for marine pollution, CMFRI forcoastal fisheries, Institute of Ocean Management Madras for coastalgeomorphologyDOD has setup Indian National Centre for Ocean InformationServices (INCOIS) at Hyderabad for generation and dissemination ofocean data products (near real time data products such as sea surfacetemperature, potential fishing zones, upwelling zones, maps, eddies,chlorophyll, suspended sediment load etc). MDC will be integratedwith INCOISIntegrated Coastal and Marine Area Management (ICMAM)programme - GIS based information system for management of 11critical habitats namely Pichavaram, Karwar, Gulf of Mannar, Gulf ofKhambat, Gulf of Kutch, Malvan, Cochin, Coringa mangroves,Gahirmata, Sunderbans and Kadamat (Lakshadeep)Wetland maps for Tamil Nadu and Kerala showing the locations oflagoons, backwaters, estuaries, mudflats etc (1:50000 scale)Coral Reef Maps for Gulf of Kachch, Gulf of Mannar, Andaman andNicobar and Lakshadeep Islands (1:50,000 scale) indicating thecondition of corals, density etcEnvironment Information Centre- has appointed EPTRI as theDistributed Information Centre for the Eastern Ghats region of India.EIC Collaborates with the Stockholm Environment Institute SwedenDatabase on Economics of Industrial Pollution Prevention in IndiaDatabase of Large and Medium Scale Industries of Andhra PradeshEnvironmental Status of the Hyderabad Urban AgglomerationStudy on ‘water pollution-health linkages’ for a few Districts of A.PREPORT ON SECONDARY DATA COLLECTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION CENTRE 6