Keel laid for research vessel

The keel for a fisheries research vessel of the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) was laid on Thursday.

S. Ayyappan, Deputy Director General, Fisheries, of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research, laid the keel in the presence of K. Devadasan, director, CIFT.

It is the Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC) that is building the vessel. The CIFT would use the vessel for research activities on less exploited fish species.