The Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE) inaugurated at  Puthuvype, Cochin, in Kerala. It functions under the Ministry of Earth Science.

• It aims to organize, coordinate and promote ocean development activities in the country which includes mapping of the living resources, preparing inventory of commercially exploitable living marine resources, their optimum utilization through ecosystem management and R&D in basic sciences on Marine Living Resources and Ecology.
• Evolving, coordinating and implementing time targeted national /regional R&D programmes in the field of marine living resources and ecology through effective utilisation of Fishery and Oceanographic Research Vessel Sagar Sampada.