Vision
- Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Resource Management
- Basic and Applied studies on Marine and Coastal Resources and systems
- Protection and conservation of threatened species and habitat preservation
- Climate and Energy
- Sustainable and Responsible fishery
- Promotion of safer seafood
- Ocean and coastal Pollution
- Restoration of mangroves, corals, estuaries and lagoons
- Coastal Resource Management
- Promotion of aquaculture and open sea farming
- GIS based modeling on coastal geomorphology for disaster management
- GIS and Remote sensing Mapping and modelling for Marine and Coastal Resource Monitoring and Conservation
- Coastal folk livelihood enhancement
- Awareness on Marine and Coastal Resources for sustainable utilization
- Shore Management
