Dr. K.K. Prajith, Scientist (Fishing Technology),Veraval Research Centre of ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology bagged Young Marine Biologist Award for his paper entitled “Square Mesh Window Bycatch Reduction Devise (SMW-BRD) for stationary bagnets of Hooghly riverine system” authored by K.K. Prajith, V.R. Madhu, M.P. Remesan and P. Pravin presented during International symposium on ‘Marine ecosystems – Challenges and opportunities’(MECOS-2) held at Cochin during  2-5 December, 2014.

Dr. Prajith  receiving the Young Marine Biologist Award from Prof (Dr). Rashid Sumalia, Director, Fisheries Economics, University of British Columbia, Canada