| Area of Research |
- Marine mammals and fishery interaction
- Passive fishing gears for responsible fishing
- Fishing Technology/Fisheries Resource Management
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| Education |
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MSc (Marine Biology)
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PhD.
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| Current projects |
- Marine Mammals stock assessment in India (PMSSY funded) - Principal Investigator
- Designing Responsible Fishing Systems: integrating fish morphology and behavioural Response to fishing stimuli – Co - Principal Investigator
- Investigations on sustainable, productive and safe fishing technologies- Co - Principal Investigator
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| Awards and recognitions |
- Young Scientist Award 2011 by Asian Fisheries Society – 2011
- Yang Yi Memorial Students Award (International) by World Aquaculture Society –2011
- Young Marine biologist Award (International) by Marine Biological Association of India- 2014
- Best presentation award : Onbard observations on the abundance of marine mammals in the fishing grounds off Kochi, Kerala, India. In National Seminar on Microbial Interactions in Aquatic Systems and Ecological Sustainability MIASES- held at MES college Ponnani, Kerala- 2024
- Best paper award : Floating cages as FAD: A Noval concept to double the income of artisanal fisher folk , during 8th Global conference on Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture November 2022
- Best presentation award: Development of region- and species-specific pots/traps: Performance of four fish trap designs in the vicinity of sea cage farming site, off Veraval. During 12th National Science Symposium on recent trends in science and technology organized by Christ college, Rajkot, Gujarat-2021
- Best presentation award : Off bottom trawl for conservation of biodiversity by reducing bycatch in trawl fishery. During 10th National Science Symposium on recent trends in science and technology organized by Christ college, Rajkot, Gujarat-2019
- Best oral presentation award, V.R. Madhu, Prajith K.K., Remesan. M.P and Pravin, P. “Evaluation of low impact semi pelagic Trawl net off Cochin, Kerala” “Greening Fisheries – Towards Green Technologies in Fisheries” jointly organized by the SOFT(I) and CIFT – 2013
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| Publications (Best 5 publications) |
- K. K. Prajith, S. Chinnadurai and M. P. Remesan (2023) Marine Pots and Traps of the South-West Coast of India:A Review of their Design, Operation and Fisheries. Fishery Technology 60 (2023) : 231 – 239
- K. K. Prajith* and V. R. Madhu (2022) Effect of Trap Funnel angle on Fish Capture Efficiency' fishery technology journal, Vol. 59 (2022) : 56 – 59
- K.K. Prajith, P.H. Dhiju Das and Leela Edwin (2014) Dolphin Wall Net (DWN) – An innovative management measure devised by ring seine fishermen of Kerala-India to reducing or eliminating marine mammal–fishery interactions. Ocean & Coastal Management Volume 102, Part A, December 2014, Pages 1–6
- K. K Prajith, M. P Remesan and Leela Edwin (2016) Traditional Wisdom of Fishing Techniques and Rituals of Kuruman Tribe of Wayanad, Western Ghats . Asian Agri-History 20(2):119-126 • March 2016
- Remesan, M.P., K.K.Prajith., Daniel Raj, F., Rithin Joseph and Boopendranath, M.R. (2016) Investigations on aimed midwater trawling for myctophids in the Arabian Sea.–Fish. Technol., 53(3): 190-196.
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