February 3, 2015 — Sustainable means to utilise ocean resources without causing damage to them and their marine life would come up for deliberations during the four-day World Ocean Science Congress-2015, beginning in Kochi, India on Thursday.
Eminent oceanographers, naval exponents, environmentalists and maritime industrialists from across the world will attend the event to be inaugurated by Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya will also participate in the congress while state Fisheries, Ports and Excise Minister K. Babu will preside over the function.
The World Ocean Science Congress, being jointly organised by Swadeshi Science Movement, Vijnana Bharati, Kerala chapter and Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, will have four plenary sessions, 13 technical sessions, exhibitions, a round table on shipping and ocean resources, besides a national fishermen’s meet.
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