In order to provide access to the institute’s technologies and know how, the CMFRI organises following types of need based training programme for the benefit of farmers, researchers, academicians, administrators, students on various aspects of marine fisheries and mariculture.
- Short course – 1-3 days duration
- Intensive courses – 5-10 days duration
- Training @ field - 2-5days duration
- Summer/Winter schools - 21 days duration

Organising Summer / Winter Schools

Intensive Course on Cage Farming

Field Training at Fishing Harbours

Hands on Training in Fish breeding

Training to officials of SAARC Countries
ICAR sponsored Winter School
Human Resource Development
- CMFRI also provides facilities for carrying out short-term research programmes/ internship for Post graduate students subject to ICAR Guidelines
- CMFRI is a recognised research centres of various universities and offers facilities to the awardees of various fellowships like UGC-JRF, DST-INSPIRE, and CSIR etc. for pursuing their Ph.D. programmes.
Some of the Universities which recognise CMFRI as a research centre
- Central Institute of Fisheries Education
- Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin
- University of Kerala
- Mangalore University
- University of Madras
- Andhra University