Instructional programmes at graduate (B.F.Sc.) and post-graduate level (M.F.Sc.). To conduct need based and specialized research, training and extension programmes in freshwater aquaculture. To ensure fisheries and aquaculture based sustainable rural livelihood and food & nutritional security for all. To enable economic utilization of the cultivated and cultivable aquatic resources in the inland and offshore areas of the state. To act as a nodal agency for scientific technology transfer of freshwater aquaculture development in the region.