ICAR-Central Institute of Coldwater Fisheries Research (ICAR-CICFR) is the nodal research institution in India for scientifically driving the sustainable development of coldwater fisheries and aquaculture in the Indian uplands, under the aegis of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). From a humble beginning in 1963, as Coldwater Fisheries Research Unit of ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, at Harwan, Kashmir, the institute was first established as an independent National Research Centre on Coldwater Fisheries, headquartered in Bhimtal, on 24^th September, 1987. more…