Pramod Ganapathiraju obtained his BSc in Fisheries from Andhra University,India. Subsequently he obtained a Master's in Marine Biology and Oceanography from Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology (www.casmbenvis.nic.in), Annamalai University, India. His research work, on Recruitment patterns and critical inshore-offshore linkages of Grouper Juveniles in Vellar-Coleroon estuarine system, was supervised by Dr. T. Kannupandi. Subsequently he worked as Research Fellow for two years studying Distribution and diversity of Rocky benthic invertebrates along Northeastern Bay of Bengal in a Department of Ocean Development, Government of India project at Andhra University. From 2002-2004 he worked as Research Assistant studying Distribution and Abundance of Coral reef fishes along the east coast of India. Further, his work with A.P. Natural History Society, under the guidance of Dr. NAV Prasad Reddy, also involved studies on the migration patterns of Dolphins and Whales along the central Bay of Bengal to devise awareness strategies for fishermen to conserve whales.

Recently he completed his Master's in Marine Management at Dalhousie University (2004-2005). His Research work, on "Trawl fishery along the India's northeastcoast: an analysis of catches, seasonal changes and ecological impacts" was supervised by Dr. Tony Charles, at St. Mary's University, Halifax, Canada.

Pramod joined Fisheries Centre in Sept, 2005 where his doctoral research "Global study on incentives to compliance with the FAO Code of Conduct and IUU Fishing" intends to understand effectiveness of Global fisheries laws.

He is an active collaborator of Fishbase, and has contributed several pictures of reef pictures along central east coast of India since 2004. He also participated in DFO Summer Ground fish Survey (July, 2005) on CCGS Teleost along the Scotian Shelf as part of his internship with DFO at St. Andrews Biological Station, St. Andrews, Canada from May to July, 2005.

Publications:

Pitcher, T.J., Kalikoski, D., Short, K., Varkey, D. and Pramod, G. (2009) An evaluation of progress in implementing ecosystem based management of fisheries in 33 countries. Marine Policy Vol.33, No.2, (in press).

Pauly, D., Pramod, G. and Khan, A. (2006) Country profiles: a new Sea Around Us web product, Fish Bytes, Issue 37 - Sept /Oct 2006, page 4.

Pitcher, T. J. Kalikoski, D. and Pramod, G. (eds) (2006) Evaluations of Compliance with the FAO (UN) Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, Fisheries Centre Research Report, Vol. 14(2), (Available online at : http://www.fisheries.ubc.ca/archive/publications/reports/report14_2.php)

Pramod. G., Chakravarty. M.S. (2005) Distribution of bivalve molluscs in the exposed and sheltered habitats along the north Andhra coast, Bay of Bengal, Proc. of AP Akademi of Sciences, Vol.9. No.3, 2005. Pages 273-280.

Reddy, N.A.V., Pramod. G, Maruthi, Ch. (2004) "Conservation of Whales: A sustainable approach" Paper presented at A.P. Seminar on Sustainable Fisheries, conducted by CIFT, Visakhapatnam, India, 6 pp.

Pramod. G., Maruthi. C (2004) Survey of Bivalve Molluscs along North Andhra Coast, Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol.12 no. 1 April 2004, 145-153pp.

Shanmugam. A., Soundarapandian. P, Pramod. G and T. Kannupandi Lengthand weight relationship and biometry of the groupers Epinephelus tauvina (Forskal,1775) and E.malabaricus (Schnenider, 1801) Indian Journal of Fisheries, Vol.47(1) : 2000

Soundarapandian. P, A. Shanmugam, G. Pramod and T. Kannupandi Food and feeding habits of Epinephelus tauvina (Forskal, 1775) and Epinephelus malabaricus (Schnenider, 1801) in the Vellar estuary, Journal of the Annamalai University Part - B - Science 38: (1998).

Fish Base Collaborator (Since 2004) www.fishbase.org (A Global informationsystem on fishes) (Contributed 24 reef fish photos of Visakhapatnam, Central east coast of India)

Scholarships:

Faculty of Graduate Studies Scholarship, Dalhousie University (2004 – 2005)

Cecil and Kathleen Morrow Scholarship, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia (2007)