====== Traditional Knowledge Repository of Fisheries (TKRF)  ====== 

This is a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library for Fishery resources, created by [[University Library]], [[Cochin University of Science & Technology]], with the financial assistance of Kerala State Council Science Technology and Environment [[ KSCSTE]]  
The main objective of this [[TKDL]]  is  documenting the local knowledge of fisherman’s community and the explore the science behind the traditional knowledge of the fisherman’s community in their daily life   and linking with  scientific  community. The main contents of this TKDL is indigenous fishing methods  such as prediction of the availability of fish species, whether forecasting, anticipation of problems, disaster warning, general fish habitat, [[medical applications]] of marine species, etc from their experience and knowledge transferred through generations for the improved, sustainable coastal resource management.
****Important parameters****
    - [[Indigenous knowledge of Fishing]], 
  - [[Indigenous knowledge of Climate Prediction]] 
  -  [[Indigenous Knowledge of Disaster Warning]]  
  -  [[Pharmacological application of Marine species]] 
  -  [[Kadal kodathi]]/ or  [[sea court]] 
 
      -[[Mud bank]] or [[chaakara]]
      -[[Glossary of local terms]]
      -[[Fishing Technology]]
      -[[Fishing Tools]]