AUGUSTO RODRIGUES
PANJIM: The Fisheries Minister of Goa Nilkanth Halarnkar, the Fisheries Director Shamila Monteiro, the OSD to the Minister Prathamesh Tulaskar and a team of private fisheries stakeholders enjoyed a five-day trip to different places in Norway from February 26 to March 1 (excluding travelling time) this year.
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The trip was initiated, planned and reasoned by one Goa-based fishing baron Miguel Rodrigues. Rodrigues is a big time fishing entrepreneur and a die-hard backer of LED fishing. He is the owner of Joecons Marine Exports Pvt Ltd and their companies and runs his private jetty, Mobrar Fisheries.
It is pertinent to note that the government jetties on which traditional fishermen depend on, are in a state of complete neglect and in a state of disrepair, with no facilities.
Such is his power and influence, that Rodrigues prevailed upon the Indian Embassy in Norway to invite the Fisheries Minister of Goa to lead a delegation to Norway from late February till early March this year.
