01 Jun 2023  |   06:01am IST

61-day fishing ban comes into force in Goa

Team Herald

PANJIM: Curtains have finally come down on the fishing season with the annual 61- days long ban on fishing by mechanised vessels coming into force from Wednesday midnight.

During this period, in view of the need to conserve fish, the government has prohibited fishing by fishing vessels which use mechanical means of propulsion and trawl-net and purse-seine net along the sea coast of the State of Goa and the territorial waters of the State of Goa. Fishing by registered motorised canoes using gill nets only, and fitted with outboard or inboard motors, of up to 10 HP capacity, as a means of propulsion, are not prohibited.

Fisheries Minister Nilkanth Halarnkar said that the uniform ban is for 61 days, which will be lifted in August.