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PANJIM: The State government on Thursday issued notification for the annual 61-day fishing ban, which will come into force from June 1 to July 31.
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During this period, in view of the need to conserve fish, the government has prohibited fishing by fishing vessels fitted with mechanical means of propulsion and by means of trawl-net and purse-seine net, except 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, along the sea coast of the State of Goa and the territorial waters of the State of Goa.
The order was issued by Shamila Monteiro, Director of the Fisheries Department.
