Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Goa to Use Drones to Monitor Illegal Fishing Activities
The Goa government is going to use drones to watch for illegal fishing.
This includes a harmful practice called bull trawling, where boats drag nets along the seabed.
The government wants to stop this and catch those who are doing it.
Drones will take pictures to help the fisheries department see what's happening.
The drones have already been tested for three months, and the government has already seized some boats and arrested crew members.
This is to protect the ocean and its fish.
Goa government will use drones to monitor illegal fishing activities.
The initiative aims to curb practices like bull trawling, harmful to the seabed.
Drones will capture images to aid the Fisheries Department's surveillance.
Trials of drone surveillance have been conducted for three months.
Action has been taken against boats involved in illegal fishing; some were seized.
- Who
- Goa's government and Fisheries Department.
- What
- The Goa government will use drones for surveillance of illegal fishing.
- When
- The decision was announced on Wednesday, July 23.
- Where
- Off the coast of Goa.
- Why
- To monitor and stop illegal fishing activities.
- Action
- Drone surveillance for illegal fishing
- Type of illegal fishing
- Bull trawling and use of LED lights
- Drone capabilities
- Fly up to 20 km on the sea.
- Recent actions
- 17 or 18 boats seized, crew arrested