Mumbai:
The State Fisheries Department has issued instructions on Friday to further strengthen maritime security in Maharashtra. The department has made it mandatory for every sailor who goes fishing at all ports of the state to take Aadhaar card with QR code. Instructions of Fisheries Department Commissioner Kishore Tawde came when Fisheries and Port Development Minister Nitesh Rane visited Sasoon Dock in South Mumbai and saw that most of the sailors did not have Aadhaar cards.
At that time, Rane issued instructions to make Aadhaar card mandatory for the fishing sailors. Subsequently, the Fisheries Development Commissioner issued this instruction on Friday.
It is mandatory to keep Aadhaar card with QR code
It is mandatory to keep every sailor going fishing in the sea field with the Aadhaar card with QR code. Also, according to the provisions of Section 435 (H) of the Indian Business Shipping Act, 1958 and Section 6 (4) of the Maharashtra Maritime Fisheries Regulation Act, 1981 (amended 2021), permanently It is also mandatory to write.
It is necessary to paint the ship’s cabin on the roof
According to the instructions, “The registration number of the ship should be clearly visible in the back (upper) on both sides of the ship. It will be mandatory to paint it on the roof of the ship’s cabin. The fishing license of the ships is only after taking such action Will be renewed and fishing tokens will be released. “
Drone monitoring and digital data maintenance mechanisms installed
The fisheries department has taken this step last month after starting a drone -based aerial surveillance on the state coast to keep a close watch on illegal fishing in Maharashtra. A drone monitoring and digital data maintenance mechanism has been installed in the Mumbai office of the Department of Fisheries to monitor the feeds shared by these devices.
The minister said that the drone monitoring project has been started in Palghar, Thane, Mumbai suburban, Mumbai city, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Mirkarwara, Sindhudurg-Devgarh.
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