CrackitToday App

Smart Fishing Harbour at Mayabunder

Kumari Sonali

Smart Fishing Harbour at Mayabunder:

In a major boost to India’s maritime infrastructure, the Union Department of Fisheries has sanctioned the development of a Smart and Integrated Fishing Harbour at Mayabunder, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.Mayabunder is a town and tehsil and the administrative headquarters of the North and Middle Andaman district, serving as a key economic, fisheries, and tourism hub in northern Andaman.Located in:Northern part of Middle Andaman Island, within the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.About 242 km from Port Blair by road (Andaman Trunk Road) and 136 km by sea.

...Read more on our test console

...Read these too

  • Light Fishing

    Light Fishing: Despite being banned in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) since 2017, light fishing continues unchecked, damaging marine biodiversity.Centre has banned light fishing in all coastal states in 2017.A…

  • SMART-PDS

    SMART-PDS: As per the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, SMART-PDS is an important technologically driven initiative, therefore, all states and union territories should make earnest efforts…

  • Purse Seine Fishing

    Purse Seine Fishing: Certain coastal states had imposed a ban on purse seine fishing. But the central government has criticized the move and said it is unjustified. A purse seine…