An app to ensure fisher’s safety at sea

Kozhikode | Thursday | 20th September, 2018

Summary:

Safe appIn Kozhikode district, details of all the 5,306 registered fishing boats, including mechanised, non-mechanised and country boats, will be added to the new application. Monitoring of fishing vessels and real-time tracking of fishermen at work will be possible after the launch of the full-fledged version,” says Fisheries Deputy Director T.M. The collected data will be linked to a centralised communication system which will facilitate the timely dissemination of safety alerts, she adds. more-inSagara, an android application developed by the Fisheries Department and National Informatics Centre (NIC), will soon feature the details of around 20,000 registered fishermen in Kozhikode district. With the launch of the updated version, even fishing boat owners will be able to get real-time status of their vessels and crew in the sea..