Live
- District Collector Encourages Students to Utilize Government Facilities for a Better Future
- Per capita availability of fruits, vegetables increases in India
- FII buying reaches Rs 22,765 crore in Dec as economic growth stays resilient
- National Energy Conservation Day 2024: Date, Importance, and Easy Ways to Save Energy
- Gastronomic trouble: After 'disappearing' samosas Himachal CM in row over red jungle fowl
- Meaningful dialogue a priceless jewel of democracy: Jagdeep Dhankhar
- CM Revanth Reddy Advocates for Gurukuls as Talent Development Centers
- Zepto’s expenses surge over 71 pc in FY24, losses at Rs 1,248 crore
- Tim Southee matches Chris Gayle's six-hitting record in his farewell Test
- AP Mnister Ponguru Narayana Inspects Highway Connectivity Roads to Amaravati
INCOIS to help fishermen zero in on catch
INCOIS to help fishermen zero in on catch, Indian fishermen no longer need to be in the dark about the exact location of their potential catch.
Hyderabad: Indian fishermen no longer need to be in the dark about the exact location of their potential catch. The Potential Fishing Zones (PFZ) advisories given by the city-based INCOIS (Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services) will help them in finding the catch with least human efforts and get maximum net profits. The unique and reliable system developed by the INCOIS for this purpose utilises the satellite data on sea surface temperatures and chlorophyll (food eaten by fish). It then prepares advisories in the form of PFZ maps and text for 12 sectors covering the entire coastline of India. Scientists will tie RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags to live fish and monitor their movement for the purpose of fishing zone advisories. INCOIS scientists said their advisories were found to be quite useful for finding Tuna fish.
As of now, INCOIS gives this information free of cost to the fishermen. It uses traditional and modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to disseminate the information to fishing hamlets and fishing harbours. Apart from telephone and e-mail, its uses SMS, voice messages, newspapers and Electronic Display Boards (EDBs). The INCOIS is keen on using mobile applications. But INCOIS scientists are not sure that the fishermen could afford smart phones for mobile Apps. The INCOIS scientists said they have got a very good feedback from the fishermen on the PFZ advisories. INCOIS Director Satish Shenoi revealed that a recent letter written by fishermen in Telugu has really moved them. Other parallel technology applications developed by INCOIS include a high-wave alert for fishermen, which will help them to avoid certain days and times to avoid fishing.
The Centre provides forecast services to shipping vessels for their easy journey from the starting point till their destination. INCOIS has developed technology for on-line location of oil spill.
A 1.5 metre-long 'Argo-Floats' left into the sea help IMD (India Meteorology Department) weather forecasters to get the temperature, salt content, chlorophyll and oxygen levels at a given location in the sea. This helps them in predicting the monsoon behaviour. INCOIS has left 117 such argo-floats in the Indian Ocean.
