Olive Ridley nesting: Mobile app to alert fishermen on no-fishing zones
The Hindu
Last year, around 3.5 lakh turtles laid eggs in the Gahiramatha coast
With the mass nesting season of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles approaching, the Odisha Government in collaboration with the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) has come up with a customised mobile application which would alert fishermen about the no-fishing zones in the vast waters of the Bay of Bengal.
The Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary has been declared a no-fishing zone off the Odisha coast.
The offline Fisher Friend Mobile Application (FFMA) can be downloaded freely by fishermen and boat crew members to know the GPS locations and the boundaries of the zones.
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