PANJIM: Over 1500 trawlers in the State will drop anchor from Thursday as the annual 61-day-long fishing ban along the western coast comes into force. The uniform fishing ban will be implemented in Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka. PANJIM: Over 1500 trawlers in the State will drop anchor from Thursday as the annual 61-day-long fishing ban along the western coast comes into force. The uniform fishing ban will be implemented in Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka. This annual fishing ban from June 1 to July 31 is meant to facilitate fish breeding during the season. The Fisheries Department issued an order banning fishing through mechanised fishing vessels during the ban period. Registered motorised canoes using gill nets have been exempted. The department’s notification states, “…the Government of Goa having regard to the need to conserve fish, hereby prohibits fishing by vessels fitted with mechanical means of propulsion and by means of trawl-net and purse-seine net. Except fishing by registered motorised canoes using gill nets only, and fitted with outboard or inboard motors, of up to 10 HP capacity, as a means of propulsion, along the sea coast of the State of Goa and the territorial waters of the State of Goa, with effect from June1, 2017 till July31, 2017 (both days inclusive).”