I happened to visit Fishing Harbor, Veraval- Gujtath i.e. on
western coastal region of India. Here I meet Mohan Bhai owner of one of the boat
among more than 3000 boats. (population of boats has increased so substantially that
boats are park on land using cranes services.) Monsoon season is
very down time for fishing business. According to Mohan Bhai
now competition has become too fierce as too many people have entered
into this arena. One boat cost around Rs. 30 lakhs INR.
He is getting labour force( Fishermen) mainly from. Daman-Div,
Mumbai and coastal Maharashtra.
15 days work in deep sea is costing him around Rs. 1 lakh which
include the cost of 3000 litre diesel. While the estimated earning is
around Rs. 3 Lakhs from the 15 days work. But the earnings are not
exactly predictable and sometimes it gone upto Rs. 4 lakhs to Rs. 0.
It all depends on the seeds available in the sea.
The marine products are later on transported to other part
of country, majorly to Mumbai and there are exports of marine processed
products to Japan, USA and Gulf countries.
Veraval is also famous for Boat making. Many
enterprises are engaged boat making. Veraval is providing livelihood
for coastal Gujrathi's.
Regards
Amol.
