Mangaluru: By the end of February, fishermen off the coast of Mangaluru could be reeling their catch in! Instead of gazing at the sea with one eye on the climate and the other on fish activity below the sea's surface, fishermen can rely on a whole new ‘friend’ - their mobile!
‘Fisher Friend Mobile App,’ (FFMA), dubbed “a unique, single window solution for the holistic shore-to-shore needs of the fishing community,” is likely to be available on google play store by next month. It will show the Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ) and provide information like, weather and ocean reports to any fisherman who installs the app on his mobile.
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in partnership with Qualcomm, with inputs from INCOIS has developed this Fisher Friend Mobile Application which at present is serving the fishermen of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
