Potential Fishing Zone Advisories and Forecasts for Coastal Communities using Geospatial Data

Overview

The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India, provides ocean information and advisory services to concerned stakeholders and implements the Ocean Observing System in the Indian Ocean region as per operational oceanographic services and the ocean models.

Huge volumes of data are collected from the ocean observation systems, both in real-time and offline from heterogeneous ocean observing systems and different ocean models. The data is then processed and disseminated to operational oceanographic services and aid oceanographic research. One of the major applications is the generation of potential fishing zone advisories and ocean state forecasts to help coastal fishermen make the most out of their ocean ventures.

Vision: To provide the best possible ocean information and advisory services to society, industry, government agencies and the scientific community through sustained ocean observations and constant improvements through systematic and focused research.