Financial Assistance for Construction/ Purchase of Wooden/ FRP Fishing Vessel (Canoe) for Fishermen

• For General Category, 50% subsidy, limited to ₹ 60,000/-- For SC/ST Category, 50% subsidy, limited to ₹ 80,000/-

• The applicant will be entitled to a subsidy grant once every four years on one craft per family household.

• The applicant should be a traditional fisherman by birth or profession.
• The applicant should be a resident of Goa.
• The applicant or any member of his household should not be a defaulter with the Directorate of Fisheries, Goa.
• The canoe purchased through the scheme should be duly registered with the Directorate of Fisheries under the Marine Fishing Regulation Act (MFR) Act 1980/ Merchant Shipping (MS) Act.
• The applicant shall not sell, lease, mortgage, or transfer the wooden/ FRP craft for 5 years from the date of purchase of the said wooden/FRP craft.
• The wooden/FRP craft purchased should have been operated exclusively for fishing purposes only.

Step 1: The interested applicant should take print of the prescribed format of the application form.

Step 2: In the application form, fill in all the mandatory fields, paste the passport-sized photograph (signed across, if required), and attach copies of all the mandatory documents (self-attest, if required).

Step 3: Submit the duly filled and signed application form along with the documents to the concerned authority at the Department of Fisheries, Dayanand Bandodkar Marg, Patto Colony, Panaji Goa - 403 521, or to the official posted at BDO Office/ Sub-Offices of the Department of Fisheries.

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