PAN India Fisher Friend Mobile Application : An Innovative Decision Support System

The Pan India Fisher Friend Mobile Application (FFMA) is an Android based application designed to provide easy access to all relevant information related to fishing. FFMA is a pioneering single window solution to address knowledge requirements to act as a catalytic and real-time decision making support system for small craft resource-poor fishers who live everyday in fear of failure, loss, and death. The app provides dynamic information that addresses the shore-to-shore knowledge requirements of the fishing community and enables fishers to undertake “informed decision and informed fishing”.