DHAMARA FISHING HARBOUR

LOCATION OF THE HARBOUR

The Harbour is located in the North Bank of Dhamara River in the revenue village Dhamara, Dist. Bhadrak. It is 20'-52'(N) latitude and 87'-04' longitude(E) 7 K.M. from the point where the Dhamara River meets with the Bay of Bengal.

LAND STATUS

M.S. Plot No. 340, 343 and 345 (P) in Khata No. 148 covering an area of Ac 40.90 of Village Dakshina Dhamara, P.S: Bansada - 131 as per Sabak ROR, now in the name of Forest Department, Kissam- Patara Jungle.

HISTORY OF HARBOUR

An UNDP assisted and FAO executed Project (1971-74) commissioned in March' 1978 with a cost of 103.80 lakhs constructed by Irrigation Department and handed over to Chief Construction Engineer, Gopalpur Port Project, under Commerce & Transport (Commerce) Department during 1980 for collection of users fees. Subsequently Stage-II was constructed and handed over on 14. 07. 2008 and Stage-I on 01.12.2009 to Management Society, Dhamara Fishing Harbour, Dhamara under control of Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Govt., Fisheries & A.R.D. Department, Govt. of Odisha.

Thus presently the Harbour is unified and under Management Society, Dhamara Fishing Harbour, Dhamara.

MANAGEMENT SOCIETY, DHAMARA

It is an autonomous Society organized for management of unified Dhamara Fishing Harbour, registered under 1860 Society Registration Act, bearing Registration No. 1953/01/BDK/08.

The Management Society has got a Governing body headed by Secretary, Fisheries & A.R.D Department, Govt. of Odisha as Chairman. It has an executive Committee headed by Sub-Collector, Bhadrak as Chairman. It has got General body where all members of Governing body, Executive Committee and stake holder are members.

MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY

1	Secretary, Fisheries & A.R.D. Department, Govt. of Odisha, Bhubaneswar	Chairman
2	Director of Fisheries, Odisha, Cuttack	Vice-Chairman
3	Collector, Bhadrak	Member
4	Superintendent of Police, Bhadrak	Member
5	Deputy Director of Fisheries (M), Cuttack	Member
6	Managing Director, FISHFED, Bhubaneswar	Member
7	Addl. District Magistrate, Bhadrak	Member
8	Sub-Collector, Bhadrak	Member
9	District Fisheries Officer, Bhadrak	Secretary
10	Executive Engineer,Electrical Division (North), Bhadrak	Member
11	Executive Engineer, Fishery Engineering Division, Bhubaneswar	Member
12	Representative, MPEDA, Bhubaneswar	Member
13	Divisional Forest Officer, Chandbali	Member
14	Addl. Director of Fisheries, Marine, Balasore	Member
15	Tahasildar, Chandbali	Member
16	Sub-Divisional Officer,Balasore Fishery Engineering Sub-Division,Bhadrak	Member
17	Representative, Director of Ports & I.W.T. Orissa Bhubaneswar	Member
18	Representative, Trawler Owners Association	Member
19	Representative, Transport Association, Dhamara	Member
20	Representative, Country Boat Owners Association ,Dhamara	Member
21	Representative, Gillnetter Boat Association, Dhamara	Member
22	Representative, Export Association	Member
23	Representative, Ice plant Owner Association, Dhamara	Member
24	Secretary, Maa Dhamarai Fisherman Association	Member
25	Manager, Management Society, Dhamara Fishing Harbour Dhamara	Member

MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1	Sub-Collector, Bhadrak	Chairman
2	Deputy Director of Fisheries (M), Cuttack	Member
3	District Fisheries Officer, Bhadrak &Secretary, M.S.D.F.H	Convener
4	Sub-Divisional Officer,Balasore Fishery Engineering Sub-Division,Bhadrak	Member
5	Tahasildar, Chandbali	Member
6	Representative, Trawler Owners Association	Member
7	Representative, Traditional Boat Owners Association ,Dhamara	Member
8	Manager, Management Society, Dhamara Fishing Harbour Dhamara	Member

AIM OF THE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY :-

1. To manage and maintain the Fishing Harbour for all weather use of fishing vessels and post harvest activities by stake holders.
2. To provide convenient landing facilities to the fishing crafts.
3. To facilitate berthing, landing of catches, auctioning bunking, repairing etc.
4. To provide hygienic conditions for the processing, handling of fish to meet international standards.
5. To maintain hygiene as per the norms of international standard in handling of marine catches.
6. To create awareness among stake holders to be clean and maintain self hygiene while handling fish.
7. To train stake holders how to preserve fish in deck during transportation and packing to fetch good price.
8. To collect users fees from harbor activities for its operation and maintenance.
9. To manage fishing harbor with all available infrastructure and provide facilities to the users.

INFRASTRUCTURE Created in Sage-I Harbour by Fishery, Engineering Division, Bhubaneswar.

Sl no	Infrastructure	Nos
1	Fisherman Gear Shed	104 Nos.
2	R.C.C. Hall No.1, No. 2 & No. 3	03Nos.
3	A.C. Sheet Godown	2Nos.
4	Workshop (G.I.Sheet)	1Nos.
5	Auction & Packing Hall of size 10m x 10m each	4 Nos.
6	Winch house	2Nos.
7	Slipway and Repair Track	10 nos.
8	Power house ( R.C.C. Roof)	2no.
9	Garage ( G.I. Sheet Roof)	1 no.
10	Overhead Tank of 50,000 Gal. capacity	1 no.
11	Pump House	2 no.
12	Generator House	2 no.
13	Main Gate	1 no.
14	R.C.C. Jetty Stage-I (Length- 210 Mtrs)	1 no.
15	Passenger Ghat	1 no.
16	Water supply room near landing quay	1 no.
17	Manager’s Office building 2 rooms of Asst. Conservator’s Office building	1 no.
18	Electrification external and internal by Separate transformer 200 KVA.	1 no.
19	Water supply system with bore well by 15 H.P. Submersible pump with motor	1 no.

INFRASTRUCTURE IN STAGE-II HARBOUR.

Sl. No.	Infrastructure	Nos
1	R. C. C. Jetty with quay Length- 210 mtr.	1 No.
2	Procurement enclosure with fish shorting Base 150 Sqm. Each	9 Nos.
3	Fisherman Rest Shed 11 Sqm. Each	9 Nos.
4	Open Auction hall with fish shorting Base 635 Sqm. Each	9 Nos.
5	Crate washing unit : 54 Sqm.	1 No.
6	Net mending yard: 2298 Sqm.	1No.
7	Fisherman retail Market complex 43.20 Sqm.	1 4 Nos.
8	Toilet Block with septic tank: 54.50 Sqm.	2 Nos.
9	Electricity supply system through 200 KVA Transformer	2 No.
10	Water supply system through 15 H.P. submersible Water pump with motor	1 No.
11	Oil Cooled Stabilizer 200 KVA & 150 KVA	2 Nos.

INFRASTRUCTURE IN STAGE - I & STAGE - II HARBOUR IN THE YEAR 2016.

1	Fisherman rest house (Dormitory)	02 Nos.
2	Fisherman Gear shed	24 Nos.
3	Radio Communication house	1 No.
4	Water treatment plant	1 No.
5	Canteen	1 No.
6	Common toilet complex	1 No.
7	Auction & Packing halls at Phase-II Jetty	1 No.
8	Pre -Processing Unit at Phase-I Jetty	1 No.

Development and creation of Infrastructures is being done by the Office of the Executive Engineer, Fishery Engineering Division, Matshya Sadan, Laxmi Sagar, Bhubaneswar.

ON-LINE REGISTERED FISHING VESSELS OPERATING AT DHAMARA M.E. UNIT.

Under Dhamara Marine Extension Unit, including Dhamara harbour there are other fishing bases like Chandanipal, Baincha, Kaithakhola, Karanapalli & Karanjamala. Boats operating given below .

Sl.	Type of Vessel	Nos.
1	Motorized Mechanical Vessels(Trawler & Gillnetter)	259 Nos.
2	Motorized Non-Mechanical Vessels(Bhutu bhuti)	172 Nos.
3	Non- Motorized Vessels( Country crafts)	72 Nos.

Vessels from other Harbour also come & avail all facilities.

FISH LANDING: - Annual- Approx 8200 MT.

CATCH COMPOSITION (CAPTURE)

Sl.No.	Variety of Fishes	Percentage
1	Prawns	10 %
2	Pomfrets	5%
3	Other ‘A’ grade fish	5%
4	Ribbon fish	5%
5	Catfish	30%
6	Bombay duck	5%
7	Other Variety fishes	40%
	Total	100%

QUALITY OF CATCH

Mostly segregated on board, well preserved with ice in crates. All the vessels have modified fish hold to accommodate crates. Fish reaches the Harbour in fresh & good condition.

TREND OF PRAWN AND FISH PASSED THROUGH MAIN GATE AT DHAMARA FISHING HARBOUR DURING LAST ELEVEN YEARS (IN MT)

YEAR	PRAWN (MT.)	OTHER VARIETY OF FISH (MT.)
2011-12	3577	7211
2012-13	3108	6651
2013-14	1576	8346
2014-15	4923	7781
2015-16	8186	9120
2016-17	12483.42	7286.89
2017-18	15551.27	7124.68
2018-19	16339.81	11544.89
2019-20	17091.93	11333.98
2020-21	9922.41	9141.47
2021-22	13467.14	10930.35
2022-23	12253.46	2995.42

TREND OF REVENUE COLLECTION AT DHAMARA FISHING HARBOUR DURING LAST THIRTEEN YEARS

YEAR	INCOME (RS)	UNDER INCUMBENCY OF
2009-10	62,20,513.00	Commerce & Fisheries Dept
2010-11	65,99,990.00	Fisheries & ARD Department
2011-12	75,53,405.00	-do-
2012-13	82,39,585.00	-do-
2013-14	89,84,415.00	-do-
2014-15	1,17,39,389.00	-do-
2015-16	1,38,75,296.00	-do-
2016-17	1,85,99,438.00	-do-
2017-18	2,39,58,017.00	-do-
2018-19	2,50,25,243.00	-do-
2019-20	2,49,76,075.00	-do-
2020-21	2,10,05,686.00	-do-
2021-22	2,54,60,635.00	-do-
2022-23	1,52,17,225.00 up to August’2022

HANDLING OF FISH & MAINTENANCE OF HYGIENE AT HARBOUR (SOME DO'S & DON' TS)

1. Vehicles emitting exhaust fumes should not be permitted inside or closure to landing area/ auction hall.
2. Vehicles should be taken out of the harbour premises immediately on completion of loading to prevent dripping from the vehicle causing stagnation of water in the harbour premises.
3. Fishing boats registered with the State Government/ MPEDA and with the registration number allotted by the Port Authority only will be entitled to enter in to the fishing harbour.
4. During unloading and loading of the catch, contamination of fishery products with extraneous matter is to be avoided.
5. Clean containers / baskets / receptacles made of plastic & which are easy to clean only can be used for handling the catch onboard and in the harbour.
6. Use of shovels made of non-corrosive materials should only be used and should not cause any damage to the fish / catch.
7. Use of bamboo baskets are strictly prohibited inside the harbour premises.
8. The fishing vessels should maintain the required standard of hygiene and sanitation.
9. Crates used for carrying the catch should be clean and sanitized.
10. Non-biodegradable waste from fishing vessels and vehicles should not be discarded inside the fishing harbour and in the river but to be dump in the dump yard.

CONCLUSION

Most of the people i.e. 15,000 above Fishers of Dhamara and adjacent villages depend on fishing and its allied activities to make their livelihood. This Harbour provides facilities to them. The fish caught is exported to different parts of country and also inside the state. The quality of the fish is being maintained, for which there is demand of fish landing in this Harbour. The standard of the Harbour has increased due to the co-operation of Maa Dhamarai Fisherman Association members and local Fisherman. However, steps are being taken to improve this Harbour to International standard.

With best Compliment from:-

MANAGEMENT SOCIETY, DHAMARA FISHING HARBOUR, DHAMARA.
At:- Dhamara, Dist. Bhadrak, State: Odisha
www.dhamarafishingharbour.org

An autonomous Society organized for management of Dhamara Fishing Harbour.

The Governing Body of the Society is headed by the Commissioner-cum- Secretary to Govt. of Odisha, Fisheries and ARD. Department .

Facilities available in the Fishing Harbour.

• Situated 3 K.Ms away from the river mouth enabling smooth sail of trawlers.
• Quality of fish is maintained to international standard by proper handling, processing, packing, icing etc.
• Two jetties having 200 mtrs. length each. Providing better facilities for landing and stacking of trawlers/vessels/boats etc.
• Repair of trawlers and vessels in the repair track and dry docking for 24 trawlers at a stretch.
• Supply of fresh water round the 'clock' to the trawlers before going for fishing and to the harbour users.
• Diesel outlet on the jetty for fuel supply.
• 12 Nos. of Ice plants in the vicinity of Dhamara for supply of quality Ice round the clock.
• Storage facilities available for trawler owners.
• Net mending yard for quick repair of nets.
• Rest house facility provided to vessel crews on rent.
• Market complex has been constructed to facilitate business require by the jetty users.
• Pre-Processing Plant handed over to Sea Food Export Association, India(SEAI), (OR) N/6, Nayapalli, IRC Village, Bhubaneswar- 751015 from 28/ 03/ 2016.
• Further facilities to the entrepreneurs and exporters for storage, shorting, grading and icing are provided.
• Facilities like Chitin Plant and Cold storage are in the pipe line for construction.

Visit us at www.dhamarafishingharbour.org and we will be proud of you.

Sd /- Nalinikanta Das Manager, Management Society, Dhamara Fishing Harbour, Dhamara.

Sd /- Manas Ranjan Sahoo D.F.O., Bhadrak And Secretary, Management Society, Dhamara Fishing Harbour, Dhamara.

EMail ID : manager.msdfh@gmail.com, dfo.bhadrak@gmail.com, Hello: 06784-240223, 06786-222500