1. fish auction @
Bhau-cha-Dhakka ......... a magnet of fishing travelers
Presentation by:
Prabhakar Jagdale
Hemant Bhagat
Vikram Singh
Shaheen Peerzada

2.  Location
 History
 Economics
 Operations
 Problems & Prospects

3.  Bhaucha Dhakka more commonly known as New Ferry Wharf is located along the coast
of Dockyard Road (Mazagaon).
 It was built by Lakshman Hari Chandarjee Ajinkya. (1789-1858). He belonged to the
Pathare Prabhu community (one of the original inhabitants of Bombay).He was
affectionately addressed as Bhau or big brother by the local people. His family had
estates at Naigaum and Parel and he worked as Chief Clerk in the Gun Carriage Factory
in Colaba. Information given in the Govt. Archives and in the Marathi book „Pathare
Prabhuncha Itihaas‟ by Pratap Velkar reveal that Bombay did not have a regular pier or
wharf till 1835 for either goods or passengers. The government started leasing out land
on the Bombay frontage to private individuals to build wet docks and basins. Laksman
Hari Chandarjee Ajinkya alias „Bhau‟ was the first local to take this opportunity. He thus
constructed Bombay‟s first wet dock in 1841 for the convenience of the passengers and
incoming ships to load, embark and berth. These included Carnac and Claire bunders.
Today, the passenger terminal at the Bhau-Cha-Dhakka is still used to ferry people to
Mora and Rewas for their onward journeys to Uran and Alibag.

4. Fish in the hold (box or hold)
Unloading
Washing
Deliver to the auction hall / pier
Auctioning
Cutting Re-loading
Consumer Re-icing
Transport
Consumer

5.  The New Ferry Wharf was constructed to accommodate the additional
trawlers from Gujarat and to provide facilities for fish landings.
 The harbour was commissioned in April 1980.
 The new jetty for fish landings is an extension of the old „Bhau-cha-Dhakka‟
which is used as a passenger jetty of Mumbai harbour.
 A small bridge connects the main land with the jetty and facilities like diesel
bunk, auction hall etc. are available for the vessels using the harbour.

6.  Fish is often washed with contaminated
harbour water
 Fish is often put straight onto the pier
concrete and splashed with harbour
water for better appearance before sale
 Equipment, containers and pallets are
often washed with harbour water
 Water used for washing fish is not
changed frequently

7.  If fish is landed iced in boxes there should be
no need to wash it before transport

8.  Designated auction area is
not always used for
auctioning
 Fish from boats further
from the pier sometimes
gets rough handling
 Fish is usually delivered by
hand, not in boxes

9.  Fish is sold straight from the pier /
concrete
 Unrelated traffic (people and vehicles)
in the auctioning area
 Auctioning takes too long
 Temperature abuse

10.  Pallets or boxes should be
used during auctioning
 Temperature abuse can be
minimized by
• using ice
• shortening the auction time
 Zoning should be
implemented to reduce traffic

11.  Fish is unloaded straight onto the pier and
mostly by hand
 The pier is highly contaminated due to
unwanted human activities
 The pier is used for auctioning in some cases
 The pier is used for packaging fish for
transport

12.  The market handles more than 400 different types of seafood from surmai
(kingfish), mori (shark), rawas (salmon), mandeli, prawn, mackerel, kane
(ladyfish), pomfret, crab and, of course, the legendary bombil (Bombay
duck).
 Overall, more than 700,000 metric tons of seafood are handled every year at
the three seafood markets in Mumbai.
 Bhaucha Dhakka alone handles over 2000 metric tons of seafood per day.
 The number of registered employees as of 25 January 2010 varies from
60,00 to 65,00, including wholesalers, accountants, auctioneers, company
officials, and distributors.

13. Profit = Income - Expenses
FISH NEW
SALES SHIP
HARBOR & ORDERS
OPERATING
INTEREST
COSTS
EARNINGS
SHIP SHIP INTEREST
TRADE AUCTIONS & CHARGES
SALES TRADE
PURCHASES

14. Fish
Sales Catch x Price (Rs.940 per fish)
Interest
Earnings 10% if Minimum Balance is
greater than zero
Ship
Trade
Sales
Negotiated Price

15. Harbor & Harbor: Rs.2350/ship-year
Operating
Costs Coastal Fishery: Rs7050/ship-year
Deep Sea Fishery: Rs.11750/ship-every year
Con-
struction
New Ships: Rs.14100 each (charged
current year but delivered following
year)
Auction &
Trade
Purcha se
Auction: Highest Bid
Trade: Negotiated Price
Interest
Charges 15% if Minimum Balance is less
than zero.

16.  The market opens most mornings at 5:00 a.m. with the arrival of the catch by boats,
trawlers. The wholesalers then estimate the value and prepare the incoming products for
the auctions. The buyers also inspect the fish to estimate which fish they would like to
bid for and at which price.
 The auctions start around 6:00 a.m. The bidders include intermediate wholesalers who
operate stalls in the marketplace, and other buyers who are agents for restaurants, food
processing companies, and large retailers.
 The auctions usually end around 9:00 a.m. Afterward, the purchased fish is either
loaded onto trucks to be shipped to the next destination.
 The fresh catch makes its way to the fish markets and roadside vendors and finally into
kitchens where it‟s dunked in coconut curries, steamed in banana leaves, coated with
masala or just plain fried.

18.  Steady supply of fish for our grow-out (raw
materials )
 Hatches own fish, feeds and grows in
unpolluted waters of fishing Bay
 Use of cutting-edge feeding and growing
technologies.
 Well-program Production System
 Preserved quality in the processing system

19.  High Price Image
◦ Vacuum pack
◦ High quality
◦ Big sizes
 Production Scheduling
◦ New Products
◦ Customization
◦ Volume consideration
 Packaging
◦ high import taxes on equipment and packaging material
◦ lack of supplier
◦ limited design
◦ expensive
◦ compliance with mandatory labeling

20.  Local Market
 strengthening of marketing and distribution areas of value-
added products
 production of import substitute (influx of products as an
effect of WTO membership)
 contract produce
 Foreign markets
 great demand for new fish forms among different countries
 emergence of new markets
 world demand for health food

21. New Entrants
Threat of New
Entrants
Industry
Bargaining Power of Bargaining Power of
Suppliers Competitors Buyers
Suppliers Buyers
Intensity of
Rivalry
Threat of Substitutes
Substitutes

22.  Licence Fees will be levied on vessels registered and vessels using Bunders as under :
 Mumbai Port Trust charges the Licence Fees on users and ancillary trade.
 1. Only valid licence holders shall be allowed to carry out above activity.
 2. The licences shall be renewed on annual basis.

23.  Poor facilities in terms of adequate drinking water, medical facilities, place for auction, etc.
 Unhygienic health conditions due to delay in removal of fish waste and garbage.
 Poor Maintenance of fish storage facilities
 No Government Aid in terms of insurance for fisherman‟s
 No drinking water facility is available for sailing vessels from the Port Authority
 The MBPT is collecting port dues on the first of every month. In view of this, even if the vessels arrives on the 30th of a
particular month and leaves on sixth of the following month, it has to pay for two months. This creates hardship for them.
They have, therefore, suggested that the port charges may be valid for one month from the date of arrival of the vessel.
 USE of parsisan net:
 Voicing concern over the extinction of fish in the Arabian sea, the Akhil Maharashtra Macchhimar Kriti Samiti (AMMKS) has demanded a
ban on the use of parsisan nets for fishing. “The parsisan net, which costs Rs 15 lakh, is spread across 3 km in the sea and therefore
there is a major threat to fish," Samiti president Damodar Tandel told reporters. “Because of this net, fish in the entire 3 km area is
captured and killed. Breeding is also affected as chemicals are also used in it," he said. “Earlier, the fishermen used to fish with the help
of trawlers, but after they learnt that due to parsisan net they can good income they started to use it extensively,” he alleged. Fifteen
years back there was a ban on parsisan net but the big trawler owners requested the commissioner office of the state fishery department
to allow them to use this net,Tandel said.

24.  Govt to set up fish markets:
 Mumbai, Jun 21 (PTI) Maharashtra government will set up fish markets on the lines of vegetable
markets in nine districts of the state, Minister of State for Fisheries, Madhukar Chavan, said. "Advanced
fish markets would be set up in nine districts of the state, which would be based on the lines of
vegetable markets," Chavan said. "Six such fish markets would be set up in neighboring Thane district
and would be under the jurisdiction of the municipalities," he said. Earlier in the day, the minister held
a meeting with the Akhil Maharashtra Macchhimar Kriti Samiti (AMMKS) which demanded a ban on the
parsisan net which they claim is harmful for the marine life as it affects breeding of fish. Chavan,
however, said that since the issue is pending in the court it would be inappropriate to make any
comment on the issue. "The government is willing to put a ban on parsisan net. But since the issue is
pending in the court therefore we cannot take a decision," he said. Suggesting that the issue can be
resolved amicably, Chavan said the government has decided to form a committee of experts which
would present a report on the threat from the parsisan net which can spread 3 km in sea and therefore
a threat for fish. After being apprised by the AMMKS about rampant fishing in the Arabian sea despite a
ban in place since June 15, the minister asked the fishing body to file cases against the violators. Flying
squads have been formed to keep a check on the violators and the government would cancel their
licenses, he added.
 safeguarding the financial interest of fishermen and their co-operatives

25.  Boats go into sea 9-10 before
 Day starts at 5.00 am
 Auction time : 6.00 am to 9 am
 Credit period – 10 to 15 days
 Commission to agents
 No auction during June 20 to Aug 20
◦ Mumbai port trust imposes uniform fishing ban during the period from June 20 to Aug 20, for the
reasons of conservation and effective management of fishery resources and also for the sea safety
reasons