GANESH NAKHAWA | THE LAST FISHERMAN OF BOMBAY
Ganesh Nakhawa
Founder & CEO - BLUCATCH
Phone:
+91 9167161616
Email:
Address:
C/o Karanja Machimar Soc Ltd, Sassoon Dock,
Colaba Mumbai Maharashtra India 400 005
Areas of expertise:
Sustainability, Traceability, Fresh & frozen Seafood,
Fishing Communities, Policies & Governance, Fish tech , PMMSY, SDG 14, Tuna fisheries, Blue Economy,
Deep sea fishing, Purse Seine, E commerce,
Supply chain, IOT in fisheries,
A Bit About Me
I am a 7th generation fisherman from the indigenous fishing community of Mumbai (called the Kolis) in India. I studied banking in Edinburgh but moved back because I wanted to work on developing the fisheries sector in the country (especially my home state). Since then I have been working with the fishing community over the last decade to bring international standards to India and create awareness about sustainability , traceability and conscious consumption. My team and I also worked through the pandemic to support the fishing community by making seafood accessible to people over the lockdown through my company BluCatch.
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During my free time you can find me cooking fresh meals or occasionally watching F1, tennis or football.
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Work Experience
November 2021 - Present
April 2021 - October 2021
January 2011- Present
Director - Marine Supplier Communities & Exports
Captain Fresh - India, South East Asia.
Supply Chain, Fish Tech, Exports, B2B, B2D, B2R
Procurement, Marketing, E-Commerce.
Program Director Fisheries
Skylo Technologies ​- South Asia, South East Asia
IOT Sales & Marketing, Community Outreach,
Government Tenders, GTM Strategy, Stakeholders Management.
Chairman- West Coast Purse Seine Fishermen Welfare Association
Drafting policies for government agencies, Fisher Rights, Insurance negotiations, Marine wildlife sensitisation
