A massive haul of the Ghol fish helped Chandrakant Tare become a crorepati. The croaker fish is native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean and is considered extremely valuable. Read on to find out why
On the morning of August 28, fisherman Chandrakant Tare set sail on his boat from the Mumbai-Palghar coast. This was Tare’s first trip back to the sea after the annual month-long fishing ban ended on August 15. As his boat reached Wadhwan, around 25 nautical miles off the Palghar coast, he and his crew of ten men laid out their nets in the water and waited in anticipation. However, what happened next was beyond their wildest expectations.
Mumbai: Fisherman nets ghol fish and earns Rs 1.33 crore in auction
Suddenly, a school of fish, big and small, were trapped in the net. Tare and the workers quickly started pulling the catch towards the boat, hoping that the bigger fish would not damage the net and escape.