Geographical information system (GIS) is an invaluable decision support tool, designed to address spatially related
problems for management of natural resources. The power of GIS lies in its ability to visualise and relate various types of
geo-referenced spatial and non-spatial data allowing users to analyse them. In India, use of GIS in fisheries management is
yet to find its rightful place. An effort has been made in the present study to design and organise a fisheries spatial information
system for Greater Mumbai region in Maharashtra to serve as a macro-level database for the planners and administrators,
which can be used for querying, analysing and displaying datasets in the form of graphs and summarised tabular data for all
the fisheries infrastructural facilities. This GIS will be of immense help to planners, managers and administrators in quick
storing, retrieving and updating the required information for management of fisheries in Greater Mumbai region
