Kharvis

Fishing is the chief and the traditional occupation of Kharvis. After ten year the boys are usually sent to the sea with their adult family members to assist them. The different kind of fish such as, Pomphret, Prawns, Sharks, Sardines, mackerel etc are found in Goa. In Goa though they are landload of their area. It is found that the relations between the tenants and the landload are very cordial. Some of them cultivate the agricultural land as share-croppers and the some timeas daily wagers.

After Liberation Kharvis had migrated from Maharastra to Goa and Settled near the sea sides as they had a excellent knowledge of fishing. They survive by selling fishs market. Nowadays we not find fishing activites carried out in Goa in a large scale is mainly due to education is rapidly increasing among youngsters and even due to development of Barges, fishing quantity is decreasing. Presently we found very few people in Goa engaged in such activities and rest all are going for jobs and it is believed that after 4 to 5 years fishing activites will be decreased in Goa and Goan fish markets will be taken over by people of Maharastra & Karataka.

The Kharvis are the fishrman or fishfolk community aslo known as nustekar rampomkar they brought or caught or they used to catch the fish and sold it at (tito).