The lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the State fishing industry with the fish consumers now complaining of fish scarcity and inflated prices. The fish catch is less these days due to natural phenomenon such as rough winds, sudden change in weather conditions etc, whereas one section of the fishermen community claims that the rampant fishing activity in the sea by utilising LED and bull trawling has led to diminishing of the fish spices. It may be recalled that just a few weeks ago during the lockdown, the prices of the fish were very high and people were buying fish in kilos and were stocking it for weekly consumption. Jose Philip D’Souza, president of All Goa Fishing Boat Owners Association (AGFBOA) said that the more quantity of fish fishermen tend to catch, people get fish at the cheaper price. But if the fish catch is less than the demand of the fish increases which leads to increase in the fish prices. He further mentioned that the fish catch has gone low these days. The reason behind the less catch is due to rough wind currents, sudden change in weather conditions and this has affected the catch and the fish prices to rise. He also said that the middlemen, agents also tend to charge extra money over the fish catch and by the time it reaches the people, they have to buy it at a higher price. Simon Pereira, former president of Trawler Owner Association of Vasco said that the fish catch has gone down since last few days and the variety of fish which we get, that variety is not consumed by the Goans so may be this variety is send to other States where they are consumed. Perreira also added that due to the scarcity of fish, some people who can afford to buy, buy it in lump sum quantity and stock it for weekly consumption whereas the common people feel the pinch to their pockets to buy fish at exorbitant prices. Later, when contacted, Agnelo Rodrigues, president of Goenchea Raponkarancho Ekvott (GRE) said that the major reasons behind the fewer quantity of fish catch is because of rampant fishing done by using LED lights and bull trawling by some people. He also mentioned that most of the people involved in fishing activity only think about more quantity of fish catch but nobody gives a thought for doing a sustainable fishing so that fish can be available for future. If bull trawling and LED fishing continues, then in the next few years our younger generations will not be able to see Mackerel and other varity of fish on their plates. Government should go strict on such activities.