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Not AvailableThe annual harvestable marine fisheries potential of Goa is estimated to be about 1.5 lakh t of which 50% is exploited. Potential fishing zone (PFZ) forecasts based on remotely sensed chlorophyll concentration and sea surface temperature are being applied for harvesting marine fishery resources. In this context, a validation study was carried out to analyse the effectiveness of PFZ advisories for Goa coast by 290 simultaneous purse-seine fishing experiments in PFZ and non-PFZ regions. A total of 290 feedbacks were collected from 290 fishing experiments within and outside the PFZ region with similar capacity vessels during 2006-2012. There was 50% reduction in scouting time for the purse-seine fishing which utilised the PFZ advisories. Purse-seiners were benefitted with a significantly higher (p<0.01) mean CPUE (4188.6 kg h-1) and mean profit (`2.72 lakhs) by fishing in PFZ regions in comparison with the mean CPUE (1783.5 kg h-1) and mean profit (`0.86 lakh) of non-PFZ regions. It was observed that the CPUE in purse-seine fishery was improved by 2.3 times by using PFZ advisories. Moreover, the benefit cost ratio significantly (p