Goa minister wants a shift in the period of monsoon ban on fishing GOA"s fisheries minister Joaquim Alemao wants to advance the monsoon ban on fishing by 15 days, from the June 16-July 31 period to June 1-July 15. He said the second half of July, when the ban is relaxed for small-scale fishers, yielded a good catch and after August 1 there was not much yield. The state government