Panaji, July 23 - The Goa government will give trawlers walkie talkies and distress alert transmitters in a bid to secure its coastline, state Fisheries Minister Joaquim Alemao said Thursday.

The fisheries department, in its performance budget tabled before the state legislative assembly, said that the government had set aside Rs.1 crore to enhance security measures for fishermen in view of terror threats from sea.

'In view of the relevant security developments, it has become essential to account for and monitor each movement of trawlers and of every boat or vessels or canoes at sea,' said Alemao.

'We are providing very high frequency walkie talkie instruments to boat owners engaged in fishing. There is no mode of communication between boats, canoes, vessels at the shore,' he said.

The department also acknowledged that boat and canoe operators were presently communicating through mobile phones which are not reliable and lack sufficient coverage.