{"version":"1","article":{"id":"sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026","slug":"sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026?lang=en","title":"Sharjah to build a digital service platform for more than 1,300 fishermen","summary":"The Sharjah Fish Resources Authority contracted Smart Galaxy Software Solutions to develop the Marsa platform, which is planned to provide 17 services.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["food"],"published_at":"2026-10-22T05:34:35+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-22T21:48:14+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-19","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM)","url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/17hh7l7-sfra-develops-marsa-platform-for-fishermen%E2%80%99s","publishedAt":"2026-10-21","checkedAt":"2026-10-22"},{"name":"Sharjah24 — Sharjah Government Media Bureau","url":"https://sharjah24.ae/ar/Articles/2026/10/20/Ma8","checkedAt":"2026-10-22"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"relationships":{"entities":[{"id":"sharjah-fish-resources-authority","type":"organization","name":"Sharjah Fish Resources Authority","name_language":"en","collection_url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/entity/organization:sharjah-fish-resources-authority","evidence":{"source_url":"https://sharjah24.ae/ar/Articles/2026/10/20/Ma8","text":"Sharjah Fish Resources Authority (SFRA) signed a development contract with Smart Galaxy Software Solutions on 19 October for Marsa, a digital platform and application for fishermen. The authority says the platform is intended to serve more than 1,300 registered fishermen and offer 17 services, including fishing licence issuance and renewal, vessel-ownership transfers and permits for artificial fishing reefs.","language":"en"}},{"id":"smart-galaxy-software-solutions","type":"organization","name":"Smart Galaxy Software Solutions","name_language":"en","collection_url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/entity/organization:smart-galaxy-software-solutions","evidence":{"source_url":"https://sharjah24.ae/ar/Articles/2026/10/20/Ma8","text":"Sharjah Fish Resources Authority (SFRA) signed a development contract with Smart Galaxy Software Solutions on 19 October for Marsa, a digital platform and application for fishermen. The authority says the platform is intended to serve more than 1,300 registered fishermen and offer 17 services, including fishing licence issuance and renewal, vessel-ownership transfers and permits for artificial fishing reefs.","language":"en"}},{"id":"marsa-fishermen-platform","type":"product","name":"Marsa","name_language":"en","collection_url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/entity/product:marsa-fishermen-platform","evidence":{"source_url":"https://sharjah24.ae/ar/Articles/2026/10/20/Ma8","text":"Sharjah Fish Resources Authority (SFRA) signed a development contract with Smart Galaxy Software Solutions on 19 October for Marsa, a digital platform and application for fishermen. The authority says the platform is intended to serve more than 1,300 registered fishermen and offer 17 services, including fishing licence issuance and renewal, vessel-ownership transfers and permits for artificial fishing reefs.","language":"en"}},{"id":"sharjah-digital-platform","type":"product","name":"Sharjah Digital Platform","name_language":"en","collection_url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/entity/product:sharjah-digital-platform","evidence":{"source_url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/17hh7l7-sfra-develops-marsa-platform-for-fishermen%E2%80%99s","text":"Marsa is also intended to automate internal application review, inspections and electronic archiving, with access through the Sharjah Digital Platform. The authority expects the system to reduce in-person visits and provide round-the-clock access; those are projected benefits, as the announcement did not give a launch date or measured processing-time reduction.","language":"en"}}],"event":null,"contextual_links":[],"timeline":[{"id":"sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/sharjah-marsa-fishermen-digital-platform-2026","language":"en","title":"Sharjah to build a digital service platform for more than 1,300 fishermen","event_period":"2026-10-19","event_period_basis":"event","published_at":"2026-10-22T05:34:35+03:00","relationship_basis":"entity"}]},"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Sharjah Fish Resources Authority (SFRA) signed a development contract with Smart Galaxy Software Solutions on 19 October for Marsa, a digital platform and application for fishermen. The authority says the platform is intended to serve more than 1,300 registered fishermen and offer 17 services, including fishing licence issuance and renewal, vessel-ownership transfers and permits for artificial fishing reefs.","Marsa is also intended to automate internal application review, inspections and electronic archiving, with access through the Sharjah Digital Platform. The authority expects the system to reduce in-person visits and provide round-the-clock access; those are projected benefits, as the announcement did not give a launch date or measured processing-time reduction."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The Sharjah Fish Resources Authority contracted Smart Galaxy Software Solutions to develop the Marsa platform, which is planned to provide 17 services.\n\nSharjah Fish Resources Authority (SFRA) signed a development contract with Smart Galaxy Software Solutions on 19 October for Marsa, a digital platform and application for fishermen. The authority says the platform is intended to serve more than 1,300 registered fishermen and offer 17 services, including fishing licence issuance and renewal, vessel-ownership transfers and permits for artificial fishing reefs.\n\nMarsa is also intended to automate internal application review, inspections and electronic archiving, with access through the Sharjah Digital Platform. The authority expects the system to reduce in-person visits and provide round-the-clock access; those are projected benefits, as the announcement did not give a launch date or measured processing-time reduction.\n\nThe English text was clarified to describe intended users and services as planned platform coverage, rather than implying it was already operating.\n\nThe contract signing date is corrected to 19 October 2026, explicitly stated by Sharjah’s government media source; 21 October is the WAM report date. Translations of artificial fishing-reef permits were also aligned.","corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-22T21:08:19+03:00","language":"en","text":"The English text was clarified to describe intended users and services as planned platform coverage, rather than implying it was already operating."},{"at":"2026-10-22T21:48:14+03:00","language":"en","text":"The contract signing date is corrected to 19 October 2026, explicitly stated by Sharjah’s government media source; 21 October is the WAM report date. Translations of artificial fishing-reef permits were also aligned."}],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"article","asset_id":"fishing-digital-services","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/fishing-digital-services-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic fishing-services composition with a small fishing boat, net and blank-screen tablet.","language":"en","caption":"AI-generated symbolic illustration. Symbolic fishing and digital-service tools; no actual Sharjah harbour, boat, Marsa app or operating service is depicted.","caption_language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}