In Goa, the Centre's project of providing biometric identity cards to fishermen as part of stepping up surveillance in coastal areas is almost complete. State Fisheries Director Nandkumar Verlekar said around 10,000 fishermen living along the Goa shoreline would be distributed these cards within a fortnight.The card contains all relevant information about them in a coded format.Verlekar said the students and faculty of a Kerala-based institute completed this project after holding several camps in the state. He said under it, the fishermen were photographed, their personal details and thumb impression documented and stored in the card. The cards require to be validated on June 15th every year.