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AN INVESTIGATION ON THE DIVERSITY OF FISHING GEARS, CATCH ASSESSMENT AND THE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS OF THE FISHERMEN COMMUNITY OF DHUNAT UPAZILLA, BOGRA (Pages : 19 - 26)

M. ASLAM ALI, SHYAMAL KANTI BARMAN, M. GOLAM SAROWER, S.M. BAZLUR RAHMAN AND BIPLAB KUMAR SHAHA

The study was carried out at Dhunat Upazilla under the district of Bogra for a period of four months from June to September 2002 to assess the diversity of fishing gears, catch assessment survey and the socio-economic condition of the riverine fishermen. The fishermen were found to follow various types of fishing gears and broadly categorized into three groups such as nets, traps and wounding gears. A total of 5 types of nets, 2 types of traps and one type of wounding gear were recorded. A total of 38 species of fishes were identified in the catches of different gears used by the fishermen. Among the different types of nets, the highest number of species recorded in the catches of sein net (25) which was followed by cast net (18) and relatively less number of species were recorded in the catch of push net (7). The average highest catch was obtained with the sein net was average 4.26 kg/ day) and the lowest with the (traps) Bair (the average 0.60 kg/day). It was found that Muslims were featuring as the absolute majority (66.67%) the Hindus were remarkably lower (33.33). The largest family size (8 persons) belongs to the seine net fishermen whose income was the highest (160/- TK/month) and the lowest family size (5 persons) was found among the current jal and the lowest income was found for long line fishermen (520 Tk/ month). it may be included that fish population in this river have declined alarmingly due to embankment erosion , indiscriminant gears used and absence of management policy for the open water resources of Bangladesh.Download


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