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FISHERIES MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS OF TWO BAORS IN THE DISTRICT OF CHUADANGA, BANGLADESH (Pages : 11 - 15)

The study was conducted to identify the management scenarios of two Baors namely Bhandardah baor (Baor-1) and Uzalpur baor (Baor-2) in the District of Chuadanga during June 2003 to July 2004. Baor-1 was directly managed by Fisheries Officer while Baor-2 was managed through community based fisheries management. The commonly cultured species were silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), rohu (Labeo rohita), catla (Catla catla), mrigal (Cirrhina cirrhosus), common carp (Cyprinus carpio), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) and the stocking density of those species were 43, 18, 15, 14, 19, 16 kg/ha and 46, 25, 19, 17, 18, 14 kg/ha in Baor-1 and Baor-2 respectively. The species composition of silver carp, rohu, common carp, catla, grass carp and mrigal were 35%, 14%, 15%, 12%, 13% and 11% and 33%, 18%, 13%, 14%, 10%, 12% in baor-1 and baor-2 respectively. Kochal, komor and chack fishing were used for fish harvesting and catch were 481 and 565 kg/ha in Baor-1 and Baor-2 respectively. Income, expenditure and net benefit in Baor-1 were BDT? 18469.38/ha, BDT 10093.8/ha and BDT 8375.6/ha respectively. On the other hand, income, expenditure and net benefit in Baor-2 were BDT23143/ha, BDT11918.91/ha and BDT11224/ha respectively. The study revealed that community based fisheries management (Baor-2) was better in terms of production, income and net benefit. So it could be concluded that all oxbow lakes should be taken under community based fisheries management to gain maximum production.Download