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THE PAST AND PRESENT FISHERIES SITUATION IN BEEL DAKATIA AREA (Pages : 14 - 20)

The area where Beel Dakatia is situated is a part of the deltaic Bengal plains and it is in the northern part of Khulna district and southern part of Jessore district. Over many years, saline water was used to intrude into beels through the rivers and streams draining the area and caused severe damage to the crops. The embankment and flood control structures were built in the mid 60’s for providing protection against tidal and catastrophic-river flooding generated water logging problem and intrusion of saline water. Actually, these protection embankments did not give an effective solution rather created water logging problem because of lack of sincere maintenance of sluice gates, causing prolonged inundation of the homestead lands. The number of fish and fish species in the open water bodies in the Beel Dakatia area has declined since water logging became an acute problem. The study was undertaken to investigate the past and present fisheries situation in Beel Dakatia area. The effect of water logging on Beel Dakatia fisheries, the adaptability of people in terms of occupation with the new situation arisen and present culture condition of Galda (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in Beel Dakatia were surveyed and discussed.Download