Traditional Riverine Fish Catching Devices of Assam
Traditional Riverine Fish Catching Devices of Assam
Date
2007
Authors
Rahman, Seydur
Islam, Riyajul
Chetia, Pankaj
Barbhuiya, Masuk Ahmed
Arifuddin, Arifuddin
Barbhuiya, Anjam Hussain
Kar, Devashish
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin
Abstract
Traditional riverine fish catching devices operated in the Barak, Dhaleswari, Jatinga,
Brahmaputra, Dhansiri and Dorika rivers, in Assam have been studied with regard to their
structure, operation and productivity. The study revealed the occurrence of 18 types of fish
catching devices, which have been categorized into seven groups, viz., (i) hook and line gear
(lar barshi and kupa barshi), (ii) traps (dori, polo, dhu, hogra and chairon jal), (iii) towed gear
(km jal and pelain jal), (iv) dip nets (dheki jal and dorar jal), (v) entangling gillnets (patan
jal ), (vi) seines (maha jal, pan jal and basta jal) and (vii) falling gears (jhaki jal, rekh jal and
utar jal). The trap polo of river Dorika obtained the highest catch per man-hour (22.52 kg)
followed by jhaki jal in river Brahmaputra (1.11 kg) and polo in river Barak (1.00 kg). Maha
jal, though a massive gear, has given poor catch per man-hour (< 0.005 kg).
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Keywords
Fishing gears, Barak river, Dhaleswari river, Jatinga river, Brahmaputra river, Dhansiri river and Dorika river, Assam
Citation
Fishery Tech 44(2):137-146