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Study on Fish Catching Round the Year

Dr. Md. Abdus Salam
Professor (Fishery Systems Specialist)
Department of Aquaculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Objective of the study was to observe the feasibility of fish catching round the year. The present study was conducted at Purbo Tethulia Site during 2010-2011. For monitoring of fish catch round the year 15 farmers were selected based upon their involvement in fish catching. Data were collected through fortnightly monitoring survey from October 2010 to March 2011. The result shows that the highest catch was 80.86 kg month-1 by using seine net. In other method, its showed the highest catch was obtained (96.16 kg month-1) by seine net.

Keywords: Feasibility, Fish catching, Round the year

Location: Purbo Tethulia, a Haor Village of Netrakona District

Start Date: 00-04-2010

End Date: 00-06-2013

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Fish

Objectives:

To observe the feasibility of fish catching round the year

Methodology:

The present study was conducted at Purbo Tethulia Site during 2010-2011. For monitoring of fish catch round the year 15 farmers were selected based upon their involvement in fish catching. Data were collected through fortnightly monitoring survey from October 2010 to March 2011. All the fish farmers were monitored and continued up to 2013. Data were collected through fortnightly monitoring from April 2011 to March 2012. The study continued up to 2013 covering all fish farmers. The scientific assistants were the data enumerators with the close supervision of the senior scientific officer and the Co-principal Investigator. The result shows that the highest catch was 80.86 kg month-1 by using seine net. In other method, data were collected fortnightly from April 2012 to March 2013. This data were also collected by scientific assistants as data enumerators with the close supervision of the senior scientific officer and the Co-principal Investigator. Its showed the highest catch was obtained (96.16 kg month-1) by seine net.

Source of Information: SPGR Sub-Project Completion Report; LIVELIHOOD IMPROVEMENT OF FARMING COMMUNITY IN HAOR AREA THROUGH SYSTEM APPROACH; March 2010 to June 2013, Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. PIU-BARC, BARC Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215,October 2013

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Achievement/Findings:

Among the different gears, highest catch was obtained (96.16 kg month^-1) by seine net and it was more effective gear in this area and 39 indigenous fish species were found.

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