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Reservoir fisheries of Orissa State, southern India
Type: Journal Article
Orissa State has about 256000 ha of reservoir waters. At present, about 197000 ha of 1442 reservoirs are suitable for fish production. These reservoirs, constructed primarily for water storage, irrigation, flood control ...
Bangladesh fisheries: a challenge to resource managers
Type: Journal Article
Bangladesh's freshwater fishery is described, detailing areas of inland fisheries, production and a fisheries management plan which involves a trial 2 year programme.
Methods of consensus building for community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh and the Mekong Delta
Type: Journal Article
A method of consensus building for management of wetlands and fisheries using a systematic approach to participatory planning and initially developed in Bangladesh is now being applied in both Bangladesh and the Mekong ...
Economic evaluation of marine fisheries in India for sustainable production and coastal zone development
Type: Journal Article
The article highlights briefly the economics of different types of fishing units operating along the Indian coast; analyzes the exploitation trend of major marine fishery resources in relation to its potential yield; and ...
Lessons from community based management of floodplain fisheries in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Inland (floodplain) fisheries remain the most important contributor to fish production in Bangladesh. They have in the past been administered to generate government revenue without due concern for sustainability or equity. ...
Fifty years of reservoir fisheries in Mettur Dam, India: some lessons
Type: Journal Article
The paper outlines briefly the history of the fishery in a dam reservoir in India. The reservoir was very productive in its early years, with support from a seed farm, ice plant, cold storage and regulated entry of fishery. ...
Fisheries traditions in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
The role that sociocultural and religious beliefs play in evolving an implicit mechanism for exploiting and managing the fish stocks of Bangladesh is discussed.
Community fisheries management of freshwater lakes in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
The Oxbow Lakes Small Scale Fishermen Project in western Bangladesh is primarily a Social Fisheries Project. The project aims at self-management of the Oxbow lakes fishing and fish farming by members of the local communities ...
Redirecting benefits to genuine fishermen: Bangladesh's new fisheries management policy
Type: Journal Article
In 1986 the government of Bangladesh decided to pursue a new fisheries management policy (NFMP) that would allow fishing access only to the genuine fishers with the following main objectives: to free the fishers from ...
Managing fisheries conflicts through communication planning: experience from inland fisheries of Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Increasing population, ineffective management, competition among fishing gears over access to resources and proliferation of destructive practices are imposing severe stress on the inland water bodies of Bangladesh. These ...