Fisheries in Sundarbans: Problems and Prospects

Chandra, Ganesh; Sagar, R. L.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2084014

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“…In India, Abudefduf species are reported from various reef areas along the coastal region as well as the Islands ( Biosphere Reserve is an estuarine region with brackish water and muddy bottoms (due to high rate of sediment deposition in deltaic region). Any kind of reef (specifically rocky bottom) are not reported from this region [4] . Further investigation on the substratum in the region is very much essential for making any concluding statement on the habitat preference of this species.…”

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“…Sundarban Biosphere Reserve contributes to this ichthyofaunal diversity by harboring 350 fish species belonging to 225 genera and 86 families [3] . Sundarban acts as natural nursing ground for fishes of various groups, because of its natural topography such as presence of small riverine channels and mangrove swamps etc [4] . Pomacentridae, well known as damsel and anemone fishes are tropical reef fishes having worldwide distribution [5] .…”

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First report of the fish family Pomacentridae (Damsel fishes) from Sunderban biosphere reserve, India

Sen¹,

Sreeraj²,

Raghunathan³

et al. 2021

Int. J. Fish. Aquat. Stud.

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Sundarban Biosphere Reserve is the largest single strand mangrove forest in the world and houses 350 species of fishes. The present work reports the presence of Indo-Pacific Sergeant fish (Family Pomacentridae) Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) from the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, West Bengal. This is the first report of this family and species from the northern Bay of Bengal region. The species was confirmed through a single specimen collected from Lothian Island in the southern side of Sundarban and the same was compared with a specimen collected from the Arabian Sea.

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First report of the fish family Pomacentridae (Damsel fishes) from Sunderban biosphere reserve, India

Sen¹,

Sreeraj²,

Raghunathan³

et al. 2021

Int. J. Fish. Aquat. Stud.

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“…Sunderban being such a productive ecosystem harbors a lot of fish fauna and 70 percent of Sunderbans financial economy for the local people has been drawn from aquatic natural resources [15]. A lot of work has been done to study the ichthyofaunal resources from several decades ago.…”

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First Record of Pterois russelii in the Sunderban Biosphere Reserve, India

Panda

Sen

Mahapatra

et al. 2022

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Plaintail turkeyfish, Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 had been reported from coastal parts of West Bengal, but there is no record of this species from Sunderban Biosphere Reserve or any part of Indian mangrove ecosystems. The current communication adds P. russelii, as a new record to the ichthyofaunal diversity of the Indian Mangroves, as well as Sunderban Biosphere Reserve. The specimen was collected from the Canning fish landing area during a local survey focused on the study of mangrove-associated fishes of Sunderban. Canning is located in the Transitional zone of Sunderban Biosphere Reserve. This is the first record of P. russelii from any Indian Mangrove area.

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“…The Sundarbans delta provides a physiologically suitable environment with respect to temperature, salinity, and other physiochemical parameters. Therefore, the Sundarbans have been the nursery grounds for nearly 90% of the important commercial aquatic species of the eastern coast of India (Chandra and Sagar, 2003). After agriculture, fishing is the most common means of livelihood (Danda, 2010) for over 4.4 million people residing in the Sundarbans (Census of India, 2011).…”

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“…Values and beliefs are fundamental to human perception and cognition but often get neglected in mainstream literature covering human dimensions of resource management. Although small-scale fishery and fish processing is considered the backbone of the Sundarbans' economy, it faces some serious problems related to biodiversity, sustainability, and livelihood (Chandra and Sagar, 2003). There is a strong need to bring more human dimensions to understand the Sundarbans' fishing communities and the kinds of values and beliefs they practice, as they are the ones who possess the capability of saving the world's largest mangrove forest region (Ghosh, 2015).…”

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Exploring Values and Beliefs in a Complex Coastal Social-Ecological System: A Case of Small-Scale Fishery and Dried Fish Production in Sagar Island, Indian Sundarbans

2021

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The survivability of the small-scale fishery and dried fish production in Indian Sundarbans, despite increasing threats posed by climate, environmental, economic, and policy drivers, suggests that they possess certain unique strengths and capabilities. One thread of these strengths is connected to the fact that Sundarbans’ fishery system is strongly anchored in the values and beliefs of the local fishing communities. There is, however, limited empirical information available on the prevailing individual and collective attitudes, expectations, traditions, customs, and, above all, values and beliefs that strongly influence local fishing communities of Sundarbans. This manuscript aims to address this gap by drawing on qualitative data to (1) map the nature of values and beliefs associated with the Sundarbans’ Sagar Island fishing communities who are engaged in small-scale fishery and dried fish production; and (2) highlight the contributions of values and beliefs to the small-scale fishery and dried fish production systems of Sagar Island. Our study reveals that historical factors such as the patriarchal and patrilineal system prevalent in the Indian Sundarbans as well as the current drivers, including environmental and social-economic changes, create inconsistent values and beliefs among male and female members of its society. Issues around values and beliefs are heavily influenced by social-ecological realities comprising material, relational and subjective dimensions. They can range from being strictly personal to largely community-oriented as they are shaped by realities of gender, class, power dynamics, and politics. Values and beliefs are fundamental to human perception and cognition but often get neglected in mainstream literature covering human dimensions of resource management. Our research adds weight to the theoretical and place-based understanding of the contributions of values and beliefs to the small-scale fishery and dried fish production systems. We learn from the case study that values and beliefs can act as mirrors, reflecting the current as well as future realities of small-scale fisheries and dried fish production systems and provide important directions for sustainability and viability of the entire social-ecological system that hosts this sector.

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Fisheries in Sundarbans: Problems and Prospects

Cited by 13 publications

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First report of the fish family Pomacentridae (Damsel fishes) from Sunderban biosphere reserve, India

First report of the fish family Pomacentridae (Damsel fishes) from Sunderban biosphere reserve, India

First Record of Pterois russelii in the Sunderban Biosphere Reserve, India

Exploring Values and Beliefs in a Complex Coastal Social-Ecological System: A Case of Small-Scale Fishery and Dried Fish Production in Sagar Island, Indian Sundarbans

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