Socio-Economic Appraisal of Culture Based Fishermen: Case Study in West Bengal

Datta, Soumyendra Kishore; Kundu, Ruma

doi:10.1080/09718923.2007.11892590

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“…There are several reasons for the poverty like educational progress, this village is located far away from the main town so there is no proper fish market near the village hence they are depends on middlemen so they are not getting authentic price of their catch. Due to lack of education middlemen, demoralized the fish farmer (Datta and Kundu, 2007;Kumar et al, 2018). To purchase the daily household requisite farmer are selling their catch at low price.…”

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Socio-Economic Condition and Livelihood Status Of Fishermen of Adjoining Area Pakdi Tal of Mau District Of Uttar Pradesh, India

Gupta,

Verma,

Chaudhary

et al. 2023

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The present survey is related to the socio-economic status of the fishermen under capture fisheries from adjacent area of Pakdi Tal (wetland) of Mau District, Uttar Pradesh, India. The primary data was composed by asking questionnaire in Hindi language and secondary data was collected from district fisheries department, news articles and research papers. The current survey reveals the socio-economic condition of people near Pakdi Tal is not upto mark and it might be due to large family size, poor educational status, non-availability of secondary employment opportunities, lack of proper training and non-availability of modem gear and craft and non-arability of market for selling their catch are the important issues faced by the people of Pakdi village. There is lack of self-help group in this village for capturing fish from Pakdi Tal. The primary occupation of the studied area is fishing in Pakdi Tal. The educational status is also not satisfactory and majority of the people had education upto primary school. The majority of people depends on fishing activity and their per day income varied from the range Rs 200-1500. Pakdi Tal is large wetland while it is not used by the farmer for commercial production of fish but there is great potential for fish farming.

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Socio-Economic Condition and Livelihood Status Of Fishermen of Adjoining Area Pakdi Tal of Mau District Of Uttar Pradesh, India

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Verma,

Chaudhary

et al. 2023

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“…The twin problems of unemployment and malnourishment at the rural sphere in India can be simultaneously addressed by proper and planned utilization of available local resources through involvement of local people Datta and Kundu [21].There are several technical and socio-economic constraints coming in the way of increasing fish production. Several fish production groups / co-operatives are best with untoward socio-economic and socio-cultural features Rahim and Padhy [22] and in many cases there are illiterate / semiliterate, indigent fisherman who lack the knowledge of latest fishery technologies and proper attitude towards fishery development Chakrabarthy et al [23].…”

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Climate Change Impacts on Livelihood Vulnerability Assessment-Adaptation and Mitigation Options in Marine Hot Spots in Kerala, India

Salim

Narayanakumar

Remya

et al. 2018

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Climate change, a global challenge facing mankind necessitates governments to develop mitigation and adaptation plans. The climate change has multidimensional impacts on environment, fishery, social, economic and development drivers. Climate change hot spots –can be defined as the ‘live labs’ where the manifestation of the climate change impacts is observed “first”. The South west India has been recognised as one among the twenty four hot spot regions identified globally. The present paper assessed the climate change vulnerability of over 800 fisher households in two major fishing villages of Kerala from the south west hotspot regions of India. Exposure (E), Sensitivity (S) and Adaptive Capacity (AC) are the pertinent factors that determine the vulnerability of households which were captured using a structured household questionnaire. One ninety eight indicators were identified in the construction of vulnerability indices of which 37 related to sensitivity, 36 related to exposure and the other 125 indicators dealt with adaptive capacity. The overall vulnerability of the regions was assessed and the analysis revealed that the Poonthura village of Kerala was more vulnerable when compared to Elamkunnapuzha. The coastal population on their vulnerability scores were categorised into low, moderate, high and very high based on score values and geo-spatial analysis was attempted. The results revealed that majority of fisher households in both villages were highly vulnerable to climate change, which is a major cause of concern. The study advocates the need for a bottom up approach with the proactive participation of the fishers in developing location specific adaptation and mitigation plans to ensure the livelihood of the fishers and the sustainable development of the fisheries sector in the climate change regime.

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“…to the adoption of advanced techniques, aimed at increasing the yield per unit area of water, and its role in foreign exchange earnings. Additionally, proper and planned utilization of local resources with the involvement of community members can help address the twin problems of unemployment and malnourishment in rural India (Datta and Kundu, 2007). Fishermen are among the most vulnerable communities, often living from hand to mouth (Ali et al, 2014).…”

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Socio-Economic Analysis of The Estuarine Fishermen Community Along The Nagavali and Vamsadhara Rivers in Andhra Pradesh, India

Sridhar Dumpala,

Vivek Chintada,

H Dhilleswara Rao

et al. 2023

J. Adv. Zool.

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This study conducted an analysis of the socio-economic conditions of fishermen in the estuarine regions of the Nagavali and Vamsadhara rivers in Andhra Pradesh, India. Over a period of two years from June 2012 to May 2014, data was collected to evaluate the livelihood and social status of the fishermen. The study is the first-ever documentation of this specific region. A wide range of data was collected from the study sites to analyze the socio-economic conditions of the fishermen. This included factors such as income generation, age distribution, housing, and literacy rates among the fishermen. It was found that fishing served as the primary source of income for the traditional fishermen, but they also engaged in various non-fishery related activities, which contributed significantly to their annual income. Based on the findings, it is recommended that the fishing profession be legalized and that settlements of traditional fishing communities be supported. These communities should be given priority in receiving necessary support from relevant stakeholders.

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Socio-Economic Appraisal of Culture Based Fishermen: Case Study in West Bengal

Cited by 4 publications

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Socio-Economic Condition and Livelihood Status Of Fishermen of Adjoining Area Pakdi Tal of Mau District Of Uttar Pradesh, India

Socio-Economic Condition and Livelihood Status Of Fishermen of Adjoining Area Pakdi Tal of Mau District Of Uttar Pradesh, India

Climate Change Impacts on Livelihood Vulnerability Assessment-Adaptation and Mitigation Options in Marine Hot Spots in Kerala, India

Socio-Economic Analysis of The Estuarine Fishermen Community Along The Nagavali and Vamsadhara Rivers in Andhra Pradesh, India

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