Socio-economic conditions of fishermen in Kanaighat Upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to portray the socioeconomic conditions of fishermen in Kanaighat upazilla, Sylhet. A well-structured questionnaire was used to gather data from a total of 50 randomly chosen fishermen. About 55% of fishermen worked exclusively in the fishing activities, while 30% worked in agriculture and 15% worked as day laborers. The fishermen' highest yearly income ranged from BDT 25,000 to 40,000, while their lowest annual income ranged from BDT 5000 to 10,000. About % of fisherman had no education, 32% could only sign, % had primary education (up to 5 classes), and just 3 % had both S.S.C. and H.S.C. Almost all fishermen had sanitary facilities, with 67.5 % having kaccha and 32.5 % having semi-concrete. Approximately 100 % of the fishermen utilized tube well water, with 65 % having their own tube-well and the remainder using a neighbor's tube-well. The government did not give Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGD) cards in the study area. The main obstacles were discovered to be a lack of scientific information, illiteracy, and a lack of governmental assistance. Mohajan provides most of them with fishing equipment such as a boat, a net, and credit. Fishermen employed a variety of nets, including Ber jal (seine net), Current jal (gill net), Jhaki jal (cast net), and Thela jal (Push net). The Surma River was the primary source of fishing. They also caught fish from the Andu, Rouwa, and Atghaiya beels. Fishers in the study region had no other choices for earning a living outside fishing in the area.

Preferred food items of Juvenile hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) of the Meghna river estuary in Moju Chowdhury Hat, Lakshmipur

“…Therefore, the ranking of feeding habits of hilsa based on IRI% was Bacillariophyceae > Cyanophyceae > Chlorophyceae > Dinophyceae > Euglenophyceae; that of zooplankton was Copepoda > Rotifera > Cladocera > Tentaculata (Table 4). % IRI cannot account for sand grains as the plankton samples were not evaluated for sand grain contents and really could not be, as it was impossible to sample sand grains in the water column the way the fish themselves might (Hart et al, 2002) [8] .…”

Growth, Yield and Profitability of Major Carps Culture in Coastal Homestead Ponds Stocked with Wild and Hatchery Fish Seed

“…In the hatchery, producing seed often entails using a small number of brood stocks with a low population number and extensive inbreeding. According to some estimates, the majority of hatchery operators' breeding practices result in inbreeding rates of 3-5% per generation [14]. In a hatchery, when female and male breeders are selected from a small population and there is a higher risk of sibling or close relatives crossing, inbreeding is likely to occur.…”

“…Such studies are lacking now in the study area. One study by Hussain and Mazid [14] from the northern side of the country stressed that hatchery seed are of genetically poor quality. Furthermore, the current results were in line with Shah's findings [16], who observed that hatchery-produced seed grew at a relatively slower rate than seed obtained from wild sources, and with Biswasi et al [5], who reported that carp seed obtained from the Halda River performed better in polyculture than hatchery-produced seed.…”

“…In contrast, there are other aspects of fisheries and fish culture [12]. The most popular fish species produced in household pond polyculture practices are bighead carp (Hypopthalmichthys nobilis), catla (Geblion catla), common carp (Cyprinus carpio), mrigal (Cirrhinus cirrhosis), rohu (Labeo rohita), and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) [13,14].…”