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Title: | Governance and institutional arrangement in floodplain wetlands fisheries of India: comparative study of Assam and Bihar |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | Ganesh Chandra B K Das |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR::Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2019-09-15 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Floodplain Wetlands, Common Property Resources, Governance, Institutional Arrangements, Lease, Management regime |
Publisher: | Inland Fisheries Society of India |
Citation: | Chandra, Ganesh and Das, B. K. (2019). Governance and institutional arrangement in floodplain wetlands fisheries of India: comparative study of Assam and Bihar. Journal of the Inland Fisheries Societies of India 51(1): 82-90 |
Abstract/Description: | Wetlands are amongst the most productive life support systems in the world with immense socioeconomic importance and provide food, fodder, fuel and water for domestic, irrigation and industrial uses. India is bestowed with a wealth of wetlands due to wide variation of climatic and topographical features. Two eastern states, Assam & Bihar are endowed with huge aquatic wealth in the form of wetlands, tanks, ponds and rivers. The floodplain wetlands (beels in Assam and Mauns, chaur in Bihar) extending over one lakh hectare in Assam and more than 200000 ha in Bihar, constitute the most important fishery resource of these two states. These wetlands are considered as one of the most productive ecosystems owing to their interactions between land and water system. Livelihood of fishers' family from time immemorial has been dependent on fishing in these floodplain wetlands. The floodplain wetlands are as multiple uses and multiple user system. These are common property resource and under different management regimes. Multiple institutions play its role through ownership and control over the fisheries of wetlands. A large number of stakeholders associated directly and indirectly with the Wetlands, these include fishers, lessees, various state government departments, fisheries development corporations, financial institutions, research institutes, NGO's etc. These wetlands are under various management regimes, i.e., private management (individuals and groups), fishermen cooperative management, Community-based fisheries management (decentralized management, Government works as facilitator) and open access. The leasing period for cooperative as well as individual fishers was seven years in both Assam and Bihar. Sustainable fisheries development demands a balance between social, environmental and economic parameters and this requires integrated approach and participation of various stakeholders. An attempt has been made through this communication to describe management regimes and institutional arrangement in the frame work of stakeholders' mechanism of access to utilize the floodplain wetland resources for outcomes (positive or negative). |
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ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Research Paper |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Journal of Inland Fisheries Society of India |
Journal Type: | refereed journal |
NAAS Rating: | 4.54 |
Volume No.: | 51 (1) |
Page Number: | 82-90 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Extension and Training Cell |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | Not Available |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/57618 |
Appears in Collections: | FS-CIFRI-Publication |
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