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An indigenous community fishing practice of Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh

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Title An indigenous community fishing practice of Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh
 
Creator Dutta, Rajdeep
Bhattacharjya, Birendra Kr
 
Subject Indigenous Technical Knowledge
Traditional fishing practice
Community fishing
Bamboo raft
Arunachal Pradesh
Wancho tribe
Ethnobiology
Fish harvesting
 
Description 624-626
An indigenous community fishing practiced by the Wancho tribe of Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh in Tissa river is described. In this practice, fishing was facilitated in the pool zones of the hill stream by making the stream water muddy. Fishes gasping for air in muddy waters is then caught using cast nets operated from indigenous bamboo rafts (4.6-6.1 m long and 1.1-1.4 m wide). The study revealed that community fishing is a part of the cultural heritage of the Wancho tribe of Tirap district. The principle behind the fishing method was found to be deoxygenation of water caused by churning of bottom sediments.
 
Date 2008-11-11T07:19:52Z
2008-11-11T07:19:52Z
2008-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0972-5938
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2394
 
Language en_US
 
Relation Int. Cl. ⁸ : A01K61/00, A01K63/00
 
Publisher CSIR
 
Source IJTK Vol.7(4) [October 2008]