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'Dhowr'- A Revisit to the design and operation of indigenous machinery in fishery technology

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Title 'Dhowr'- A Revisit to the design and operation of indigenous machinery in fishery technology
 
Creator Viswambharan, Divya
Swathi Lekshmi, P S
Sasikumar, Geetha
Rohit, Prathibha
Nagaraj, S G
Hakeem, Abdul
 
Subject Fishery Technology
Crafts & Gear
 
Description Traditionally, the fishing crafts are hauled on to the beach with manpower after the fishing cruise. Many of the beach-landing centers use manpower for hauling the boats. But the change in beach profile due to changing weather condition makes it extremely cumbersome for hauling the boat using manpower alone. Moreover, the labour force has also been getting scarce in many fishing villages. A wooden winch was developed by the fishermen of Dakshina Kannada, several decades back. The fishermen in Keni Village of Uttar Kannada District worked on this insight and came out with a modified manually working wooden winch/ capstan and named “Dhowr”. This device was widely accepted and number of units came up in most of the beach landing fishing villages of Uttar Kannada. With this background, it was felt necessary that a detailed study be conducted to document and report the construction and operation of unique and eco-friendly wooden capstan, “Dhowr” along with the benefits to the fishermen.
 
Publisher 11 th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum
 
Date 2017
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12499/1/11_IFAF_2017_Divya%20Viswambharan_Poster_Dhowr.pdf
Viswambharan, Divya and Swathi Lekshmi, P S and Sasikumar, Geetha and Rohit, Prathibha and Nagaraj, S G and Hakeem, Abdul (2017) 'Dhowr'- A Revisit to the design and operation of indigenous machinery in fishery technology. In: 11th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum, 23 November 2017, Kochi.