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Indigenous fishing methods used for catching spiny eels (Macrognathus spp.) in floodplain wetlands of Assam, India.

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Title Indigenous fishing methods used for catching spiny eels (Macrognathus spp.) in floodplain wetlands of Assam, India.
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Creator Bhattacharjya, B. K.
Saud, B. J.
Verma, V. K.
Debnath, D.
Yadav, A. K.
Borah, S.
Pegu, H.
Sarkar, U. K.
 
Subject Indigenous Technical Knowledge
Fishing methods
Macrognathus spp.
Floodplain wetland (beel)
Assam
Mising tribe
 
Description The paper describes ITK associated with a unique indigenous fishing method used to catch mud-dwelling spiny eels (Macrognathus spp.) in floodplain wetlands of Assam by Bhatiya community in Lower Assam (locally called Akra mara) as well as by the Mising tribe in Upper Assam (Germe-Kenane).
The present paper describes ITK associated with a unique indigenous fishing method used to catch
mud-dwelling spiny eels (Macrognathus spp.) in floodplain wetlands of Assam by Bhatiya community in
Lower Assam (locally called Akra mara) as well as by the Mising tribe in Upper Assam (Germe-Kenane). Here
the spiny eels are caught by piercing them with a swift swinging motion of a curved pointed barbless iron hook
with a long bamboo handle. The specialized fishing method and the ITK associated with it were studied in
25 villages located around 12 floodplain wetlands (beel/pitoni) of the study area. In this paper, we discussed
how the two communities made effective use of the narrow visual field of the spiny eels through their
traditional wisdom to catch these bottom dwelling fishes, which are otherwise difficult to catch.
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Date 2021-08-10T07:05:35Z
2021-08-10T07:05:35Z
2018-07-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Bhattacharjya, B. K., Saud, B. J., Verma, V. K., Debnath, D., Yadav, A. K., Borah, S., Pegu, H. and Sarkar, U. K., 2018. Indigenous fishing methods used for catching spiny eels (Macrognathus spp.) in floodplain wetlands of Assam, India. J. Inland. Fish. Soc. India, 50 (2): 68-72.
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Language English
 
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Publisher Inland Fisheries Society of India