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Enhancing livelihood of rural tribal of Sagar Island, Sundarbans through fisheries management in derelict open waters.

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Title Enhancing livelihood of rural tribal of Sagar Island, Sundarbans through fisheries management in derelict open waters.
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Creator Archana Sinha,
Aparna Roy,
Pranab Gogoi,
Arun Pandit,
BK Das
 
Subject capacity building, derelict water, tribal community, Sagar Island
 
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The Sagar Island, situated at the mouth of Hoogly River and known as Ganga Sagar, is a part of Indian Sundarbans and rich in rivulets, creeks and mangrove swamps. The low-lying Sagar Island is cyclone prone but inhibited by many settlements flanking the coastline. Tribal population particularly, Santhal and Munda clans are settled in some pockets of Sagar Island. Poverty, illiteracy and financial exclusion made the tribal community vulnerable to economic shock. An attempt was made to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor
through improved fish culture practices in derelict water bodies in Khan Saheber Abad village of Sagar Islands. Fish seed, feed, fertilizers, nets etc. were distributed to fifteen numbers of households to encourage them for fish culture in the derelict waters in the village. After a culture period of eleven months, a total of 1,057 kg fish was harvested from an area of 1.017 ha of derelict water bodies. Fish species named Scatophagus argus, Liza parsia, Liza tade, Rhinomugil corsula, Mystus gulio were cultured in brackish water while, fresh waters were stocked by Catla catla, Labeo rohita, Cirrhimus mrigala, Labeo bata, Puntius sarana and small indigenous fish viz., Amblypharyngodon mola, Puntius ticto and Salmostomo bacaila for continuous availability of fishes for nutritional security of the poor villagers. Cost benefit ratio1.39 was achieved which show that utilization of derelict waters could be an alternative livelihood for the rural tribal’s of Sagar Island.
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Date 2021-08-03T08:36:25Z
2021-08-03T08:36:25Z
2020-09-21
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Sinha, A., Roy, A., Gogoi, P., Pandit, A., & Das, B. K. Enhancing livelihood of rural tribal of Sagar Island, Sundarbans through fisheries management in derelict open waters. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. Volume 2; Issue 3; 2020; Page No. 300-306
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/52585
 
Language English
 
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