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Impact of cage culture in reservoir on the livelihood of fishers: A case study in Jharkhand, India.

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Title Impact of cage culture in reservoir on the livelihood of fishers: A case study in Jharkhand, India.
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Creator Arun Pandit, BK Das, Ganesh Chandra, Aparna Roy, Piyashi Debroy, AK Yadav, L Chakraborty, DK Biswas
 
Subject Cage fish farming, Livelihood, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, Reservoir
 
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Cage fish farming in Indian reservoirs has the potential to enhance the reservoir production manifold. The present study estimated that around 14,000 cages have been installed in different reservoirs of the country which are producing around 16% of the current reservoir fish production. Around 7.5 lakh mandays of labour are being generated by cage fish farming in the country. An empirical study in the state of Jharkhand State found that the adoption of cage culture contributed around 30% to the livelihood of fishers. Cage culture not only increased monthly family income but also reduced the occupational migration. The fishermen households who adopted cage farming also accumulated some durable assets due to improvement in household income. However, high initial cost of cage culture operation, high feed cost and low market price of cultured pangas fish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) were some of the major constraints in adopting the technology as reported by the fishers. The study recommends that the state departments need to promote the use of low cost galvanised iron (GI) cages designed by the ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CIFRI) in reservoirs which may play a significant role in fulfilling the vision of blue revolution in the country.
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Date 2021-08-03T08:36:56Z
2021-08-03T08:36:56Z
2021-01-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Pandit, Arun, B. K. Das, Ganesh Chandra, Aparna Roy, Piyashi Debroy, A. K. Yadav, L. Chakraborty, and D. K. Biswas. "Impact of cage culture in reservoir on the livelihood of fishers: A case study in Jharkhand, India." Indian Journal of Fisheries 68, no. 1 (2021): 76-81.
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