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Institutional arrangements in fisheries of Ganges River system

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Title Institutional arrangements in fisheries of Ganges River system
 
Creator Katiha, P. K.
Sharma, A. P.
Chandra, Ganesh
 
Subject socio-economics
property regimes
demography
employment
management regimes
literacy
equity
 
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Institutional arrangements have been compared in three stretches under different management regimes,
namely: (i) open access (River Ganges from Kanpur to Farakka); (ii) private contractor (River Yamuna from
Yamuna Nagar to Panipat); (iii) fishermen co-operative (River Ghagra from Ghagra Barrage to Faizabad).
The ownership of riverine stretches of Ganges River system is with Departments of Fisheries, Forests,
Revenue and the Village Panchayats under Governments of riparian states. The ownership of more than
one department in some stretches resulted in more than one lessee for fishing and conflicts among local
fishers and degradation of fish stocks. The open access regime has no institutional arrangements, while for
cooperative and individual/private regime, the river was leased out for 3–7 years. The lease was generally
renewed for fishermen co-operatives, but for private contractors it was not certain due to bidding through
open auction system and higher base price. The annual fishing efforts were at maximum and probability
of irrational exploitation was high under private regime due to fishing practices adopted and limited lease
period. Equity issues were better in co-operative and open access. CPUE was the highest under open
access, while the costs were lowest for fisher co-operatives. Fish prices were better for fish co-operatives
due to better bargaining power and collective fish disposal. The annual net returns were the maximum
for fishers under open access, but net returns per kg of fish produced and output – input ratios were the
highest for fishers of co-operatives. This indicated the highest working efficiency and equitable distribution
of benefits under co-operative regime. The study concluded that involvement of actual fisher institutions
in riverine fisheries may be encouraged for better fisheries management. A need was also felt for periodic
evaluation of these institutional arrangements towards their performance and natural resources use.
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Date 2018-10-04T02:48:20Z
2018-10-04T02:48:20Z
2013-12-31
 
Type Journal
 
Identifier Katiha, P. K., Sharma, A. P. and Chandra, Ganesh (2013). Institutional arrangements in fisheries of Ganges River system. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 16 (4): 465-472
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/7455
 
Language English
 
Relation Not Available;
 
Publisher Taylor and Francis