TRADITIONAL FISHING PRACTICES, FISHERMEN AND LIVELIHOOD - A CASE STUDY OF CHATLA FLOODPLAIN AREA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE VILLAGE IRONGMARA, BARAK VALLEY, ASSAM

摘要

A survey was conducted in village Irongmara of' Chatla floodplain area to determine the floodplain fishery resources, traditional methods of fishing and the livelihood status offish farmers for a period of I year (January 2010-December 2010). The survey was conducted on 50 number of fish fanners inhabiting village Irongmara. Fishermen of the village use different fishing gears and different traditional methods of fishing depending upon the species, size and season. As per the survey, economic status of fisher folk is low. This study revealed that fish farmers often come across various social, economical and technical problems and due to that many of them have adopted fishing as their part time occupation. Ameliorating measures for overcoming the problems have also been suggested.