WORKING PAPERS - BOBP/WP/34
Pilot Survey Of Set Bagnet Fishery Of Bangladesh
by
Abul Kashem
Project Officer, Bangladesh Bay of Bengal Programme
Anwar Ikbal
Statistics Officer, Bangladesh Marine Fisheries Department
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WORKING PAPERS - BOBP/WP/34 Pilot Survey Of Set Bagnet Fishery Of Bangladeshby |
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Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Funding Agency: SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Development of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal. Madras, India, August 1985 |
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This paper describes the conduct and the findings of a pilot survey of the set bagnet fishery of Bangladesh which is believed to account for at least one third of the total catch from the marine small-scale fisheries. The survey was planned by the BOBP’s project officer in Bangladesh and executed by the staff of the Marine Fisheries Department, Chittagong, with the department’s statistics officer as the team leader. He was assisted by three inspectors of fisheries. Between January and June 1983, when the survey was conducted, a total of 172 fishermen and bahardars all along the coast and at Dubla Char, Sonar Char and Sonadia Island, were interviewed. The survey was by no means exhaustive, but it is hoped that it will throw some light on the present status of a traditional fishery which will continue to play an important role. The survey was an activity of the small-scale fisheries project of the Bay of Bengal Programme. The project began in 1979 from Madras. It is funded by SIDA (Swedish International Development Authority), and executed by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). Countries bordering the Bay of Bengal - Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand - are members of the project. Its main aims are to develop, demonstrate and promote appropriate technologies and methodologies to improve the conditions of small-scale fisherfolk in member countries. |
PREFACE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. CONDUCT OF SURVEY
2.1 Method
2.2 Execution of survey
3. PRIMARY INFORMATION
3.1 Fishing operation
3.2 Working pattern
3.3 Remuneration
4. RESULTS
4.1 Marine fishing villages/camps
4.2 Fishing units
4.3 Set bagnets
4.4 Specifications of set bagnets
4.5 Crew
4.6 Costs and earnings
TABLES
1. Number of fishing boats in marine fishing villages in 1982/83
2. Number of set bagnet units in sample villages/fishing camps in 1982/83
3. Number of set bagnets operated in 1982/83
4. Distribution of set bagnets and fishing craft in the three major seasonal offshore fishing centres by district during 1982/83
5. Specifications of set bagnets
6. Size distribution of set bagnets and estimation of twine requirement
7. Value of catch during the last 24 hours prior to data collection
1. Locations of 51 surveyed set bagnet fishing camps/villages from coastal districts of Bangladesh
2. Area of coastal and offshore set bagnet operation in Bangladesh
3. How the behundi net is operated
4. Schedule for set bagnet fishery survey
5. New set bagnet villages identified during sample survey of 1982/83
6. Comparative statement of motorized and non-motorized boats and set bagnets in sample fishing camps/villages of 1967/68 and 1982/83