Swain, Prajna Ritambhara and Sinha, Archana and Chandra, Ganesh and Das, Archan Kanti and Das, Basanta Kumar (2024) Loss of small fish diversity as ‘trash fish’ affects the livelihood and nutritional security opportunities of small-scale wetland fishers of Bihar. p. 3.
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Manika Floodplain Wetland, or Manika Maun, is a seasonally open floodplain wetland located in Mushari block in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. It has a narrow connection with its parent river, the Burhi Gandak, only during the monsoon period. Manika Maun spreads over a 130-ha area with an average depth of 2 meters. About 300 fishers from 225 fishing families of the adjoining villages depend on this wetland for their livelihood and income generation. This maun is governed by the Department of Fisheries, Govt. of Bihar. As per the Bihar Jalkar Act 2008, the fishing access right in the wetland is given only to the primary fisherman cooperative society (PFSC) [1]. i.e., the Mushari Prakhand Matsyajeevi (Mushari Block Primary Fisherman Cooperative Society Ltd.). The culture-based fisheries have been practised for the last three years in this maun. Following the technology, the cooperative has been stocking the fish seeds of carp during the late monsoon from SeptOct. The harvesting is done by a group of 5 -7 fishers, who typically operate drag nets to catch the fish. About 120 fishing days is carried out in one year, with an average catch of about 70- 75 kg/day/dragnet. Manika wetland has flourished with a rich diversity of SIFs such as minnows, Glassfish, clupeids, and bagrids. SIFs are small sized native auto-recruited species that grow up to a maximum size of 25-30 cm [2]. The fishers only collect the carp and simply discard the SIFs onsite without recording the catch details due to food preference and the unavailability of market preference.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Bihar, Livelihood, Small-scale Fisheries, Trash Fish, Conservations |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2025 08:01 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2025 08:01 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21500 |
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