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27 Fish Catching Devices in the Wetlands ....................................... 583
27.1 Introduction .......................................................................... 583
27.2 General Fish Catching Devices in Wetlands ........................ 583
27.3 Wetland Fish Catching Devices Exemplifi ed from
a Typical Wetland in Asia .................................................... 583
27.3.1 Fish Catching Devices in Sone Beel .................... 584
27.3.2 Fabrication, Modus Operandi
and Catch Record of the Gears ............................ 586
27.3.3 Kupa Barshi ......................................................... 586
27.3.4 Tanga Barshi ........................................................ 587
27.3.5 Trawls ................................................................... 588
27.3.6 Scooping Gears .................................................... 589
27.3.7 Entangling Gears .................................................. 592
27.3.8 Impact of Gill Nets on the Fishery
of Sone Beel ......................................................... 593
27.3.9 Cost-Return Analysis and Effi cacy
of Gill Nets .......................................................... 593
27.3.10 Encircling Gears ................................................... 594
27.3.11 Miscellaneous Types
of Gears ................................................................ 598
27.3.12 Impoundment ....................................................... 599
27.3.13 Without Bailing Vessel
(Locally Called ‘Debli’) ...................................... 599
27.3.14 Inference .............................................................. 600
27.3.15 Analysis of the Operation
of Fishing Gears in Sone Beel ............................. 600
27.3.16 Fish Catching Devices in Chatla Haor ................. 601
27.3.17 In the Anuas ......................................................... 602
Suggested Readings ........................................................................ 603
28 Fishermen in Wetlands ................................................................. 605
28.1 Introduction .......................................................................... 605
28.2 General Account of the Fishermen in Wetlands .................. 605
28.3 Wetland Fishermen Exemplifi ed from a Typical
Wetland in Asia (Case Study of the Biggest
Wetland in Assam) ............................................................... 605
28.3.1 Abounding Fishermen of the Beel ....................... 606
28.3.2 Occasional Fishermen .......................................... 606
28.3.3 Part-Time Fishermen ............................................ 606
28.3.4 Professional Fishermen ........................................ 607
28.3.5 Socio-economics of the Fisherfolk
Population of Sone Beel ...................................... 607
28.3.6 In Chatla Haor ...................................................... 608
28.3.7 In the Anuas ......................................................... 609
28.3.8 In Sone Beel in Assam ......................................... 609
28.3.9 In Chatla Haor ...................................................... 611
Suggested Readings ........................................................................ 613
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