Abstract
Approach had been made to study the various fishing techniques in the Towkak River in Assam and Nagaland. The combination of both hills and plain regions along the river, showed a higher diversity of fishing gears and equipments. The cost benefit and efficiency analysis results that Cast net was most efficacious fishing gear and also possesses the highest value of Mechanization Index (MI) which portrayed, a popular and most used gear.
Highlights
Fish catching devices, popularly called “Fishing gears and crafts” are the implements to harvest fishes from a water body
The application of fishing gears and methods are dependent on various factors, such as geomorphology of the water body, physiography of the water body, nature of the fish type available, people involved during the time fishing operation, the characteristic of the raw material from which a particular fish gear is prepared and time/season of operation [1,2]
Mechanisation Index (MI): MI is the index ratio of the total space coved by a specific gear to the total fish catch. i.e., MI = Volume of a specific year Total fish catch
Summary
Popularly called “Fishing gears and crafts” are the implements to harvest fishes from a water body. These exhibit bewildering diversity globally, nationally, regionally and locally. Variations exist according to fish type, fishermen type and season type. Fishing is one of the earliest traditions for the people of North-East India as well as rest of the country. The application of fishing gears and methods are dependent on various factors, such as geomorphology of the water body, physiography of the water body, nature of the fish type available, people involved during the time fishing operation, the characteristic of the raw material from which a particular fish gear is prepared and time/season of operation [1,2]. The fisherman’s usually used following fishing equipments to catch the fishes from the Towkak river and from nearby wetlands
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