cifri annual report 2007- 2008 - Central Institute of Brackishwater ...
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Fi~her).r~~our',r o~~r,~rnrnr in Arwnr<br />
Data were collected from 50 heel, <strong>of</strong> Nagaon<br />
dismct<strong>of</strong> Assarn for development <strong>of</strong>GIS on wctlands<br />
<strong>of</strong> Assam. Out <strong>of</strong>50 heels, one heel namely S~lduhi<br />
got silted. Many <strong>of</strong> the hecis burvcyed werc uell<br />
managed as evidenced by supplementary stocking<br />
pattern, macruphyte status and river conilcct,v!ty<br />
rtatus Out <strong>of</strong> thc 49 hecls. 24 hccls ohscwcd regular<br />
,upplcmentary stocking as ijsherlcs rnhanccinent<br />
measures. Oniy I1 beds out <strong>of</strong> 49 heeis iiave morc<br />
than 50% rnacrophyle coverugc, uhercas 23 hccli<br />
have less than 25% mncrnphytc Also, lnust <strong>of</strong> the<br />
beels (39out<strong>of</strong>49) retained scasoni~i connecuon uith<br />
theparcntrivertomaintain theirnaturalecology.<br />
Econumic valuation <strong>of</strong> tnland firhcr! rrstlurccs In<br />
India<br />
The mcthudology Sir ccanornlc valuaton uf<br />
inland fisheries reiourccs was finallzed. Vnriouh<br />
compnncnti, func:~ons and attributes uf rivers.<br />
reservoirs, floodplam wellandi and csruarics were<br />
documented and consequently dtrect, indtrect and no11<br />
use values wcrc enl~rted. The valuat~on proccss<br />
lnvolvcd three stapcs ~ncluding I) defin~ng ovcrall<br />
objcctlve or prohlcm and choosing lypc <strong>of</strong>economic<br />
assessrncnt approach, ii) defincscope and I~m~t~ol'tlic<br />
analysis. enl~sthe mformauon needs to cotiducl thc<br />
assessrncnt, and rank the user for vulunt~on rill<br />
ident~fication <strong>of</strong> rrsource constraints nnd final~sat~on<br />
<strong>of</strong> data collecuon mcthuds and baluatlon tcchniqucs.<br />
Constdcnng the ohjcct~ve <strong>of</strong> the project <strong>of</strong> \uluatlon<br />
<strong>of</strong> inland fisheries resources with specla1 refcrcnce to<br />
fisheries, panlal valuation approach %,as adapted wlth<br />
collect~on <strong>of</strong> data through structured and semi<br />
structured formats following contingent valuation<br />
method for valuation Preliminary ~nformation on<br />
valualion and sncio-~nst~tut~onal settlnpr ivrrc<br />
cullected from Chilndnnia bcrl in 24 Pargsnur (Iv)<br />
district in West Bengal. The he14 uar uncler the<br />
mult~ple control <strong>of</strong> Wclfarr, Kcvenue and F~shcrlcs<br />
Depa~lments <strong>of</strong> Goucrnnient <strong>of</strong> West Bengal. The<br />
iishmp nghts were with local co.uperatlve Thc hccl<br />
was tn~anapcd ntcely for fishertrs, u,~th h~gh coopcrdllvc<br />
splril, ahldin~ hy mlei and rr~ul~tloiii Ibl.<br />
fish~nc and fish conscwstion and i ~ l iruad d fish<br />
Suciu economic e>nluation <strong>of</strong> fishcrs <strong>of</strong> ~uo hccla<br />
namely Amgun tloa: