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CIFRI ANNUAL REPORT 2007- 2008
The Dantodar.Kangsabati basin in West Bmgai has
approximatcl) 77 2 thousand ha of floodpla~na, ahich
can be ulli~aed for Flrh bared farming system through
dccpwaler rlcc-fish (DWR) cult~rat~o~i. The Block
Muyna enniprising of H4 v~iiages ir in Purbs
Mcd~n~pure dlstncl of West Bengal is ~dcal rltc br
IIWR farming as it IS a conllmlous shccts ofloa lands
or saucer shaped deprcss~ons I'onslder~ny Tlic
present case study was conducted III Jank~chi~k mou7.a
of Moyna block of Eail Med~nlpur distr~cl of West
Bcngal The hcncli~~rarkinhrmation collcctsd through
colnmuntty panlcipailon~amcnto~tcd bcluw.
Tiic Fliiiers arc in\olvcd in diffcrcnt producl~on
activities. namely, agr~cullurc fisii sced pruduclio:~
and fi~iipmductio~i.
The firhers use trad~tioixli pracuccr For ii4i
product~oit In the Icascd flooded watcr witli
fingcrl~ngs. The species lncludc L rwhiiu, C 1 ullrr. C
mri,yuid. s~lver carp common carp and otlicr speclea
5% whatever nurtihcrs they cen afford w~thout ilny
sc~cnt~fic npproaclt. Tho lishcrr follow lnuluplc
harvesting uitlt tnaxllnum harbcst durlng \ovemhc~
end to December, ahen the water reaches ill the
rnt~n~~nurn level. The total number of fishing days
vaned from 25-30. The ~iur'ber of fishers!firhinp
labour is 25-30;dny Tlic firhinp group of 13 person$
use 90 X 15 R drag net Ibr fislt~ng. The fish yield
var;esfro~n 0.40 huh8
The iibobe benchmark obsewations lndlcutc~ that the
fishers have been following trrdil~onal inctltiidr offish
and nce farming The study area has rcope fur
improvement In fish and rfce production through .
OTHER PROJECTS
Apan from the mst~tutiani~l proiccta. thc work
also cxcsulod Ibr tlic sponaorrd prjcct .liid ihu
ucli~cvcmenls inre as undcr.
@ Strengthening of datahase and Inforntatien
notworking for fishorlo sccror (Ftriierier I)IYI~I~II>.
Ilcpanmmt LIT An~inal Ilurb~ndry slid Di~rytng.
Mmistry of ,2gr1culture. Ncw Dclh~) Thu Ctnrial
icctor achcnic aas ~~i~tiatcd in Dcc 2003, w~tli ;\ \~cu
lo mop the inlzind \\.ller hodlcs In l~tdlii uimg lclntilc
rcnsl~ig S~~IL.IIILC data. dciclopnicnl of Cic~p~aliI~~c~l
Inlor~n,ilion Syrtclii ((GIs) arid ionpllng
~nrlhodolog~cs for c.~tch asressmcnl 111 the schumc
lnnpplng a.11cr birdlca of foul atatel a;,> c,r~iiplclcd
uslng 5.8 in resolution daln Sonuarc was ilcvrli~peil
bascd on rnmpl~nc nicti~odr~lop~cs lirriiitch crtlrnaf>oIi
oiitiland firh using visu;il b,ii~c iind Als Accc\i M'lni
slste fistictics oi'fic~ialr wcrc trained o~i IIIC \oflu,l!i.
end rnctiiodolog~ea ibrcst~malion oflish c~ich of1I1t11
rcspcctivc at.liss. I)ut~ng 1111, yedr, i$;~tur bud~ca ill'
arca z~bu~c 0 5 ha lha\c hccn idctit~ficd and 1n.ippcr1
ttiing I ISS 111 (23 5) ~inrl I'AN (5.8111) Imiigcrtc\ iilr
tiircc stilter numcly l'utijab, lIsry,ini~ and Oriasii 11.
order to :lakc vcniication orwatcl. h ~d~es ~(l~n~li~d
fro111 vatcllltc data, grou~~d trulii>ngaas f!onc iir~ a;ilcr
budlo hawng nrca tiillre than 111 hn in 27 dl\trcla 0.'
Or~aaa and Utlar Pradeah usng Cil'S 2nd ~I~IIIIIIIIII~).
basemap ofaatcr hodleb crcntcd uiing RS Inlagcrlcs
Inforlnat~on ofwutcr hnd~cs and fiahtng actlvltlcr ira
also cullcctcd dur~ng the ficld iirll. 'l'ralnlng
prograninics wFrc organized on "Sampl~ng
Mctliudolog~es for Esuinizl~ort of Inland Fibh Catch 111
lndra and Catch A~seastnclit Soltwarc" fur 87 oiiicials
of diffcrcnt states at four centers of ClFRl nurncl)
Barrackporc. Allalx~brd,Gu~ahall untl Hangelore