A beel thicky infested with water hyacinth
A beel thicky infested with water hyacinth
A beel thicky infested with water hyacinth
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Fore word<br />
The State of hsam is endowed <strong>with</strong> copious aquatlc wealth tn the form of beek.<br />
swamos. ~onds and nv-. which bear rich DOtWIhal for Inland fish wodcllon Nevertheless. the<br />
Stale'sllll has a defctt of fish productm io the tune of 1 5 lakh t per year The floodplatn<br />
wetlands (beeis]. extending over one lakh ha, mstltute me most Important flshery resource of<br />
the State The tnvestlaatlons camed out bv the Central Inland Caolure Ftsherles Research<br />
lnstltute (CIFRI) have &ved mat the beefs &n produce much more fish than what they do at<br />
present Lack of technical adv~ce on utilization of this resource for fishery development has been<br />
one of the reasons for low vHtlds ClFRl has been investiaatlna the ecoloa~cal characlertst~cs<br />
of me beets of Assam tor me last two -es wtm a vlew I; develop guldelties for lhew Itsher).<br />
management Based on these extensive lnvestlgatlons some new Isghls nave beer) thrown on<br />
he ecology and fishery polenttal of the <strong>beel</strong>s of Assam<br />
The lnstrtule has also been able to develop some broad gutdellnes for the management<br />
of culture-based and caDture fisherms of me beeh, whlch have been Dresented In th~s bulletln<br />
~b~t~re-baseo fssnery isc~~nates subslantsal tncrease In fish y.ela and productton wtltl rn nmtr<br />
monetary gnputs and environmental damage Development of heel fnsher es on the bass of<br />
culture-based fisheries IS also s~gnlfcant from a soclo-econom~c potnt of vtew Most of them are<br />
common properly resources managed under mperallve fold Thus beneftts accrued from the<br />
$"creased productlvlty 8s equttably d~strlbuted among the f~shers<br />
Thts bellettn IS the first ever anempt to provlde sc~entiflc advlce on ftshery management<br />
of flwdplatn wetlands of Assam, based on sc~enttfic prlnctples Even though tt 15 not posslble<br />
to develoD tectmoloQv -. packages for f~shery manaaemenl of <strong>beel</strong>s due to many reasons Ihe<br />
formalwe gundelmes presenlW In thls commun#catlon are adequate lo aclr,eve sdbstantfdt<br />
Increase In ytead an0 product~on from beets Tne team of CtFR, sclentlsts under tne leadel Sntp<br />
of Dr V V Sugunan has done a commendable job In collecttng data from the <strong>beel</strong>s of Assam<br />
under vanous wnstralnts and analyzlog them to develop some very useful guldeltnes I trust lhls<br />
builet~n apart from bang a very useful reference materlal for the beet managers, wlll go a long<br />
way In lncreastng the lnland fish productton In the Slate of Assam<br />
M. Sinha<br />
Director