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DocumentCountry Report on Socio-Economic Issues in the Management of Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh 1993
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No Thumbnail AvailableProjectSocio-economic and marketing constraints to the development of aquaculture and utilisation of small water bodies in Zimbabwe 1989
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No results found.A questionnaire survey was administered in Murehwa and Masvingo Districts and 160 fish farming households (FFH) and 80 non-fish farming households (NFFH) were interviewed. Of those FFH interviewed, 25 were female-headed and 28 NFFH interviewed were female-headed. The study found that the potential for aquaculture development was relatively higher in wetter areas like NRs II and III, but because NRs IV and V are relatively dry and a large number of dams have been built there, they are, however, suited to the exploitation of these fisheries. Fish farming households were generally the wealthier households in the community. FFHs had more land and labour, produced more field and horticultural crops than NFFHs. Integration of fish farming within the farming systems was more likely among farmers with irrigated garden plots than those without; so that concentrating the extension message on this target audience could increase AGRITEX's impact. The majority of NFFH were aware of fish farmi ng in all NRs implying that the extension project had a significant impact in the pilot zones. Although they were aware of fish farming, they did not have suitable land for siting a pond and failed to hire enough labour to construct the pond. The proportion of female-headed FFH was relatively high in wetter areas (NR II) but lower in NRs III and IV. Although the average proportion of female-headed FFH was fairly standard, the absolute sample size was too low to permit rigorous examination of s ocio-economic differences among different gender groups. Wives in male-headed households were responsible for day-to-day pond management but the decisions of their husbands dominated. Fish farming was considered a sideline activity which required little management. -
Book (series)Culture-based fisheries in Bangladesh: a socio-economic perspective. 2007
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No results found.Fisheries policy in Bangladesh is still trying to get to grips with the major dilemmas of maximizing benefits from natural resources while ensuring an acceptable degree of equity in the distribution of benefits and protecting the ecosystems that support the resources. During the twentieth century Bangladesh adopted one-sided production-oriented policies in the agricultural sector to feed its rapidly growing population. This strategy included increasing fish production, then in declin e mainly as a result of environmental degradation brought about by the expansion of agriculture. The solution was to develop aquaculture and later to promote culture-based fisheries and large-scale stocking in the floodplains and beels (lakes) that previously sustained capture fisheries. Although fish production per se in many cases may have increased as a result of this type of intervention, benefits have not been socially and environmentally sustainable. This document reviews and d iscusses the development of culture-based fisheries and community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh with regard to socio-economic impacts as well as environmental effects and biodiversity loss.
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