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Report of the Workshop on Extension Service Requirements in Small-Scale Fisheries. BOBP/REP/6









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    Workshop on Social Feasibility in Small-Scale Fisheries Development. BOBP/REP/5 1980
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    The definition of small-scale fisheries used at the workshop was the definition put forward at the Expert Consultation on Small-Scale Fisheries Development (Rome, 1975) - “Small-scale fisheries are labour-intensive and are conducted by artisanal craftsmen whose level of income, mechanical sophistication, quantity of production, fishing range, political influence, market outlets, employment and social mobility and financial dependence keep them subservient to the economic decisions and operating constraints placed upon them by those who buy their production”. In defining social feasibility, it was generally agreed that a project is socially feasible if its benefits reach the intended beneficiaries. Presentations by workshop participants of the socio-economic status of fishing communities in the Bay of Bengal region showed that they live in overcrowded houses in villages in the coastal areas, exposed to floods, fires and storms. Their income and educational levels are low, as is thei r status in society. Drinking water is hard to come by, basic sanitation facilities are non-existent. Some of the fisher-folk are migrants, some are temporary occupants of land, some hold short-term leases, some are tenants, a few are owners. The power structure in the fishing villages is related to the ownership of such assets as land, houses, boats and fishing gear. The fishing communities have little or no political power, are strongly influenced by religion, and tend to be highly superstitio us. Women from the fishing community are not active partners in actual fishing operations, but they do play an active role in fish marketing and processing.
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    Report of the First Phase of the Aquaculture Demonstration for Small-Scale Fisheries Development Project in Phang Nga, Thailand, March 1979-September 1981 - BOBP/REP/14 1982
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    This document is the report of the implementation of the project “Aquaculture Demonstration for Small-Scale Fisheries Development, Phang Nga, Thailand” during its first phase, March 1979 to September 1981. A short account of the project’s background, objectives, modus operandi and pre-operational activities is followed by a description and assessment of each component of the project - aquaculture demonstration, community development and the women component. It shows that cockle culture is the most successful aquaculture activity, while the commercial feasibility of finfish cage culture and oyster culture and the technical feasibility of mussel culture are yet to be established. The achievements of the community development component and the extensive training activities under each project component are also highlighted in the report. The report is based on the work of Mr. Boon Boonruang, Senior Fishery Biologist (team leader of the project) under the supervision of Mr. Vanich Varik ul, Director of the Brackishwater Fisheries Division of the Department of Fisheries, Thailand (Project Director) and the South China Sea Fisheries Development and Coordinating Programme. On behalf of the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP), technical support for the execution of the project was provided to the Department of Fisheries, Thailand by the South China Sea Fisheries Development and Coordinating Programme (SCSP). Consequent to a joint review of the project, carried out at the end of the first phase, in which representatives of the Thailand Department of Fisheries, BOBP and SCSP participated, agreement for the support of a second phase of the project was reached between the Department and BOBP.
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    Report of the Consultation on Stock Assessment for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal. Chittagong, Bangladesh, 16-21 June 1980 - BOBP/REP/10.2
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    1980
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    Coastal fisheries of Bangladesh have been described with reference to location, area and physicochemical characteristics of coastal water, potential fishing grounds, extent of standing stock, yield, species composition, method of exploitation, fishing efforts, methodology of stock assessment and catch statistics with reference to vessels, gear and time. Coastal area of Bangladesh is 37,000 km2 lying between Lat. 20.4ºN and 22.0ºN,and Long. 89ºE, which is no deeper than 50 m. Potential fishing grounds as have been charted by a resource survey are (i) South Patches (20.8ºN - 21.4ºN and 90ºE - 91 ºE), (ii) Middle Ground (20.82ºN - 21.65ºN and 91ºE - 91.8ºE), (iii) Swatch of no ground (21.0ºN - 21.6ºN and 89.0ºE - 91ºE). The standing stock of the Bangladesh continental shelf has been estimated to be 552,500 tons (318,500 tons demersal fish, 200,000 tons pelagic fish, 9000 tons crustaceans and 25,000 tons others). Annual yield from the coastal waters has been estimated at 100,000 tons c omprising 475 species of finfish and 25 species of shrimps. Of the total yield, 95% comes from small scale fishing and the rest from trawl catch. Dominant species of the catch by groups are catfish, Indian salmon, Bombay duck, shark and skates, jew-fish and eels. A total of 45,200 indigenous fishing boats and 1156 mechanised fishing boats are operated in the coastal belt of Bangladesh by about 156,000 fishermen directly engaged and 92,000 fishermen indirectly engaged in fishing. At present 17 tr awlers are being operated by BFDC and 75 trawlers under joint venture with Thailand.

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