Traditional Fishing Gears and Methods of the Bodo Tribes of Kokrajhar, Assam.

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2023Author
Basumatary, Nelson
Khangembam, Bronson Kumar
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Fish and fishery are an important part of the culture
and tradition of many tribal communities of North
East India including the Bodo tribes of Assam. The
Bodos use varieties of unique traditional fishing
gears and methods for fishing. Understanding and
documenting such traditional knowledge systems
are important to prevent them from vanishing with
time. This paper aims to study and document the
traditional fishing gears of Bodo tribes and their
methods of operation. The study was conducted in
six villages of Kokrajhar district, Assam, India from
April 2021 to March 2022 through surveys including
semi-structured questionnaires and personal interviews.
Altogether 135 respondents participated in
the study and 35 different fishing gears were
recorded including the ones, which were previously
not reported. They were categorized into impaling
gears, hook & lines, and traps and pots. The natural
resources and fish diversity were seen to influence
the structure and design o.....
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Fishery TechnologyVolume
60Page Range
pp.25-36Document Language
enSustainable Development Goals (SDG)
14.aSpatial Coverage
Northeast Indian OceanKokrajhar
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Basumatary, N. and Khangembam, B. K. (2023) Traditional Fishing Gears and Methods of the Bodo Tribes of Kokrajhar, Assam. Fishery Technology, 60, pp.25-36. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1881Collections