A survey on fishing gears used for fishing in Sone beel, the largest wetland in Assam, Northeast India

Abstract

Sone beel is dominated by two communities viz., Kaibartta and Patni. They have been practicing fishing mainly with traditional fishing gears. A survey was done to prepare a list of these fishing gears and bamboo made accessories. A total of 17 fishing gears and 4 bamboo made accessories were recorded. Present survey also revealed the status of occurrence of 54 taxa of fishes in Sone beel of which 22 taxa were abundant, 22 were frequent, 7 taxa were rare and three varieties of fish viz., Cirrhinus reba, Gudusia chapra and Chitala chitala were hardly found.