Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project, Bangladesh Water Development Board, Bangladesh
Research
Community Perceptions on Sustainable Beel Fisheries Management: Bangladesh Perspective
Author(s): A.B.M. Arman Hossain*, Gazi Muhammad Abdullah Mahdi and Abul Kalam Azad
The present study was undertaken on Chapai Beel in Faridpur Sadar Upazila,
Bangladesh, to determine the fish biodiversity and scratch out the problem
related to fisheries biodiversity and will also make a significant contribution to
the development of an appropriate beel management policy to conserve the
fisheries biodiversity through sustainable management. A field investigation was
conducted on the current status of Chapai Beel fisheries for one year, from January
to December 2020. The Chapai Beel is semi-closed and has an arc-shaped water
body of 84.86 ha spreading over the seven villages with covering the two unions
and two Upazilas of Faridpur district. A total of 47 species (including six exotic
species) were identified during the study. Of the 47 species, 41 were indigenous
species belonging to 17 fish families, 12 different common groups, and 32 f.. View More»