Community Based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains
1. Community Based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains in Bangladesh Benoy Kumar Barman, Fazlur Rahman and Mahfuzul Haque
2. Floodplains in Bangladesh Bangladesh Area: 143000 km 2 , Popn 160 m Inland water: 4.58 m ha (Open water 4.05 m ha – 88% and closed water 0.53 m ha -12%) Floodplain: 2.8 million ha 62% of inland water Livelihoods of 1.28 m people depends largely fishing in floodplains resources
3. Hold water 4-6 months during monsoon normally use as CPR Lands use for rice cultivation in dry months by individual land owners Seasonal floodplains
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7. * Rajshahi Rangpur Mymensingh CBFC in seasonal floodplains – study areas Floodplain Area (ha) Ownership Beel Mail 40 Public-private Chandpur Beel 50 Public-private Kalmina Beel 33 Private Andula Beel 16 Private Angrar Beel 31 Private Painglar Beel 20 Private