Institutions and Governance in Fisheries of Indian Brahmaputra River Basin

Journal of Agrisearch 3 (1): 51-56, October 2016

6 Pages Posted: 25 Jul 2017

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Ganesh Chandra

Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute

Udaybhanu Bhattacharyya

University of Kalyani, Department of RDM

Date Written: March 31, 2016

Abstract

Riverine fisheries are of great importance in the tropical regions of the earth as they provide food and nutrition to millions of people and support their livelihood. Brahmaputra is one of the largest rivers of the world having a drainage area of 580,000 square kilometers.

Institutional arrangements have been compared in two river stretches and wetlands under different management regimes, namely:

(i) open access (North Lakhimpur district);

(ii) Fishermen cooperative (Kamrup district); and 15 floodplain wetlands (in three districts) under Individual, cooperative and open access.

The open access regime has no institutional arrangements, while for cooperative and individual regime, the river and wetlands were leased out for 7 years. The ownership of riverine stretches of Brahmaputra lies with department of revenue, while the ownership of floodplain wetlands under various government departments. The study concluded that involvement of actual fisher institutions fisheries may be encouraged for better fisheries management. A need was also felt for periodic evaluation of these institutional arrangements towards their performance and natural resources use. The inclusion of the entire actor group and the presence of active linkages within and among them will strengthen governability.

Keywords: Fisheries, Property rights, Common property resources, Brahmaputra basin, Floodplain wetlands, governance

Suggested Citation

Chandra, Ganesh and Bhattacharyya, Udaybhanu, Institutions and Governance in Fisheries of Indian Brahmaputra River Basin (March 31, 2016). Journal of Agrisearch 3 (1): 51-56, October 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3006994

Ganesh Chandra (Contact Author)

Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute ( email )

Monirampur (Post)
Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120
India

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Udaybhanu Bhattacharyya

University of Kalyani, Department of RDM ( email )

Block C, University Of Kalyani
Kalyani
West Bengal, 741235
India

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