Fishing methods in the rivers of Northeast India （印度东北部河流的捕鱼方法）.pdf

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol. 8 (2), April 2009, pp. 237-241 Fishing methods in the rivers of Northeast India S D Gurumayum1* M Choudhury2 1Gopaldev Mandir, Tourangbam Leikei, Uripok, Imphal, Manipur; 2Northeastern Regional Center, CIFRI, Housefed Complex, Central Building, Dispur, Guwahati 781006, Assam E-mail: santaguru@, ranjanaguru@yahoo.co.uk Received 21 August 2006; revised 19 November 2007 The Northeast frontier of India, which has been ranked 6th among the top 25 biodiversity spot in the world demonstrates the absolute dependence of men on nature. Riverine fishery resources of these states comprise 19,150 km of streams and rivers with diversified fish fauna, having both torrential and plain forms but still the old traditional methods of fishing are prevalent and most of the practices followed are primitive and outdated as there is no new and reliable technology available. Some of the existing fishing methods in the hill steams are hooks and line, maze/ barricade, encircling gear, entangling gear, impaling gear, scooping gear, groping, impoundment, indigenous trap and noose fishing. For the large scale fishing destructive practices such as dynamiting and poisoning are employed. Electric fishing is also becoming very popular in some parts. Keywords: Fishing methods, Northeast India, Traditional medicine 8 IPC Int. Cl. : A01K61/00, A01K69/00, A01K73/00, A01K83/00 The seven Northeastern states of India, Arunachal valley in Manipur, the Northeast mainly comprises