CULTURE AND CAPTURE FISHERY OF BEEL DAKATIA, KHULNA

A survey on culture and capture fishery was conducted at Beel Dakatia of Khulna district. Total area the 28328 acres persons were found to live around beel is about 135,000 which 3.97% directly 19.87% indirectly involved in aquaculture. While 0.2% people 1% fishery. The land use distribution 52% for aquaculture, 31% housing, 9.83% agriculture, 2.56% fishery, 0.61% as marshland 4% community utilities. Mainly two systems namely integrated poly followed. Of 93% farmers practiced while 7% culture. average production prawn fish be 225 95 kg/acre, respectively. In yields 198 83 kg/ acre, case culture, paddy other vegetables also produced along with fishes. Average 1560 acre. Net profits per acre from 59673 51022 Tk, 41 species 3 harvested. Culture included only 8 one prawn. Three types craft (boat, nouka; small boat, donga raft, vella), five gear (cast net, khapla jal; drug tana current gill fash jal push thela jal), six trap (basket trap, ghuni; box vair; basket chonga, polo; tubo bitte) hook spear (chip-borshi, borshi, fulkuchi, jhupi konch) used aquaculture harvesting fish. It revealed that agriculture decreasing rapidly increasing activities. Over all livelihood status observed improving day by increase