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Volume : III, Issue : II, March - 2013 FISHING AS LIVELIHOOD IN WEST BENGAL NASRIN BANU DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Fishing is one of the oldest means of livelihood of mankind and fisheries sectors
play an important role in the national economy and in the socio-economic development
of in India. West Bengal is one of the leading fish producing states in the country and the
largest producer of fish seeds in the country. Fishery-related livelihoods are complex,
dynamic and adaptive. A livelihood comprises the assets (natural, physical, human,
financial and social capital), the activities and the access to these (mediated by
institutions and social relations) that together determine the living gained by the
individual or households. This paper is an attempt to focus on fisheries livelihoods in
West Bengal. This study is based on secondary sources of data. The results show that
fisheries livelihoods are more popular in southern districts in the state and it is less
popular in the northern part of the states. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : NASRIN BANU, (2013). FISHING AS LIVELIHOOD IN WEST BENGAL. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. II, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2147.pdf References : - FAO 2004. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture
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