FISHERIES RESEARCH SUPPORT PROJECT (FRSP)

SCBRMP-LGED/WORLDFISH CENTER

Progress Report 2011

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2012

Table of ContentsTable of Contents.............................................................................................................................2

List of Table......................................................................................................................................3

List of Figure.....................................................................................................................................3

Executive Summary..........................................................................................................................4

2. Fish Catch and Bio-Diversity Monitoring......................................................................................8

2.1. Individual Fish catch Monitoring............................................................................................8

2.2. Monitoring of Major or Organized Fishing...........................................................................10

2.3. Open and Organized Catch..................................................................................................11

2.4. Annual Variation of Production by Group............................................................................13

2.5. Harvesting Performance and Waterbodies..........................................................................14

2.6. Biodiversity Based on Major Catch Data..............................................................................15

2.7. Biodiversity Based on catch monitoring..............................................................................15

3. Katha Setting..............................................................................................................................17

4. Length Frequency Monitoring of Fish.........................................................................................19

5. Water Quality Parameters..........................................................................................................20

6. Selection of new waterbodies for fish catch monitoring............................................................21

7. Orientation and Refreshers Training of Community Enumerators.............................................23

8. Result Dissemination Meeting:...................................................................................................24

9. Other Need Based Activities.......................................................................................................25

9.1 Support to Fish Habitat Restoration Work............................................................................25

9.2 BUG Election.........................................................................................................................26

9.3 DoF Official visit to SCBRMP site:..........................................................................................26

9.4 Recruitment of new staff at FRS project:..............................................................................27

9.5 Coordination meeting with SCBRMP staffs...........................................................................27

9.6 Publication of Book on Fish Species Diversity.......................................................................28

9.7 Meeting with IFAD Mission...................................................................................................28

10. Work plan 2012........................................................................................................................30

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List of TableTable 1: Catch monitoring data collection and entry status in 2011....................................9

Table-2: Total production (Kg) and sale value (Tk.) from major harvesting till December 2011...................................................................................................................................10

Table-3: Katha setting status during 2011.........................................................................18

Table- 4: Length-frequency record collection status in 2011.............................................19

Table-5: Fluctuation status of water quality parameters in 45 assigned waterbodies.......20

Table: 6 Selection of new waterbodies(3rd batch)..............................................................22

List of FigureFigure 1. Fish production (Kg/ha) based on 40 project water bodies from catch monitoring in 2011...............................................................................................................................12

Figure 2. Fish production (Kg/ha) based on 5 control water bodies from catch monitoring in 2011...............................................................................................................................12

Figure 3. Comparison of Fish production (Kg/ha) based on 30 water bodies from major catch in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11............................................................13

Figure 4. Comparison of overall fish production (Kg/ha) based on 30 water bodies from both catch monitoring and major catch in 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11.......................13

Figure 5. Annual variation of fish production (%) by group based on 40 water bodies from open catch in 2011............................................................................................................14

Figure 6. Distribution of fish catches from both monitoring & organized harvest in 2010-11.......................................................................................................................................14

Figure 7. Total number of species recorded from major harvest at 30 monitored sites in 2010-11.............................................................................................................................15

Figure 8. Total numbers of species recorded from catch monitoring at 40 monitored sites in 2011...............................................................................................................................16

Figure 9. Fish share gained per BUG in 2010-11 from Major catch..................................17

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Executive SummaryThe fisheries and livelihoods impact monitoring component (Fisheries Research Support Project or FRSP) of the Sunamganj Community Based Resource Management Project (SCBRMP) has designed jointly by the SCBRMP, the WorldFish Center and IFAD mission. Project design called for assessing impact of fisheries co-management approaches undertaken by the SCBRMP in the Sunamganj haor area. Local level institution building was a major challenge during the inception phase, which the project management overcomes very successfully. In comparison to other components of the project, fisheries management components had higher challenges to establish access right to the fisher communities. The report is a modest attempt of annual progress of the fisheries impact monitoring component has been undertaken by the WorldFish Center in 2011.

Following sections of executive summary has focused on the progress of activities accomplished in 2011. It was believed that because of the resources highlighted in the project relinquish some of its change assessment in order to be more effective in managing the waterbody. Project collaborated closely with the BUG management to establish co-management approaches clearly

Fisheries Research Support Project (FRSP) implemented by the WorldFish Center with the financial assistance of the SCBRMP-LGED; an integrated poverty alleviation project of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has passed of its 5 th year. This report highlights the progress and major accomplishments of the project in 2011.

The main activities in 2011 include:

1. Introduction

2. Fish Catch and Bio-diversity Monitoring;

3. Katha (Fish Aggregating Devices) Setting

4. Length Frequency Monitoring of Fish

5. Water Quality Parameters

6. Selection of New Waterbodies for Fish Catch Monitoring

7. Orientation and Refreshers Training of Community Enumerators.

8. Result Dissemination Meeting;

9. Other Need Based Activities;

10. Work Plan 2012

The progress report has covered ten different accomplished tasks undertaken in 2011. Six different types of questionnaires have been used in fish catch and bio-diversity monitoring: i) individual fish catch monitoring, ii) major or organized fish catch monitoring, iii) length-frequency survey, iv) water quality parameter survey, and vi) water temperature monitoring. Community Enumerators training and orientation is a regular part of

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management activities in the project. In addition to these coordination meetings at different level were held in the reporting year to accelerate ongoing activities.

The second round of the livelihoods impact monitoring report completed in 2010 and third round BUG members households livelihoods study will be conducted in 2012. Household livelihoods study reflects the change of different indicators like, family size, occupational status, educational status, housing and sanitation conditions, asset ownership, land ownership patterns, food security, incomes sources, remittances, expenditure, access to credit (formal and informal sectors), women mobility, capacity building of the participating families, infrastructure improvement conditions and institutional involvement.

This progress report also covers fish catch and bio-diversity impact monitoring findings of 2011. Study result shows that a large portion of catches comes from fishers’ whose daily catch is between 0 and 5 Kg per day in the extended floodplain. It was found 220 Kg/ha from open catch in 40 monitoring sites of the project in 2011 while, in control waterbodies average fish production found only 51.46 Kg/ha in 2011. Control waterbodies data shows that the maximum production (115 Kg/ha) was in Pondua beel, on the other hand lowest production was in Noldigha Bondorkona beel (25 Kg/ha).

Following ecological behavior and biological character of species all recorded species were grouped as i) Eel fish, ii) Exotic fish, iii) Large cat fish, iv) Major carp, v) Minor carp, vi) other beel species, vii) Migratory species, viii) Prawn, ix) Small cat fish, and x) Snake head. Percentage composition of fishes by group reveals that ‘Other beel’ species and ‘Minor carp’ contributed highest proportion in the annual catch during the study periods. Study reveals that large catfish, Major carp and other beel species contributed higher compared to 2010.

The major fishing monitoring data shows that in 2010-11 maximum number of species (71) found in the Abua nodi followed by Chatol (67), Langol kata (63), Tedala (61), Boiragimara (61), Thapna group jalmahal (58), Basker khal (57), Babonpai (57), Sonduika (55), Ghotghotia (54), Sudamkhali (52), Chota khal (52), Dewtan (50), Terajani (49) and Medi beel (49). The current study reveals that total number of species varies from 26 to 71 at the study sites which also highly correlation with the catch monitoring results.

Catch monitoring data reveals that in 2011 highest number (74) of species found in the Abua nodi, followed by Digha Kochma Beel (72), Langol kata (66), Thapna gr jalmahal (66), Medha Prokashito (64), Basker khal (63), Tedala Huglia Chatol (61), Sonduika (61), Basker beel O Jalsukker beel (61), Chatal Udaytara (59), Boro Medi beel (58), Lomba beel Gol beel (54), Ghotghatia nodi (53), Babonpai (52) and Terazani Balir Bubi (52). The present study reveals that total number of species varies from 32 to 74 at the study sites which also highly correlation with the major catch results.

Study also shows, total numbers of species were available 103 and 78 in project and control sites respectively and 60% project sites belong to species between 32 and 50, and remaining 40% project sites belong to species between 51 and 74. In contrast 80% control sites belong to species between 38 and 50, and remaining 20% belong to species between 51 and 69.

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Fish share per BUG per year is an indicator for fish abundance and showed significantly increased by 2010-11 from major harvest. Study reveals that highest share (Fish in Kg) per BUG received 621 Kg in Boro Medi beel in 2010-2011 and followed by Thapna Group Jolmohal (435 Kg), Tedala Hugliya Chatol (257 Kg), Dhola Pakna Jolmohal (254 Kg) and Chatol Udaytara (250 Kg) in 2010-2011.

The progress report has also described about the status of Katha (Fish Aggregating Devices) setting, sizes of Katha and cost for this purpose. Length based information of major fish species also reflected in the progress report. In addition to these activities of water quality parameter and water extend reading help to identify cause behind the fluctuation of production. The report illustrates about inclusion of new sample waterbodies, recruitment of new Community Enumerators, training programs, publication of a fish Introduction to Fish Species Diversity-Sunamganj haor region within CBRMP's working area, Result Dissemination Workshop, local level coordination meeting with SCBRMP management, support provided to habitat restoration work and the tentative work plan for 2011.

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1. Introduction

The impact monitor of fisheries component (FRSP) of the SCBRMP has been implementing through the WorldFish Center from October 2007. The successive needs to undertake different impact monitoring works considering practical needs, Center adopted different plan to accomplish all tasks. The FRSP of the SCBRMP was initiated to generate impact information on Community Based Fisheries Management activities undertaken by BUGs (Beel User Groups) members. This will cover changes in fish catch and biodiversity, and livelihood gains of the fisher households. Apart from this monitoring works some other tasks also completed in the reporting year 2011 like monitoring habitat restoration work of the CBRMP and fisheries management results dissemination meeting at community level. This report makes an attempt to evaluate the progress of Fisheries Research Support Project (FRSP) of its 5th year by the end of 2011. Although the project covered only three months in 2007, effectively the project has completed four full years of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Detailed objectives of this project component are:

i) Assess the impact of community based fisheries of SCBRMP on fish catch (by volume and value) and biodiversity through a regular catch survey at 40 project sites and 5 control sites, and this will be extended up to 60 sites;

ii) Estimate and simulate sustainable levels of yield and its corresponding fishing effort to develop management models for scaling up;

iii) Livelihoods impact analysis of BUG members in beel fisheries involved in 25

sites;iv) Disseminate research findings to a wider level of national and international

audiences.

Current annual progress report has summarized the completed tasks in 2011. The following monitoring activities have been performed by the project under the WorldFish Center: 1. Fish Catch and Bio-diversity Monitoring;

2. Fish Length Frequency monitoring

3. Enrollment of New Waterbodies and Control Sites.

4. Recruitment of Community Enumerators.

5. Training and Orientation of Community Enumerators;

6. Beel Users Group (BUG) Livelihoods Impact Study;

7. Result Dissemination Workshop;

8. Fish Marketing Study.

9. Coordination Meetings;

10. Other Activities.

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2. Fish Catch and Bio-Diversity MonitoringThe Haor basin constitutes the largest wetlands in the country with highly productive ecosystem very important for people and wetlands biodiversity. To evaluate the biodiversity and effectiveness of fisheries management intervention, it is essential to suggest appropriate approaches for the participating community based on the results of impact monitoring.

The main findings are:

Fisheries production and seasonal variation of production

Species diversity and major contributing species,

Gear efficiency and harvesting performance, and Biodiversity.

Fisheries production was measured by monitoring a sample of individual catches from defined areas which were used to estimate total catch in each waterbody. It has been observed from the monitoring that the main factors that effect production are habitat type (e.g., river section, beel), water extent during monsoon, tenure, and compliance of fishing laws, fish sanctuary, and aquatic links with other breeding grounds.

Data collection facilitated by assigned Community Enumerator working in each sample waterbody, to foster their knowledge orientation program organized quarterly basis on biodiversity and resources. Involving local residents in monitoring provided greater advantages of local ownership of resource monitoring helped ensure future sustainability. There are a few examples of wetland monitoring from developing countries, current monitoring activities of CBRMP fisheries activities will allow wider audiences to understand about haor bio-diversity and livelihoods of fisher families participated in the project.

2.1. Individual Fish catch Monitoring

Total amount of fish catch of a waterbody is reflected by aggregated amount of fish caught by individual fisher during monsoon. This section of the report covers only the individual fish catch that has been monitored by the Community Enumerators (CE) in the extended floodplain. This monitoring has also covered species composition, gear diversification, and estimated total catch. Catch monitoring is an observational process of the fishing effort and a gear survey was done to get average number of gear operating in the study sites. Catch monitoring recorded the catch by gear type and species. An average number of gear units per day were used to estimate the fishing effort for the respective month and for the whole year, average catch for each gear used for estimating the total catch for that month and year was used. Thus overall production normally calculated by adding the estimated amount of all gear types in each year. Table-1 shows status of the fish catch monitoring data collection and entry as of 31 December 2011.

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Table 1: Catch monitoring data collection and entry status in 2011Name of Upazila

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Entry Status

Sunamganj Sadar

101 Langol Kata Ojur Beel 141

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102 Boiragimara Beel 75103 Aung Gung 87104 Urail Beel 93105 Aislauni Beel 76106 Chota Beel 79107 Lalpurer Jai 73109 Kaima Beel Koiya Beel 80110 Noldigha Bandorkona* 69

Sub-Total 773South

Sunamganj201 Babonpai Beel 81

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202 Tedala Hugliya Chatol 111203 Chatol Udaytara 162204 Nitai Gaon 113205 Pachgachia Beel 93206 Moinpur Beel Group 172207 Srinathpurer Dhola 136208 Kochua Gang 93209 Chinamara Beel 91210 Terazani Balir Dubi 91211 84/8 Surma Nodi* 113

Sub-Total 1256Derai 301 Boro Medi Beel 210

302 Guza Beel 94303 Najar Dighi Beel 75304 Medha Prokashito Kachma Beel 93305 Juripanjuri Beel 60

Sub-Total 532Jamalganj 401 Sonduikka Beel 63

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402 Dewtan Beel 88403 Basker Khal 118404 Lomba Beel Gol Beel 108405 Basker Beel O Jolsuker Beel 139406 Dhola Pakna Jalmahal 104407 Kaldohor Beel* 67

Sub-Total 687Biswambharpur 501 Moni Kamarer Kuri 12

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502 Sudam Khali River 59503 Ghotghatia Nodhi 66504 Tiar Beel Lomba Beel Gool Beel 101505 Abua Prokashito Nainda Nodi506 Tin bila Beel 10

507 Pondua Beel* 50Sub-Total 298

Tahirpur 601 Thapna Group Jalmahal 75

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602 Choto Khal Boro Khal 114603 Issubpurer Khal 89604 Digha Kochma Beel 228605 Matian Haor Jalmahal 218606 Horuar Beel O Lomba Beel* 84

Sub-Total 808Grand Total 4354

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2.2. Monitoring of Major or Organized Fishing

Generally major/organized fishing starts from the month of October and continues to mid April of the following year. During this time, waterbodies become confined due to receding of monsoon water. Current (2011-2012) fishing season started with the harvesting of Chatol Udaitara beel from 4th October 2011, as of 31st December 2011, a total of 20 waterbodies came under major harvesting out of the 45 sample monitoring waterbodies. Major portion of harvested fish have been selling near to waterbodies through bidding process among the fish traders. During monitoring of organized fish catch, Community Enumerators collected data on numbers of fishers, duration of fishing, gear types and numbers, total catch, total sale value, total consumption, number of fish species and length-weight of different fish species, etc. Apart from all the above indicators Community Enumerators also keep record on species wise fish production (kg) and sales (Tk). Usually a portion of the BUG members who directly take part in fishing, get 25% to 38% share of the harvested amount, in contrary, in some waterbodies, the BUG members also hire fishers from outside of their community. Main fishing instruments used by the fishers are Sine net, Cast net, Gill/Current net and Push net. Table-2 shows status of the major fishing as of 31 December 2011.

Table-2: Total production (Kg) and sale value (Tk.) from major harvesting till December 2011.Name of Upazila

WB Code Year-2011 Starting Date

Remarks

Production (Kg)

Sale (Tk)

Sunamganj Sadar

Langol Kata Ojur Beel 24.5 2950 03.12.11 Partially harvestedBoiragimara Beel 2268 350625 16.11.11 Partially harvestedAung Gung - - - Not yet startedUrail Beel 705 75415 22.11.11 Partially harvestedAislauni Prokashito Mitar Dubi - - - Not yet startedChota Beel - - - Not yet startedLalpurer Jai and Gozaria Dair - - - Not yet startedKaima Beel Koiya Beel - - - Not yet startedNoldigha Bandor kona* - - - Not yet started

South Sunamganj

Babonpai Beel - - - Not yet startedTedala Huglia Chatol 1034 102417 15.11.11 Partially harvested Chatol Udaytara 1209.9 92289 04.10.11 Partially harvested

Nitai Gang - - - Not yet startedPachgachia Beel 380 28982 23.10.11 Partially harvestedMoinpur Beel Group - - - Not yet startedSrinathpurer Dhola - - - Not yet startedKochua Gang - - - Not yet startedChinamara Beel 267 21000 12.12.11 Partially harvestedTerazani Balir Dubi - - - Not yet started84/8 Surma Nodi* - - - Not yet started

Derai Boro Medi Beel 4487.59 308024 01.12.11 Partially harvested

Guza Beel - - - Not yet startedNajar Dighi Beel - - - Not yet startedMedha Prokashito Kachma - - - Not yet startedJuripanjuri Beel - - - Not yet started

Jamalganj Sonduikka Group Jalmahal - - - Not yet startedDewtan Beel - - - Not yet startedBasker Khal 647.3 50190 02.12.11 Partially harvested

Lomba Beel Gol Beel Not yet started

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Basker Beel O Jolsuker Beel 387.9 21316 05.12.11 Partially harvestedDhola Pakna Jalmahal 3037.3 231042 11.11.11 Partially harvestedKaldohor Beel* - - - Not yet started

Biswambharpur

Moni Kamarer Kuri 485 49345 11.10.11 Partially harvestedSudamkhali River 244 28510 29.11.11 Partially harvested

Ghotghatia Nodhi 552.5 37730 15.10.11 Partially harvested

Tiar Beel Lomba Beel Gol Beel - - Not yet startedAbua Prokashito Nainda Nodi 6872 816751 20.10.11 Partially harvestedTinbila Beel 98 10230 13.12.11 Partially harvestedPondua Beel* - - - Not yet started

Tahirpur Thapna Group Jalmahal 736.4 81981 24.11.11 Partially harvestedChoto Khal Boro Khal 1144 110317 19.11.11 Partially harvestedIssubpurer Khal - - - Not yet startedDigha Kochma Beel - - - Not yet startedMatian Haor Jalmahal 118.6 6687 22.11.11 Partially harvested Horuar Beel O Lomba Beel* 415 54513 20.11.11 Partially harvestedGrand Total

* Control sites

2.3. Open and Organized Catch

The present study reveals that a large portion of catches comes from fishers’ whose daily

catch is between 0 and 5 Kg per day. Fish production (Kg/ha) from open catch based on

40 sites in 2011 are given in figure 1. Fish production (Kg/ha) found in control sites in

2011 revealed that the maximum production (115 Kg/ha) were found in Pondua beel,

Kaldohor beel (46 Kg/ha), 84/8 Suma nodi (38 Kg/ha), Horuar beel (33 Kg/ha) and

Noldigha Bondorkona beel (25 Kg/ha). Average fish production at project sites were

found 220 Kg/ha. In contracts average fish production at control sites were found only

51.46 Kg/ha. Fish production (Kg/ha) from open catch at 5 control sites are given in figure

2. Simultaneously changes of fish production (Kg/ha) from organized catch in 2007-08,

2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 are given in figure 3. Changes of fish production

(Kg/ha) from both open and organized catches in 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11

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2.4. Annual Variation of Production by Group

Following ecological behavior and biological character of species all recorded species

were grouped as i) Eel fish, ii) Exotic fish, iii) Large cat fish, iv) Major carp, v) Minor carp,

vi) other beel species, vii) Migratory species, viii) Prawn, ix) Small cat fish, and x) Snake

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2.5. Harvesting Performance and Waterbodies

Although harvesting performance in different water bodies have been depends with abundance of fisheries resources present statistical robust evidence shows clear gains in terms of yield increased at water body level. Based on the number and types of water body being monitored and assess production (comparison of production range in 2009 and 2010) the present study provide an evidence of production gain in 2010. Distribution of fish catch including open and organized catches in 2010 are presents in figure 6.

Figure 6. Distribution of fish catches from both monitoring & organized harvest in 2010-11.

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2.6. Biodiversity Based on Major Catch Data

Number of species caught in the harvesting sites in 2010-11 revealed that the maximum

number of species (71) were found in the Abua nodi, Chatol (67), Langol kata (63),

Tedala (61), Boiragimara (61), Thapna group jalmahal (58), Basker khal (57), Babonpai

(57), Sonduika (55), Ghotghotia (54), Sudamkhali (52), Chota khal (52), Dewtan (50),

Terajani (49) and Medi beel (49). The present study reveals that total number of species

varies from 26 to 71 at the study sites which also highly correlation with the catch

monitoring results. Figure 7 presents number of species recorded from major catches at

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2.7. Biodiversity Based on catch monitoring

Number of species caught in the project sites in 2011 revealed that the maximum number

of species (74) were found in the Abua nodi, Digha Kochma Beel (72), Langol kata (66),

Thapna gr jalmahal (66), Medha Prokashito (64), Basker khal (63), Tedala Huglia Chatol

(61), Sonduika (61), Basker beel O Jalsukker beel (61), Chatal Udaytara (59), Boro Medi

beel (58), Lomba beel Gol beel (54), Ghotghatia nodi (53), Babonpai (52) and Terazani

Balir Bubi (52). The present study reveals that total number of species varies from 32 to

74 at the study sites which also highly correlation with the major catch results.

Number of species found in the control sites in 2011 revealed that the maximum numbers

of species (69) were found in Horuar beel, 84/8 Suma Nodi (49), Kaldohor beel (46),

Pondua beel (44) and Noldigha Bondorkona (38). Study also reveals that total numbers of

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3. Katha SettingEvery year Beel Users Group (BUG) of CBRMP establish Katha (Fish Aggregating Device) in project waterbodies for enhanced fish production and BUG members harvest fish from Katha in dry season each year. In fact setting up Katha is a traditional fishing method for easy harvest. Generally katha size varies depending on perennial area of waterbody, and cost of Katha positively correlates with the quality of materials and size. In sample monitoring waterbodies Katha size varies from 07 to 300 decimal. BUG members generally use different kinds of tree branches as a Katha material like mango, hijol, korch, bamboo and water hyacinth other aquatic vegetation of haor areas. Current season of Katha fishing started from November and will continue up to March 2012. The following table shows the beel wise number of Katha, size and total establishment cost.

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Table-3: Katha setting status during 2011Name of Upazila

Name of Waterbody Number of Katha

Total size (Decimal)

Total Cost 2011

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Sunamganj Sadar

Langol Beel 4 16 12000 Hijol,Jarul, Bamboo

Boiragimara Beel 3 105 45000 Bamboo, Mango, Shewra Old(2010)Aung Gung 4 60 17000 Hijol, karach, BambooUrail Beel 3 70 20000 Hijol, karach, BambooAislauni Beel 3 8 32200 Hijol, Bamboo,MangoChota Beel 3 7 10000 Hijol,Jarul, BambooLalpurer Jai 1 24 5000 Hijol,Jarul, BambooKaima Beel 3 40 15000 Hijol,Jarul, Bamboo Old(2010)Noldigha Bandorkona* 3 75 26300 Mangoo,karach

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Babonpai Beel 4 64 35000 Hijol, Bamboo, MangoTedala Beel 6 185 75000 Hijol, Bamboo, Mango Old(2010)Chatol Udaytara 3 90 30000 Hijol, Bamboo, MangoNitai Gaon 4 20 43000 Hijol,Jarul, KorochPachgachia Beel 2 10 29300 Hijol, Bamboo, MangoMoinpur Beel Group 1 50 18000 Hijol, Bamboo, MangoSrinathpurer Dhola 0 0 0 No Katha established due to conflictKochua Gang 3 30 20000 Hijol, Bamboo,MangoChinamara Beel 3 25 30000 Hijol, Bamboo, MangoTerazani Beel 2 40 30000 Hijol, Bamboo, Mango84/8 Surma Nodi* 3 50 40000 Mango,Karach, Hijal

Derai Boro Medi Beel 6 110 33000 Hijol, ArjunGuza Beel 2 2 12000 Mango, Jam, ShewraNajar Dighi Beel 2 7 3000 Karach, Mango, bambooMedha Prokashito Kachma Beel

1 15 21000 Hijal, Karach, Kaikor

Juripanjuri 2 10 26000 Karach, bamboo, kaikorJamlganj Sonduikka Beel 3 18 26000 Hijol, Bamboo ,Mango

Dewtan Beel 1 30 0 Hijol, Bamboo ,Mango Old kathaBasker Khal 3 30 15000 Hijol, Bamboo, MangoLomba Beel Gol Beel 3 30 15000 Hijol, Bamboo, MangoBasker Beel 1 240 170000 Hijol, Bamboo, MangoDhola Pakna 4 300 120000 Hijol, Bamboo, MangoKaldohor Beel* 1 100 6000 Bamboo, mango, water

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4. Length Frequency Monitoring of FishTo measure sustainable fishing status, length frequency analysis is an important task to compare different management indicators over the project period. Among all 45 monitoring waterbodies (including 5 control sites) 5 potential waterbodies have been selected for length frequency data collection. These are Abua Prokashito Nainda Nodi (Bishwambharpur Upazila); Thapna group Jalmahal and Matian Haor Jalmahal (Tahirpur Upazila); Tedala Huglia Chatol (South Sunamganj Upazila); and Baro Medi Beel (Derai Upazila).The main objective of this analysis is to estimate growth parameters of important fish spices, mortality rate, recruitment patterns, exploitation rates in a particular habitat, and to calculate the length-based assessment for sustainable management. Community Enumerators were trained to do this by the WorldFish Center. Table-4 shows the number of format collected and top 5 species from this survey and status of data entry.

Table- 4: Length-frequency record collection status in 2011.Water-body No. of sheet collected

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status %Tedala Huglia

Chatol1981 Jatputi (P. sophore) 100

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5. Water Quality ParametersCollection of water quality parameters record has been continuing in all 45 (project 40 & control 5) monitoring waterbodies, this information is very important for further improvement of aquatic resource development. In 2011 water level and water transparency has fluctuated due to different magnitude of rainfall and abnormal flooding as in this year amount of rainfall and extend of flooding was lesser than previous year. The purpose of this data collection is to the calculate fluctuation of year around water temperature, water transparency, and water level (gauge reading) in monitoring waterbodies. In order to measure the water quality parameter the Community Enumerators collected data fortnightly on temperature, transparency and water depth (gauge reading). The following table shows the change in water quality and temperature information (maximum & minimum) of 45 assigned waterbodies in 2011.

Table-5: Fluctuation status of water quality parameters in 45 assigned waterbodiesSl. No Name of Waterbody Water temperature (°C) Water transparency

(cm)Water level

(m)Upazila: Sadar Maximum Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum Minimum

1 Chota Beel 30 22 72 48 2.3 1.6

2 Langolkata o Jur Beel 32 22 194 125 4.5 1.8

3 Lalpurer jai & Gozaria Dair 30 22 68 45 3.4 1.5

4 Bairagimara Beel 31 18 75 66 12.5 4.8

5 Urail Beel 27 20 72 45 3.5 1.4

6 Aislauni Prokashito Mitar Dubi 28 27 65 60 1.9 1.8

7 Kaima Beel Koiya Beel 32 22 97 33 6.58 1.8

8 Aung Gung 28 24 63 45 3.7 1.98

9 *Noldigha Bandorkona(Control site) 28 23 125 47 3 1.25

Upazila: Jamalganj

10 Baskar Khal 30 25 48 45 4.2 2

11 Dewtan Beel 31 23 50 40 3.1 2.8

12 Sonduikka group Jal Mahal 33 22 132 73 3.9 3.6

13 Lomba Beel Gol Beel 30 22 91 68 3.2 3

14 Basker Beel O Jolsuker Beel 29 22 40 27 3.2 2.5

15 Dhola Pakna Beel 29 23 145 44 3.3 1.2

16 *Kaldohor beel(Control site) 30 23 80 42 4.3 2.8

Upazila: South Sunamganj

17 Netai Gang 29 23 115 72 4.9 2.9

18 Pachgachia Beel 28 23 170 90 5.4 2.5

19 Srinathpurer Dhola 30 22 138 75 5.4 1.8

20 Kochua Gang 28 21 90 50 4.8 2.05

21 Chinamara Beel 32 22 106 76 4.8 2.9

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22 Terazani Balir Dubi 29 21 126 84 3.5 2.4

23 Babonpai Beel 30 21 110 75 5.4 1.4

24 Tedala Huglia Chatol 32 21 152 91 4.8 2.8

25 Moinpur Beel Group 30 23 20 17 3.2 3

26 Chatol Udai Tara Beel 32 23 150 70 5.5 4

27 *84/8 Surma River(Control site) 29 24 83 52 13.5 5.2

Upazila: Derai

28 Medi Beel 32 22 250 168 3.9 1.8

29 Guza Beel 30 25 120 40 3.6 1.5

30 Najardighi 31 25 177 48 3.08 1.5

31 Medaprokashito Kochma Beel 30 26 162 25 5 2.5

32 Juripanjuri Beel 31 25 43 26 4.4 2.2

Upazila: Biswambharpur

33 Moni Kamarer Kuri 32 26 93 27 4.8 .6

34 Tiar Beel Loma Beel Gool Beel 31 26 120 23 3.3 1.9

35 Sudamkhali River 27 25 125 84 2.6 1.1

36 Ghotghatia Nodi 31 24 132 24 3.8 1.8

37 Abua Prokashito Nainda Nodi 32 22 79 37 18.5 17.3

38 Tinbila Beel 30 24 180 46 5.02 1.6

39 *Pondua Beel(Control site) 31 23 122 67 4.3 2.1

Upazila: Tahirpur

40 Thapna Group Jalmahal 31 22 229 74 8.5 2.1

41 Issbpurer Khal 28 24 105 50 3.5 2.7

42 Choto Khal-Boro Khal 29 23 75 52 4.9 2.5

43 Digha Kochma Beeel 30 21 206 86 3.1 2.9

44 Matian Haor Jalmahal 30 20 70 31 8.5 3.2

45 *Horuar Beel O Lomba Beel(Control site)

32 21 270 75 6.4 3.5

6. Selection of new waterbodies for fish catch monitoringThe FRS project intended to work in 60 randomly selected waterbodies of the SCBRMP but due to lengthy process of waterbody handover CBRMP suggested to starts with 30 sites first and continue for other 30 when handover completed. As a result WorldFish Center started fish catch and bio-diversity impact monitoring of 30 waterbodies in 6 Upazilas of Sunamganj district. In 2010 another 15 waterbodies were selected for monitoring among which, 5 waterbodies were controls. To select these additional 15 waterbodies, WorldFish Center has started formal selection procedure and designed accepted by the CBRMP. In this regard FRS project staffs liaison with different Upazila offices to finalize new waterbodies for monitoring purposes.

There are four types of waterbodies included in this list for monitoring i.e. Small beels (less than 20 acres), bigger beels (more than 20 acres), River sections and confined ponds. As of December 2011 the FRS project has covered 45 randomly selected waterbodies for bio-diversity impact monitoring, among all 10 waterbodies are in

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Sunamganj-Sadar (1 control), 11 in South-Sunamganj (1 control), 7 in Biswambharpur (1 control), 6 in Tahirpur (1 control), 7 in Jamalganj (1 control), and 5 waterbodies are in Derai Upazila.

In order to finalize the sample waterbody discussion also held with the senior management staffs of the CBRMP and following 15 new water bodies were randomly selected and monitoring will be started in January 2012.

Table: 6 Selection of new waterbodies (3rd batch)1 Name of

UpazillaName of Waterbody Year of

AccessArea

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1 Sadar Sapela Boro Beel o Kuri Beel

Baisakh/1419 70.89 - √   -

2 Sadar Piranagar Beel Baisakh/1419 10.06 - - √ -

3 Biswambharpur Sonatala Kaikkar Dair Baisakh/1418 26.16 √ - - -

4 Biswambharpur Gazaria Haor Singir Dair

Baisakh/1418 5.81 - √ - -

5 Biswambharpur Lomba Beel Group Fishery

Baisakh/1418 6.04 - √ - -

6 South Sunamganj

Rajghori Beel Baisakh/1418 10.36 - - √ -

7 South Sunamganj

Kochua Beel Baisakh/1419 9.54 - - √ -

8 Derai Lomba Beel Gol Beel Baisakh/1419 13.09 - √   -

9 Derai Kosma Beel (Prokashito Kosba Beel)

Baisakh/1419 4.11 - - √ -

10 Derai Bogadia Beel Baisakh/1418 18.6 - - √ -

11 Derai Roa Beel Baisakh/1418 32.44 - √ - -

12 Derai Vatilaoranjani Baisakh/1419 7.5 - √ - -

13 Derai Kunijuri Guborgula beel

Baisakh/1418 55.89 - - √ -

14 Derai Lomba Dair Bocha Chatol

Baisakh/1419 7.66 - - √ -

15 Derai Golar Dubi Baisakh/1418 5.89 - - √ -

7. Orientation and Refreshers Training of Community Enumerators Training is the process of acquiring specific skills to perform a job better. Like other development institutes WorldFish also facilitates training program for the Community

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Enumerator at the beginning of their engagement. FRS project organized training to develop catch monitoring skill of enumerators to fulfill the project objectives. However, to ensure quality of data collection it is very much essential to refresh their level of ability on ongoing monitoring. In order to attain this purpose three refreshers training were organized in 2011. All training was conducted by the FRS project team. Through these training Community Enumerators gain knowledge to produce error free data how to clean data from project waterbodies. Fish catch monitoring reflects the amounts of fish catch, consumption, management cost, species diversity and income from fish sale. Feedback also provided on job and person to person knowledge on catch monitoring format and issues related to data collection process. In training session facilitators pointed out the importance of record keeping of household fish consumption especially consumption of small natural fish. The session was conducted by the Project Leader and Senior Research Scientist of FRS project, they talked about the Beel Users Group (BUG) livelihood impact study and result of fish catch and bio-diversity monitoring from 2007 to 2010. In addition to WorldFish Center participants’ refresher training also attended by the Project Director, Fisheries Support Coordinator of CBRMP and Executive Engineer of LGED.

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8. Result Dissemination Meeting:Impact monitoring result dissemination is one of the prime objectives of the FRS project, and to fulfill objective of FRS, SCBRMP management team decided to organize result dissemination meeting with BUG members at the water body level. In 2011 the WorldFish Center facilitates two result dissemination meetings at Boiragimara beel in Sunmaganj Sadar and Tedala beel in South Sunamganj. All BUG members of the respective beel were present in the dissemination meeting. Discussion covered ongoing catch monitoring

and findings to improve fisheries management practices of participants’. Last four years monitoring result reflects issues on production, species diversity, fish selling price and extend of species abundance in different years.

A comprehensive result dissemination schedule has been prepared to cover all monitoring waterbodies that completed four year data collection. In this process WorldFish Center will cover another 28 result dissemination meeting within April 2012. It is expected that after the meeting BUG will be able to provide more attention on maintaining fish sanctuaries, good management practices like close season, harmful gear/practice restriction and re introduce of endangered species.

The dissemination meeting mainly focused on;

Introduce WorldFish Center research activities to the SCBRMP fisheries participants,

Discussed about production trends and species abundance of the respective waterbody,

Tries to raise awareness about critically endangered and endangered species and provide suggestion how to conserve these species,

Importance of fish sanctuary and good practices in fisheries management, and Importance of conserving biodiversity in haor areas.

All these meetings were attended by BUG members of respective waterbody and WorldFish Center staff, SCBRMP staff (Fisheries Support Coordinator, Subject Matter Specialist, Social Organizer) and DoF officials were also present in that result dissemination meeting. Local government representative as well UP Chairman, Member also attended in the result dissemination meeting to acquire knowledge about ongoing monitoring activities and support fisheries management initiatives.

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9. Other Need Based Activities

9.1 Support to Fish Habitat Restoration Work

Rehabilitation of fish habitat is the most important tasks of fisheries management, as a result of gradual siltation waterbodies are losing its connectivity with rivers and fish habitat are squeezing day by day. To restore degraded habitat, fisheries component of SCBRMP has undertaken habitat restoration program in most critical fish habitats within the project areas. Excavation of silted portion can enhance perennial area to increase fish production and bio-diversity in project waterbodies, thus ensures better management of fisheries resources. In 2011 SCBRMP undertook excavation works in 30 project waterbodies of which, 17 waterbodies excavation works monitored by the Community Enumerators of the FRS project. Community Enumerators supervise day to day activities of earthwork to ensure better implementation of the excavation works in six Upazila (Sunamganj Sadar, South Sunamganj, Bishwambharpur, Tahirpur, Jamalganj and Derai) so that work can be done in efficient manner without any misuse of time and resources.

The Community Enumerators and Research Assistants of WorldFish Center were involved in follow up the excavation measurement, Labors wage distribution and over all the excavation activities as per design. In addition they were also involved to ensure excavation work done as per design prepared by the SCBRMP.

Synopsis of WorldFish Center staff supports in the Excavation Work:

Understanding about excavation area before starting work.

Ensure excavation as per SCBRMP design

Daily labour count

Ensure earth cutting measuremnent

Help to cross check SCBRMP’s labour payment

Assessment of expectation from the excavation work

Issues related to excavation

Provide recommendation to CBRMP management for overcome problems.

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9.2 BUG Election

The project has been enhancing the capacities of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) i.e. BUG members. Capacity building of these local organizations has turn into development of democratic practices, establishment of fiscal discipline and participation in different local level institutions. So, project aimed to improve the management capacities of BUGs by providing formal and informal method of knowledge dissemination such as discussion, meeting and training. The project aimed to develop a sustainable institution, encouraging dissemination of fishery management information and enabling these organizations to respond different issues efficiently and effectively. This project is committed to promoting accountability and transparency at BUG level for achieving fiscal discipline for the participants through introducing audit and regular monitoring.

In order to establishing sustainable local institution, fair election is the prime task to form BUG of the fisheries management component. To fulfill the purpose SCBRMP has undertaken Beel User Group election in selected waterbodies to demonstrate democratic practices. To accelerate management capacity of BUG members every two years interval the BUG election held in each waterbody to implement fisheries management plans properly. In 2011 SCBRMP organized BUG election in 14 waterbodies to change leadership, the initiative was supported by the WorldFish Center’s Community Enumerators. Community Enumerators acted as a Polling Officer and Research Assistants of the WorldFish Center were involved as an independent observer hence, involved in forming better waterbody management committee in project areas.

9.3 DoF Official visit to SCBRMP site:

To facilitate effective open water fisheries management it is very essential to keep good relation with the Department of Fisheries. In March 2011 Department of Fisheries (DoF) official visited SCBRMP project waterbodies during major harvesting period. They also visited several WorldFish Center’s monitoring waterbodies to observe current fish catch and bio-diversity monitoring and they talked to Community Enumerators to understand about parameters are using in the monitoring. Discussion also covered issues related to fisheries management, solution, species diversity, fish production and per capita profit from fishing. Team specially talks with the female members about fish sorting activities and their involvement of fisheries management.

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9.4 Recruitment of new staff at FRS project:

A Research Assistant replaced in the FRS project in 2011 due to departure of a Research Assistant. Mr. Md. Salim Reza Khan was recruited as a new Research Assistant on 17 th

July, 2011. He has assigned to monitor 11 waterbodies of which 6 waterbodies in Tahirpur and 5 waterbodies in Bishwambharpur Upazila. In addition to this two Community Enumerators are also replaced in 2011 as they got regular job in other organization.

9.5 Coordination meeting with SCBRMP staffs

The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has been implementing integrated rural development project (CBRMP) to improve the livelihoods of poor people in the Sunamganj district. Open water fisheries management is of the major component, to assess this component’s impact WorldFish Center has been associated with the SCBRMP from 2007 to monitor the fish catch, bio-diversity and livelihoods impact of the participating people on sample basis. In order to make monitoring effective, regular coordination with SCBRMP management staff is very essential. Like other years in 2011 FRS project staffs arranged 4 coordination meetings in Sunamganj.

The initiative has resulted increasing recognition of impact monitoring efficiency achieved by the WorldFish Center through regular coordination and individual contact. This promotes development of comprehensive program interventions at waterbody level, as well as contributing to coordinated actions, shared learning and good practices.

Coordination meeting covered different topics:

Current cooperation between WorldFish Center and SCBRMP staff, and at both side become content with the current level of understanding.

Progress achieved against milestones, in 2011 the WorldFish Center prepared third round of technical report on fish catch bio-diversity impact monitoring. Household livelihood profile data also processed and prepared baseline report in this year.

SCBRMP team expresses their satisfaction about the quality of reporting and requested WorldFish Center team to prepare this technical report in different structure comparing different outputs with the national statistics.

Another topic has discussed in the meeting - fisheries management impact monitoring result should disseminate along with officials, DoF and respective waterbody management committee.

The WorldFish Center will suggest different tools of fisheries management and conservation depending on the monitoring result of the respective waterbody.

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9.6 Publication of Book on Fish Species Diversity

The CBRMP has been demonstrating community based fisheries management approaches in Sunamganj district to enhance fish production, bio-diversity and households livelihoods of the participating households. The WorldFish Center has associated with CBRMP from its second phase to support to numbers of areas including monitoring the impacts of fish catch, bio-diversity, habitat restoration and conservation, and fisher livelihoods.

A book on “Introduction to Fish Species Diversity-Sunamganj haor region within CBRMP's working area” has been published in 2011 as a part of sincere and rigorous effort of WorldFish Center for CBRMP. The book represents an array of fish species recorded in the SCBRMP project area and surrounding markets during monitoring conducted by the WorldFish Center from 2007 to 2010. The book contains a total of 126 fish species from 39 families found in the Sunamganj haor area. The book will meet the interest of wider audiences involved in fisheries management, research and study, and will help to support assessments of bio-diversity in order to enhance the management and productivity of open water fisheries resources.

9.7 Meeting with IFAD Mission

IFAD appraisal mission of Haor Infrastructure and Livelihoods Improvement Project (HILIP) visited WorldFish Center, Sunamganj on 10th April 2011. The purpose of the visit was to know about the WorldFish Center monitoring activities has been undertaken in the SCBRMP sites. In this connection a PowerPoint presentation delivered by the Project Coordinator of the FRS project to deliver the result of fish catch, bio-diversity and livelihoods monitoring. Mission member headed by Mr. Thomas Rath Country Program Manager, Asia and the Pacific Division of the IFAD along with other mission members from home and abroad and also attended along with the SCBRMP Project Director, Management consultant and other senior staff of the PMU. Findings of the presentation were appreciated by the IFAD members and they showed their interest to continue monitoring partnership with the WorldFish Center in upcoming HILIP.

IFAD appraisal mission of the SCBRMP revisited the WorldFish Center office in

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Sunamganj on 16th September, 2011. At that time two PowerPoint presentations delivered simultaneously. One is delivered by the Project Coordinator of the FRS project title on “Overview & key Livelihoods findings of WorldFish Center Activities in SCBRMP” and other one delivered by the Senior Fisheries Coordinator of WorldFish Center. IFAD mission members were attended with SCBRMP Project Director, Management consultant and other senior staff of the PMU. All two presentation and findings of the presentation were similarly appreciated by the IFAD members.

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10. Work Plan 2012Key Activities/Months

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Fish Catch Monitoring

Length Frequency

Major Fishing

Water Quality parameters

Local Level Coordination meeting

Result Dissemination meeting

Third round BUG livelihood study

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