Socioeconomic Status of Cage, Pen and Pond Culture Freshwater Fish Farmers in Seraikela Kharswan District, Jharkhand

Abstract

The study was investigated to assess the livelihood of fishermen from different fish production system in Seraikela Kharswan district. It focused on the age, community, education level, family size, farming experience, source of credit etc. In cage and pen culture system the maximum percentage of people fall in the age group of 30-39 with 34.72 and 43.05 percentage. Out of the four selected communities, OBC is the predominant among them. The result of the study revealed that 19.44 percent of illiterate respondent comes under pond culture. Cage culture and pen culture has recently introduced in inland sector in India therefore in terms of experience both category respondents have less experience. In pen culture 90.28 percent of people have only 1-4 years of experience category whereas in case of pond culture 56.94 percentage of respondents have experience above 10 years. Newer technology comes with more active respondents therefore Cage culture and pen culture respondents were 81.94 and 72.22 percentage while the percentage was only 43.06 percentage in case of pond culture.