NUMBER OF GEAR/ FISHING EQUIPMENT USED IN BANGLADESH

NUMBER OF GEAR/ FISHING EQUIPMENT USED IN BANGLADESH (Part-1 ) :

There are different types of gear/fishing materials used in Bangladesh. Out of them some are Net and some are traps. Only nine net and six traps are used but net/jal are most preferable fishing device.

SL No.	Types of Gear	Fash/mesh size (CM)	Limitation of gear use (Month)
1.	Net i.        Gono ber jal ii.      Khone jal iii.    Bor jal iv.    Khara jal v.      Dharma jal vi.    Thela jal vii.  Pine jal viii.Current Jal ix.    Laitta Jal	05.2.0 02.-1.0 4.5-12.0 0.5-1.5 0.5-1.5 0.5-1.5 3-3.2 0.13 0.5	June-October October-January July-October October-January June-November June –October June-February June –September October-March
2.	Trap i.                    chai ii.                  Anta iii.                Polo iv.                Ucha	0.2-2.0 1.0-2.0 1.0-2.0 1.0-1.5	June- September June – September November/ December- February/March November/ December- February
3.	Wounding Gear i.        Tekata ii.      Koch iii.    Borshi	- - -	July- November/ December July/August- November/December January - December

Description of different nets:

1.   Gono ber jal

It is a rectangular net having large wall of netting and has two boarder line. The upper boarder line contains floats at suitable intervals. Floats may be made of bamboo, sola, polystyrene or wood. The ground rope may (for large size net) or may not (for smaller size net) have sinkers (usually broken bricks or metals). Lower boarder lines are unite to a rope. These nets are extensively used for encircling by stretching the net in the water body for catching fish, manipulating the head and ground ropes. The nets are prepared in small pieces, which are joined together at the time of operation according to the necessity; sometimes it is as long as 250 m andlocally called “Jagat Ber Jal”. This net is commonly used in river as well as other extensive water areas like beels haors etc. Usually large types of fish are caught by this gear.

                                                   

2.   Laitta Jal

This another type of seine net, rectangular shaped with floats attached at suitable intervals to head ropes. Floats may be bamboo, sola, polystyrene or wood. The ground rope has got no sinkers. A number of pieces are joined together to form a big net and length, depth of the net vary with the stretches of water to be netted and is laid by boats. The boats move apart paying the net and thus enclosing a water area. When the boats come closer to each other, the ground rope is hauled resulting in the formation of a pocket containing the imprisoned fish. All types of fish are caught by this gear depending on the mesh size. It is also regarded as a destructive fishing gear due to small mesh.

                                                 

3.   Khone jal

This another type of seine net, rectangular shaped with floats attached at suitable intervals to head ropes. Floats may be bamboo, sola, polystyrene or wood. The ground rope has got no sinkers. A number of pieces are joined together to form a big net and length, depth of the net vary with the stretches of water to be netted and is laid by boats. The boats move apart paying the net and thus enclosing a water area. When the boats come closer to each other, the ground rope is hauled resulting in the formation of a pocket containing the imprisoned fish. All types of fish are caught by this gear depending on the mesh size. It is also regarded as a destructive fishing gear due to small mesh.

                                           

                                                        Fig :3-Khone Jal.