Inland Fisheries

2.1.7 Floodplain wetlands

          The freshwater fishery resources, which have progressively gone into dereliction, comprise the floodplain wetlands / ox-bow lakes, locally known as mauns in Bihar, beels in West Bengal and Assam. Floodplain wetlands form an important fishery resource in Assam, West Bengal and Bihar, where thousands of poor fishermen are dependent on these water bodies for their livelihood.