Inland Fisheries

8.2.3.14 Fishing gears of lagoons and backwaters

Sl.No	Gear types	Characteristics	Area Operatable	Method of operation	Remarks
1.	Bag nets a. Cast net or Dip net b. Khalpalttajal c. Charpatta jal d. Thatturala e. Janos	Used against tidal currents	Sunderbans Sunderbans Sunderbans Thatturala (keral) Chilka	Some area is enclosed by bamboo screen and then by draining it fish are caught	---
2.	Bush netting	---	Sunderbans	Bamboo screens reused to enclose and area and that area is piled with bush to attract fish	---
3.	Seine net a. Kochal jal b. Jangle jal	Having 4-5 boats and 24 fishermen	Sunderbans Sunderbans	---	---
4.	Drag Net A. Mori Jal B. Khadi Jal C.Sahalo Jal D. Patua Jal E. Mani Jal D. Ber Jal g. Jagal jal	---	Chilka Lake Chilka Lake Chilka Lake Chilka Lake Chilka Lake Chilka Lake	---	----
5.	Purse net a. Shanglo jal b. Kharki jal	To capture large fishes	Estuarine area of Ganges Upper areas of estuaries	--	--
6.	Drift gill net a. Chandni jal	More than 300m long and 3m wide	Estuarine of W. Bengal	--	--
7.	Gill nets a. Menji jal b. Noli jal	---	Chilka lake	----	----
8.	Rangoon nets	Hilsa capture	Estuaries of Krishna and Godavari	----	-----
9.	Chine dip net a cheenavala or kambuvale b. Changatopayllal or Changadem c. Road and line Fishing and Handling	9-11m size Mullet fishing	Backwater of Travancore and Cochin -do- Backwaters of Kerala	---	---