Fisheries Extension Education (2+1)

3.3.5 Role of researches and extension organizations in co-management

The research organizations should provide necessary technical guidance to the local community on scientific management of local fishery resources. They have to help the community in stock assessment and stock rehabilitation.They have to monitor the impacts of various activity carried out by the stakeholders on the system to suggest management strategies. Extension machinery should be geared up to provide necessary services in this regard. The extension machinery should provide a valuable service of sharing of information between the stakeholders and research organizations. Vital information on traditional knowledge, catches and catch composition should be effectively used by the research organizations for better management of the resources.

Technologies on alternative livelihoods should be generated to evolve alternative livelihood means to reduce fishing pressures. Extension organizations and NGOs should play active roles in dissemination and in developing local and community institutions to facilitate this process.