Socio-economic status of fishers and fish production trends from cage culture in Chandil reservoir, Jharkhand

Socio-economic status of fishers involved in fish cage culture in Chandil reservoir, Jharkhand along with fish production trends and benefit cost (BC) ratio was analysed. Information was collected from 200 fisher members of 5 societies about age, education, fisheries experience, extension communication, house type/ownership, drinking water, electricity, transportation, land ownership, family income and expenditure using interview schedule. Reliability of schedule was established by ‘test retest’ method. Information was collected about cage culture, fish production trends, cage cost, operational cost, total cost, and income. BC ratio and bivariate correlation were computed. It was found that Department of Fisheries leases reservoir, does fish stocking under different schemes of National Fisheries Development Board. Fisher members were involved from stocking to marketing. BC ratio was found to be 1.46 with income and experience having high correlation.