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The use of Sluice Gates for Fish Stock Enhancement and Diversification of Livelihoods in Modified and Compartmentalized Floodplain in Bangladesh

Project Title:   The use of Sluice Gates for Fish Stock Enhancement and Diversification of Livelihoods in Modified and Compartmentalized Floodplain in Bangladesh
Type of Project Fisheries research
Duration:   January 2003-March 2005
Status:   Completed
Partner Organizations:   IIED-UK, MRAG-UK, and BCAS
Key words: Sluice gate, Floodplain, Agriculture, Fish, Spawning, Flood control, Migration
Main Objective:   To optimize the use of sluice gates through developing a protocol for the operation of sluice gates for improved integration of water control for natural fish enhancement with rice farming in poldered floodplains.
Brief Description: The study analyzed the pattern of use and hydraulic characteristics of sluice gates in water management of compartments in consultation with local communities and investigated existing use of fish and rate of fishing in communities inside and outside compartments around sluice gates. Participatory analysis of community views and expectations on fish and farming was carried out for an understanding of their decision-making process regarding water control. The project was implemented in two flood plains with three sluice gates viz. i. PIRDP, Pabna (Talimnagar and Boulikola sluice gates) and ii. CPP, Tangail (sluice gate at Jugni).
Output Sluice gate management practices during the rising flood are likely to have the greatest positive impact. Migration of fish including fries, larvae, and eggs to and from the floodplain are often obstructed by the water control structures. In fact the sluice gates are not fish friendly. Proper and timely operation/ management of sluice gates and regulators, fish migration into the floodplain could be improved. Literature reviews, methodologies for understanding institutional, economic and social aspects of sluice gate management, final sociological report, and the protocol for sluice gate management were the outputs of the project.
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