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International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 5
First page : (410) Last page : (416)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-6974

Economics of Dried Fish in Jaldah Khuti of West Bengal

Somen Sahu¹, Soumyadip Purkait¹, Bostanul Arefin¹* and Saymantaka Sahu²

¹Department of Fishery Economics & Statistics, Faculty of Fishery Sciences,
West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata-700094, India
²Department of Zoology, City College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata- 700009, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: jiko.arefin07@gmail.com
Received: 3.09.2018 | Revised: 29.09.2018 | Accepted: 6.10.2018  

 

 ABSTRACT

Fish drying is an important part of the economic development foe the rural coastal people. The present study was carried out to find out the economics of Jaldah khuti in the coastal belt of West Bengal. The survey was made from September 2017 to April 2018. The study area was purposively selected, and the total economics involved in this system was analyzed. Survey question schedule was made for the collection of data. Many marine and coastal species were commonly used for drying like Harpodon nehereus, Prawns & crabs, Sardinella longiceps, Escualosa thoracata, Trichiurus savala, Arius sp, Chirocentrus dorab, Polynemus indicus, Rastraliger kanagurta, Pama pama, Leognathus sp., Polynemus paradiseus,and Setipina phasa etc. Different types of maket intermediataries are involved in the trading system like fish processor, Beparis, Aratdars, Wholesalers, and Retailers etc. The price of dried marine fish varies with the quality of the fish species, size, availability. The study revealed that the dry fish industry can made it a major contributor in earning foreign exchange for our country and at the same time play a crucial role to the socio-economic upliftment and employment generation of a major portion of coastal rural people.

Key word: Economic analysis, Dry fish, Khuti, Sustainable development

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Cite this article: Sahu, S., Purkait, S., Arefin, B. and Sahu, S., Economics of Dried Fish in Jaldah Khuti of West Bengal, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.6(5): 410-416 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6974