Livelihood on Handpicking of Mud Crabs from Mangrove Mudflats of Indian Sundarban Coast

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Authors

  • S. K. Pramanik
     Social Environmental and Biological Association, Kolkata ,IN
  • N. C. Nandi
     Social Environmental and Biological Association, Kolkata ,IN

Keywords:

Mud Crab, Hand Picking, Sundarban Coast.

Abstract

Mud crab catching with bare hand and / or using a wooden rod or small spade known locally as Kankra kurono in the Sundarban coast is communicated with data on daily catch per head as well as number of household involved in seven hand pickers’ villages of this region.

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2018-12-01

Issue

Volume 15, Issue 2, December 2018

Section

Short Communication

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References

Nandi, N. C. and Pramanik, S. K. 1994. Crabs and Crab Fisheries of Sundarban. Hindusthan Publishing Corporation (India), Delhi-110 007, pp. 1-192.

Pramanik, S. K. 2014. Sundarbaner Kankramara (In Bengali). Vivekananda Book Centre, Kolkata, pp. 1-185.