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Volume 5, Issue 2 (Suppl)

J Fisheries Livest Prod

ISSN: 2332-2608 JFLP, an open access journal

Aquaculture Summit 2017

May 25-26, 2017

May 25-26, 2017 Osaka, Japan

Global Summit on

Aquaculture and Fisheries 2017

Hilsa (

Tenualosa ilisha

) sanctuaries and the governance of coastal ecosystem of Bangladesh

Atiqur Rahman Sunny

WorldFish Bangladesh, Bangladesh

anctuaries are an important management tool for conservation and management of fisheries resources. This study analyze the

socio-economic and ecological benefits of hilsa sanctuaries that were declared in the Meghna, Padma and Andharmanik river

to protect single most important hilsa species. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from six communities located

in five hilsa sanctuaries. Livelihood status of the fishers’ was studied and their perceptions regarding the performances of the hilsa

sanctuaries were analyzed. Majority of the fishers believe that sanctuaries are important for hilsa conservation and enhanced

production but closure of fishing during ban period have stopped their income and enhance sufferings for the community due to

extreme poverty, inappropriate fisher’s list, inadequate incentive, corruption, nepotism and poor infrastructural development. To

achieve the goals, conservation of hilsa fisheries without undermining the sustainability of dependent livelihood - wide ranges of

issues need to be taken into consideration. The compensation scheme needs to be sufficient, more transparent, inclusive and equitable

for further conservation success along with the access of alternative income generating activities (AIGAs). Thus, a challenge for policy

makers is to find a solution that benefits both the fishery conservation and poverty reduction. Involving local fishers and sharing

responsibilities among different stakeholders for managing hilsa sanctuaries by introducing co-management approach successfully

could be an effective solution.

J Fisheries Livest Prod 2017, 5:2 (Suppl)