Author(s): Dubany Uttej, Dr. A Sailaja, Dr. B Savitha, Dr. GE Ch. Vidya Sagar, Dr. A Meena and Dr. V Rajani

Abstract: The study was conducted at six districts of Telangana state viz. Karimnagar, Kamareddy, Medak, Wanaparthy, Mahabubabad and Yadadri Bhuvanagiri during 2019-2022 to find out the constraints faced by the fishermen in fishing activities. Forty fishermen were selected from each of the selected districts using simple random sampling technique thus constituting 240 fishermen. A structured questionnaire was used to collect responses about constraints faced and related information specifically based on preliminary survey as well as focus group discussions. The major constraints faced by fishermen were untimely and low quality fish seed stocking by government, improper functioning of state seed farms and insufficient seed production, erratic fluctuation in the price of fish, government grants are not properly distributed, dominance of middlemen in marketing and lack of co-operation among members of society. The suggestions listed by fishermen were timely stocking of bigger size quality fingerlings, elimination of over exploitation from middlemen/ commission agents/ traders, provision of skill training for overall development of fishermen, providing fair price for the catch and awareness creation among the fisher folk about government policies and programmes.

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