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Nalbari district including a large part of the Brahmaputra with its tributaries, such as, Nona, Pagaldia, Burahdia, Borolia etc. has a big wealth of fish fauna. In fact, the success of fisheries in a country depends on proper catch of its fish fauna. Fish catching is one of the oldest occupations of mankind and fish has been also one of the most important food items of the human beings from the primitive time. In India million of people of fishermen community including Kaibarttas have been depending on this occupation. Like other parts of India, fishing is a caste based occupation in Assam and is traditionally practised by the Kaibarttas. Fishing is their only main traditional occupation of livelihood. The Kaibarttas of Nalbari district have been using several kinds of traditional fishing methods and tools since the past. These fishing methods and tools have remained static in some places and have shown little improvement in other places. This fishing community is specified as scheduled caste for Assam by the constitution order 1950 (a) Part II: Assam. Assam is full of fishery resources. According to 2011 census, the total Kaibartta population in Nalbari district is 17539. This paper will be a sincere effort to study and explore the present scenario of the traditional fishing methods and tools used by the Kaibarttas of the Nalbari district of Assam. This paper will also attempt to describe the origin of the Kaibarttas.

Traditional Fishing Methods and Tools of the Kaibarttas: A Case Study in the Nalbari District of Assam: India