Socio-economic Condition of Fisherman of ShanirHaor: A Case Study on TahirpurUpazila, Sylhet

Aims: This study tries to know the socio-economic condition of the fisherman of the Hoar area of Bangladesh.

Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study and both descriptive and analytical in nature.

Methodology: To conduct this study 236 sample were selected from three villages adjacent to ShanirHaor and collect primary data through a constructed questionnaire survey. The socio-economic condition of the fisherman is very poor compared to the other professionals.

Results: This study reveals that joint family is much more (93%) than single family and most of the people lives in kacha house. There is a severe problem for pure drinking water, educational facilities, lack of loan facilities, and lack of essential instruments for fishing. Most of the fishermen are illiterate (49%) and the rate of dropout children from school is high. Most of them are unaffordable in having personal net and boat which is an essential instrument for fishing because of poverty. About 69% of the respondents have to borrow money from local money lenders with high interest when they are in crisis.

Conclusion: This study also reveals that there is a significant relationship between income and education, use of net, ownership of boat, sanitation system, housing type etc. The high income of the respondent the standard of livelihood pattern is high. The fishermen expect from the Government to arrange certain facilities like short period loans, transportation, set up of more fish markets and processing units open for marketing of fish.