A MODEL PERFORMA FOR BENCHMARKING FISHERIES CO-OPERATIVES INVOLVED WITH FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN INLAND WATER BODIES.

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1 A MODEL PERFORMA FOR BENCHMARKING FISHERIES CO-OPERATIVES INVOLVED WITH FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN INLAND WATER BODIES Koushik Roy Senior Research Fellow. ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore. Introduction Cooperative fishery management assigns management rights, formally or informally, to a group of users. Assigning rights to groups rather than individuals can be advantageous, given the shared, common-pool nature of fish stocks. Managing fisheries by delegating authority to an association of users, often organized as a cooperative, is gaining increased attention. Evidence from developed country fisheries managed by cooperatives indicates that coordination gains can be substantial (Deacon, 2012). In order to provide sincere support to fishermen and to develop fisheries sector, it is essential to organize techno-financially feasible and professionally managed fisheries cooperative societies (Nair et al., 2007). As a well known fact, the cooperatives are the only answer for creating a forum through which the technology for self sufficiency and income generation could be transferred to the fishers. The fishery cooperatives represent one of the weaker sections of the society. There is need to revitalize and strengthen fishery cooperatives in the country besides development linkages among different tires of fishery cooperatives (Planning Commission - Government of India, 2001). This article showcases a model performa for benchmarking the potential fisheries cooperatives involved in inland waters for quantitatively assessing their suitability and viability which can be used by the government or competent authorities in rendering technological and/or financial assistance. Performa 1. Name of the organization: 2. Office Address: 1

2 3. Type: Cooperative/ Self Help Group/ Partnership firm (tick appropriate) 4. Year of establishment: [ ] (Calculate, Experience = Current year - Year of Estd.) 5. Area under management: hectares. (can be used for SWOT analysis) 6. No. of beneficiaries: (for assessing popularity/ social significance) Initially Now If Now > Initially, signs of positive social significance and therefore assign high priority. *NOTE: Record the number of beneficiaries for the last 5 years. It will be required for segment No. 13 and Average Annual Turnover: (Take average of last 5 years of the official record) Value (in Rs/USD) Volume (in Kg) *NOTE: The interviewer shall obtain last 5 years data on value and volume from official record. 8. Trend of Annual Turnover: (Based on graphical analysis of official record, last 5 years) Value (in Rs) Volume (in Kg) Increasing / Decreasing / Consistent Increasing / Decreasing / Consistent *NOTE: The interviewer shall obtain last 5 years data on value and volume from official record. In either case, construct a spline curve graph and plot the median value of the data set over the graph as a line. Count the number of peaks above the line (A) and below the line (B). If A>B, assort increasing. If A<B, assort decreasing. If A=B, assort consistent. 9. Peak season: (for GIS map/ modelling purposes w.r.t. the water body and creation of time series data for future references) From (Month) To (Month) Duration (No. of months) 10. Lean season: (can be proposed for banning of all fishing activities/ closed season) From (Month) To (Month) Duration (No. of months) 2

3 11. Months of significance: (for GIS map/ modelling purposes w.r.t. the water body and Maximum Value (in Rs) obtained in the month Maximum Volume (in Kg) obtained in the month 12. Adoption of responsible fisheries: (for fisheries policymakers w.r.t. scientific utilization or conservation of a particular water body) S. No. Responsible Fishing Policies Implemented? (if Yes, TICK) 1. Mesh Size Regulation (for sparing fingerlings or juveniles) 2. Fishing Units (No. of crafts) Restriction 3. Impose of Maximum catch limit 4. Observation of Closed season (zero fishing activities) 5. Demarcation for Closed area (restricted access for fishing) *NOTE: If 3 to 5 ticks obtained out of 5, then assign Undertaking Responsible Fishery. If 1 to 2 ticks obtained out of 5, then assign Undertaking Partly Responsible Fishery. If 0 ticks out of 5, then assign Practicing Indiscriminate Fishery. 13. Number of fishermen: (for deriving thematic maps on dependencies on fisheries as primary/ secondary sources of livelihood, socio-economic significance of peak and lean seasons, strength of the organisation and human engagement potential of the water body) Total fishermen No. of active fishermen during peak season/ peak month No. of active fishermen during lean season/ lean month 14. Infrastructure index: (for purposes of grading the organisation and assigning priority to the water body; for GIS map/ modelling purposes w.r.t. the water body and A. Number of landing centres (under organisation) = 3

4 B. Number of crafts used (under organisation) = C. Number of gear per fisherman (under organisation) = A + B + C Infrastructure index = Area of water body under management 15. Number of markets covered: [ ] (for estimation of geographical outreach) *NOTE: For estimation of geographical outreach, identify the on-map location of the markets at first. Find out the distance of the markets from the landing centre(s) and calculate an average. 16. Per capita share of beneficiaries: (for purposes of grading and assigning priority to the organisation; for GIS map/ modelling purposes w.r.t. the water body and creation of time series data for future references) Average annual turnover (in Rs.) Per capita share = Total no.of beneficiaries average (last 5 years). For average annual turnover (in Rs.), refer segment no Productivity index: (for purposes of grading the organisation and assigning priority to the water body; for GIS map/ modelling purposes w.r.t. the water body and Average annual turnover (in Kg) Productivity index = Total no.of beneficiaries average (last 5 years). For average annual turnover (in Kg), refer segment no Socio-Economic index: (for socio-economic impact assessment; for GIS map/ modelling purposes w.r.t. the water body and creation of time series data for future references) Total No.of beneficiaries + Average annual turnover (in Rs.) Socio-economic index = Area of water body under management 4

5 average (last 5 years). For average annual turnover (in Rs.), refer segment no. 7. Disclaimer The author takes full responsibility in declaring that the present performa is an intellectual creation of the author himself and is not part of any ongoing/completed project and/or assigned work of ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore in any form whatsoever. The performa has not been adopted from anywhere. References Deacon, R.T Fishery Management by Harvester Cooperatives. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 6 (2): doi: /reep/res008 Nair, S.R., Pandey, S.K., Sharma, A. and Salim, S.S An Evaluation of the Business Performance of Fishery Cooperative Societies in Vasai Taluka of Thane District, Maharashtra. Indian Cooperative Review, January (2007) pp. Planning Commission - Government of India Report of the working group on fisheries for the tenth five year plan. TFYP working group Sr. No. 16/2001 5

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