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year. On the assumption that one actor deals with 1.8 products whole year, the total number of
actors estimates as 7.4 lacs 71 . Product wise distribution shows that the highest number of actors
are engaged in shrimp fry (galda) (24.3%), followed by in shrimp fry (bagda) (17.8%)
Table 4.7: Estimates of total collectors by SIZ district
District
Estimate of SIZ collectors
% of Rank
Per center
average
no. of boats
whole
year *
No. of
centers
SIZ
area
Total no. of
boats
whole year in
SIZ area
Av. no.
of
collector
per boat
Total no.
of
collectors
whole
year
total
Bagerh 1949 45 87705 2.74 240312 22.3 2
at
Khulna 4144 59 244496 2.15 525666 48.7 1
Satkhir 855 15 12825 3.46 44375 4.1 5
a
Pirojpu 2887 13 37531 3.53 132484 12.3 4
r
Bargun 1180 27 31860 4.31 137317 12.7 3
a
All 11,015 159 4,14,417 - 1080154 100. -
0
Note : * Adjusted for peak and non-peak months.
Estimates refer to whole year, rather than only relevant harvest time. Usually one collector is
engaged in more than one product. In other words, there are overlaps between actors of various
products. Hence, the number of collectors does not reflect the total and this must be lower than
depending on how many activities one collector got engaged in.
Table 4.8: Estimates of total actors by SRF product
Product type
Total no. of actors
Collector
Faria/
Bepari
Choto
Mahajan
Boro
Mahajan
Aratdar Wholesaler Retailer
Golpata 78696 2836 5966 342 1653 440 2358 92291 6.9 6
Gura fish 104928 3545 4663 183 2388 659 2986 119352 8.9 5
Sada (white) 67453 4018 9886 594 1102 484 2042 85579 6.4 8
large fish
Hilsha 127712 10399 3360 183 2388 681 2358 147081 11.0 4
Shrimp galda * 46318 2363 2800 206 2204 528 2514 56933 4.3 9
Shrimp bagda * 146599 4727 1863 205 735 462 1886 156477 11.7 3
Shrimp Fry 228592 69132 14927 1027 9731 - 1886 325295 24.3 1
(galda)
Shrimp fry 179876 41598 13247 913 1286 - 1257 238177 17.8 2
(bagda)
Crab 75398 4845 931 69 4774 308 - 86325 6.5 7
Honey 24583 1064 1309 114 367 242 1729 29408 2.2 10
Total 10,80,155 1,44,527 58,952 3,836 26,628 3,804 19,016 13,36,918 100.0 -
Note: The types include large and small shrimp.
Total
% of
total
Rank
71
Landell-Mills (1995) estimated 5-6 lacs people depending on SRF for livelihood, 3 lac Bawalis (wood cutters),
1.6 lac fishermen and so on.
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