Fishing crafts and gear in river Krishna

491-497Fisheries ecology of entire stretch of river Krishna was investigated during 2001-02 along with the status of fish and fisheries. Documentation of crafts and gears in freshwater sector of India is scanty. This paper is an attempt to record the fishery related indigenous technological knowledge in terms of fishing crafts and gear used in river Krishna. As many as 6 different types of crafts and 10 different gear were encountered during the monsoon survey of the river. The crafts were coracle, plank-built boat, palm-canoe, thermocol raft, rubber tube platform and banana stem raft. The gears were gill net, cast net, drag net, push net (triangular), scoop net, ring net, hook and line, lantern net (light trap), box trap and cradle trap