Challenges of Fisherwomen of Loktak Lake, Manipur

Abstract

An attempt was done in the Bishnupur district of Manipur to evaluate the issues faced 
by the women who worked as fishermen in the three villages of Thanga, Ithing, and Phubala as 
well as one island (Karang). To gather the data for this study, primary sources were used. With 
350 respondents, at a confidence level of 95%, and a margin of error of 3%, semi-structured 
interviews were performed in the academic year 2019–2020. As a result, 90 percent of the 
sampled respondents work in the fishing industry, including fishing, fish selling, fish drying, and 
fish preservation, and 53 percent have over 10 years of experience in this field. They are also 
literate (80 percent). However, they encountered numerous difficulties, including using outdated 
fishing methods, a decline in fish yield due to an increase in the number of fisherwomen, a 
shortage of transportation, a lack of storage, etc. Implementing appropriate government actions, 
policies, and programmes is necessary for the fishing sector as well living conditions of the 
people.