Impact Of Fish Introduction In Al Rahad Turda - North Kordofan - On Local Communities Development

Abstract

The present study was conducted at Al Rahad Turda North Kordofan State. The main target of this study was to investigate the impact of fish introduction in Al Rahad turda on the development of the local community mainly the impact on the fisher men and fishing activity, the impact on market mediators and fish marketing and to study the impact on fish consumption .For data collection three questionnaires were designed for fishermen, market mediators and final consumers. Descriptive as well as analytical statistics was employed to analyzes the data. The study revealed that fish introduction had significant impact (P0.05) change in all aspect of the fishing activity studied before and after fish introduction with the exception of the type and ownership of fishing crafts (p > 0.05). With the exception of the age of market mediator , income, season of fishing and the problem encountered in fish marketing (P< 0.05) , there was no significant difference in the variables studied before and after introduction(P>0.05) .Regarding fish consumption all of the variable studied showed significant differences (p< 0.05) before and after fish introduction. After introduction demand to fish became inelastic.