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Fishery Survey 2015

Nepal, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
NPL_2015_FS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Producer(s)
Central Bureau of Statistics
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Agricultural Surveys
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Identification

Survey ID Number
NPL_2015_FS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Title
Fishery Survey 2015
Country
Name Country code
Nepal NPL
Study type
Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
Series Information
This is the first ever survey of this type conducted in the country.
Abstract
The Nepal Fishery survey 2015 is an adhoc survey conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal in 2015. This was conducted for the first time in Nepal. The survey was designed with the following objectives: 1. To identify the district-wise number of fish ponds, area of reservoirs, fish production and thier cost estimation. 2. Estimate the contribution made by the fishing business to the economy. 3. Providing necessary fishery statistics for planning and policy making.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Entreprises

Version

Version Description
v1: Final Data for internal use only.

Scope

Notes
This report includes the information on number, area, water surface area and average depth of pond, median age, sex and fishery training status of fish farmer, education status of fish farmer, major selling place of fish, type of employment, wages and salaries, species of fingerlings (Bhura) and its cost, current expenditure of fish farming, number of pond, water surface area, fish production, value of production and yield rate, value of fixed assets formation during the reference period, input and output of integrated fish farming, percentage of farmers facing problem, percentage of farmers reporting loan, average interest rate, percentage of farmer that need loan/additional loan and purpose of loan and principal indicator of fish farming.
Topics
Topic Vocabulary
Agriculture and Rural Development World Bank
Keywords
Keyword
Fishery survey
Fish kind
Reservoir

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National Coverage
Universe
Total number of fishing ponds of Nepal

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Central Bureau of Statistics National Planning Commision, Government of Nepal
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
Government of Nepal GoN Overall

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Most important initiation of the survey was preparing a survey frame. A total of 24,559 fish ponds were collected in 2014/15. The enumerators of the SOs were directly involved for the listing purpose using paper listing form. Theoretically, the listing of the farms was based on primary source of data collection. The listing forms collected from districts were edited and coded and finally, the survey frame was prepared. After preparing the survey frame, the list was prepared on the basis of area of fish ponds in descending order. The samples were drawn according to systematic sampling.
Response Rate
There was no non-response case as additional samples were drawn to address the non response as well as missing cases.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2015-07-17 2016-07-15
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face paper [f2f]
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
Central Bureau of Statistics CBS National Planning Commision

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Director of Publication, Dissemination and Library Section Central Bureau of Statistics [email protected] www.cbs.gov.np
Confidentiality
Confidentiality of the respondents is guaranteed by article 8 of Statistics Act 1958. Restriction on publication of information and details. Any information or details relating to any person, family, firm or company, which have been supplied, obtained or prepared pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 or Section 5 or Section 6 or Section 7 or any part of such information or details, shall not be disclosed or published directly except to the Director General or to any other officer of the Bureau without the written permission of the person or of his or her authorized representative supplying such information or details.
Access conditions
The dataset has been anonymized and is available for internal use only, i.e. not access to public use.
Citation requirements
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nepal Fishery Survey 2015. Data and information obtained from National Data Archive (NADA): http://cbs.gov.np/nada/index.php/catalog on [date].
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Director General Central Bureau of Statistics [email protected] cbs.gov.np
Disclaimer
The Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal bears no responsibility for any outcomes or for interpretations or inferences arising from the use of the dataset, or use of the information provided on the study
Copyright
(c) 2015, Central Bureau of Statistics, Government of Nepal

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_NPL_2015_FS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Office of Chief Statistician OCS Food and Agriculture Organization Metadata adapted for FAM
Central Bureau of Statistics CBS National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal Metadata producer
DDI Document version
NPL_2015_FS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01
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