Social impact assessment (SIA) includes the processes of analyzing, monitoring and managing the intended and unintended social consequences, both positive and negative, of planned interventions (policies, programs, plans, projects) and any social change processes involved by those interventions ( According to the International Association for Impact Assessment).In case of fisheries science Social Impact Assessment is a method of gauging the social and cultural consequences of alternative fishery management actions or policies. The purpose and logic of the SIA are the same as those for the economic and ecological elements of environmental impact analysis and assessment. An impact assessment determines (social/cultural) conditions in areas or populations likely to be affected by the regulatory action or policy; projects future effects of continuing the status quo; and then estimates effects, relative to the status quo, that will result on local, regional, and national scales if reasonable fishery management alternatives are implemented.

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NOAKHALI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
Department of Fisheries and Marine Science
Course Title :The Inland Fisheries Resources Management
Course Code : FIMS 3101 ,Year 3 Term 1
An Assignment On
1. Prepare A Model To Realize Inland Fisheries Social Impact Assesment
2. Flood Action Plan (FAP)
Submitted to Submitted by
MD. AKRAM ULLAH
( ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR,NOAKHALI
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY )
NAZMUL HAQUE SYEKAT
ROLL :ASH1802050M
YEAR _3 TERM _1
Date of Submission : 5th June 2020

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INDEX
SL CONTENTS PAGE
1 Assignment Number 1 : ( Social Impact Assesment model
in case of inland fisheries )
✓ Introduction;
✓ Aim of Social Impact Assesment:
✓ Social Impact Assessment Model:
✓ Conclusion:
✓ References:
2-5
2 Assignment Number 2 : ( Flood Action Plan of
Bangladesh)
✓ What is FAP ?
✓ Importance of FAP in our country :
✓ Impact of FAP in case of fisheries in BD :
✓ Comments :
✓ References:
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Assignment No.1
( Prepare A Model to realize Inland Fisheries Social Impact Assessment )
Introduction:
Social impact assessment (SIA) includes the processes of analyzing, monitoring and managing
the intended and unintended social consequences, both positive and negative, of planned
interventions (policies, programs, plans, projects) and any social change processes involved by
those interventions ( According to the International Association for Impact Assessment).In case
of fisheries science Social Impact Assessment is a method of gauging the social and cultural
consequences of alternative fishery management actions or policies. The purpose and logic of the
SIA are the same as those for the economic and ecological elements of environmental impact
analysis and assessment. An impact assessment determines (social/cultural) conditions in areas
or populations likely to be affected by the regulatory action or policy; projects future effects of
continuing the status quo; and then estimates effects, relative to the status quo, that will result on
local, regional, and national scales if reasonable fishery management alternatives are
implemented.
Aim Of Social Impact Assessments:
The aim of social impact assessments should be to enable maximisation of the social benefits and
minimisation of the social costs that result from the implementation of fisheries management
measures. They should be conducted prior to decision-taking in fisheries management.
Monitoring of social impacts would also be beneficial, post-implementation of measures. This
assignment outlines a methodology by which social impact assessment of fisheries management
measures could be conducted – the Social Assessment Framework. The framework includes 4
sequential steps which involve both quantitative and qualitative assessment:
1. Take account of biological and economic forecasts and simulations of proposed
management measures

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2. Assess direct impacts of proposed management measures on social factors affecting
industry structures (quantified where possible)
3. Qualitatively assess the indirect consequences of the plan for community structures and
associated social factors
4. Assess the capacity of public and private social institutions to manage and respond to
social changes resulting from management measures.
Social Impact Assessment Model
The Social Assessment Model is based on several key assumptions:
✓ That altering fisheries management regulations will induce social change over the long
term, reducing fishing opportunities and probably leading to a contraction and/or
weakening of social structures (under the headings of industry and community). For
example, if you change from TAC management to effort management this will not
necessarily upset the entire social fabric of a community, yet a stable fisheries
management system of reducing TAC year after year has a devastating impact on some of
the communities around the North Sea.
✓ That industry structures will experience direct impacts of changes in fishing
opportunities, while community structures will experience indirect impacts;
✓ That public sector and private institutional structures can be affected by changes in
fisheries management regulations and, if so, will have to adapt.
The following steps are recommended:
1. Take account of biological and economic forecasts and simulations relating to changes in
fisheries management measures. The social analysis is dependent on analyses from other
impact assessments – in particular: the biological assessment which provides an
interpretation of the proposed management change in terms of its impact on species
TACs/landings; and the economic assessment which provides an interpretation of the
proposed management change in terms of its impact on profitability (supply, demand,
prices).
2. Quantify, where possible, social impacts, relating to the different social factors, on
industry structures – the focus here will be mainly on employment, which may be directly
affected by changes in fisheries management. A clear relationship needs to be defined
between projections of landings and profits and projected employment in the fishing

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industry – onshore and offshore – which is the key quantifiable factor on which the other
social factors depend (as in Figure 1).
3. Provide qualitative assessment of social impacts on community structures, relating to non
quantifiable social factors likely to be affected by changes in employment within industry
structures – population, social culture and education provision, for example.
4. Provide assessment of the capacity of social institutions (at all relevant scales) to manage
and respond to changes. This would include the consideration of what changes could be
made to proposals, or what additional measures could be introduced by politics
institutions – European, national, local – to mitigate the social impacts of fisheries
management regulations. Such measures could include, derogations for social units and
structures identified as being at risk; extra support; incentive schemes, decommissioning,
consideration of geo-distribution of fleet cuts, training grants, and alternative
employment options .
Conclusions
Fig 1. A basic model to realize the social impact assessment in case of inland fisheries management.
Conclusion:
Scientifically, the problem is highly important as the developers of public administration reform
programs could use the results of a social impact assessment of past, present and future reform
1.Take account of
biological and
economics
forecasts and
simulation of
managements
plants
2.Assesment
of direct
impacts on
social factors
affecting
industry
structure –
Quantified
where
possible.
3.Qualitative
assessment of
implification
for
community
structure and
associated
social factors.
4.Assesment
of the
capacity
social
institutions
to manage
and respond
to changes
Recommend
additions to
proposals .
Fishing
opportunity
implicatation.
Profitability
implication

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programs in order to make data-based decisions. Technologically, the issue is highly significant
as it develops a new social impact assessment methodology fit for the evaluation of the impact of
public administration reform programs. From the socio-economic and cultural point of view, the
SIA methodology presented is extremely relevant as it brings into focus the socio-economic and
cultural impacts of the public administration reform programs. Even more, with the help of this
methodology, the decision-makers responsible with the reform in public administration can
elaborate public policy proposals in order to diminish the negative social impacts of the public
administration reform programs and to encourage the positive impacts. The main potential risks
are related to: the data quality and data gaps regarding the public administration reform
programs; approaches for mitigation: collecting primary data, where possible, and signaling the
gaps in data interpretation process where necessary.
References:
1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257944323_A_social_assessment_framework_f
or_fisheries
2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257944519_Assessing_social_impacts_of_Fish
eries_Management_Plans_towards_a_methodology
3. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49466916_Toward_a_Model_for_Fisheries_So
cial_Impact_Assessment
4. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315550573_What_is_Social_Impact_Assessme
nt

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Assignment No.2
Flood Action Plan (FAP )
WHAT IS FAP ?
Flood Action Plan (FAP) an initiative to study the causes and nature of flood in Bangladesh and
to prepare guidelines for controlling it. FAP was based on several earlier studies by UNDP, a
French Engineering consortium, USAID and JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency).
The FAP included 29 different components of which 11 were regional, with some pilot projects,
and the rest were supporting studies on issues like Environment, Fisheries, Geographic
Information System, Socio-economic studies, Topographic Mapping, River Survey, Flood
Modelling, Flood Proofing, Flood Response, etc. The aim of the FAP is to set the foundation of a
long-term programme for achieving a permanent and comprehensive solution to the flood
problem.
IMPORTANCE OF FAP IN OUR COUNTRY:
Flood Action Plan (FAP) plays an important role in our country.We know that Bangladesh is a
typical model of natural hazards. Some of the devastating natural hazards in Bangladesh are
caused by floods, induced by the on-shore movement of cyclonic winds in coastal regions and
excessive RUNOFF WATER and rise in river water levels in flood plain areas. Coastal flooding
associated with storm surges is always considered as a hazard irrespective of the scale of surges.
This is because of the suddenness of the storm surges and the damages to lives and properties
resulting from such events. Whereas, river floods in floodplain areas assume the proportion of
hazards only according to the scale of the FLOOD. Low (normal) floods are considered as a
blessing because they contribute vital fertility (silt) and moisture to the land. Only an unusually
high (abnormal) flood may cause widespread damage to lives, properties and crops.However
flood action plan 1990-1995 sponsored by world bank involving the following facts ;
✓ Surveying all main rivers and possible flood areas.
✓ Raising embankments on west bank of the Brahmaputra.
✓ Upgrading of embankments on the east bank.
✓ Five project using mathmathical models and remote sensing to model drainage basin
flows.
✓ Studies of economic,environmental and social problems.

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✓ Increase radar station in the hills and developing links to a flood forecasting center.
✓ Controlled flooding where land can receive flood waters through sluice gates.
✓ Coastal embankments and polders ( low lying tract of land enclosed by embankments )
IMPACT OF FAP ON FISHERIES IN BANGLADESH :
During the monsoon the Bangladesh floodplain becomes integrated into a single biological
productive system. A conservative estimate of the number of freshwater bony fish species
present in the system is 273 of which 13 are exotics. Cyprinids, catfishes and hilsa shad
Tenualosa ilisha, a clupeid, predominate. About 20–30 fishes, mostly blackfishes, which are
resident in the floodplain and tolerant of low levels of oxygen provide the majority of the
national freshwater fish production. Most of the rural population fish professionally, seasonally
or for subsistence. In addition to the harvesters, a further two million people are involved in
activities related to the fisheries sector. The yield in the floodplain may vary from 50 to 400 kg
ha−1 per year and the majority of the fishes is eaten fresh. For full-time fishers, conflict over
water resources can be intense during the dry season when water is required for irrigation. Flood
control, drainage and irrigation schemes may obstruct the lateral migrations of rheophilic
whitefish species and the passive drift of larvae from the main channel to the modified
floodplains.The future aim is to shift the benefits to the fishers and to ensure the long-term
sustainability of the resources. Both habitat restoration and fish enhancement are important in
sustaining the floodplain fisheries.
COMMENTS:
Bangladesh Flood Action Plan (FAP), is constructed to protect the country from river floods,
were not achieved, for several political, economic and institutional reasons. Demographic and
economic changes in the following 20 years have increased Bangladesh’s exposure of damaging
floods. Therefore, the feasibility and affordability of comprehensive flood and water
management systems need to be re-examined. The technical assessment must take into account
the finding that severe floods in Bangladesh are caused mainly by heavy rainfall within
Bangladesh as well as the increased flood and cyclone risks associated with global warming. An
institutional assessment should examine practical means to overcome governance constraints and
to increase local responsibility for managing flood protection and irrigation projects. If such
projects cannot be provided, alternative measures must be sought to provide security for lives,
livelihoods and economic production.These could include‘flood-proofing’urban and rural
settlements,development of improved crop varieties, and more efficient use of irrigation and
fertilizers. Measures to expand other sectors of the national economy would also be needed to
generate the exports and incomes required to purchase increased food imports.

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REFERENCES:
1. http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Flood_Action_Plan
2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233093550_After_the_Bangladesh_Flood_Acti
on_Plan_Looking_to_the_future
3. https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/11702909_06.pdf