The Adaptation of Fishing Instruments by a Farmers' Community in the Thung Kula Area, In North Eastern Thailand (Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION Ban Ta Yuak Farmers' Community is located in Thung Luang Sub-District, Suwannaphum District, Roi-Et province. Ancestors of a portion of the community population were Khmers who migrated from Tha Tum District in Surin province. Originally, Thai-Lao people have settled down in this community. The part of the community called "Ban Sarai-Ta Yuak" is most abundant with fish. Fishing instruments such as Sai (a fish trap), Lorb (a fish trap) and Sum (a coop-like cover-trap) are made from locally and naturally available materials such as bamboos, jute or cotton threads. In 1962, the government had developed a large number of new reservoirs, canals and ponds in the Thung Kula area which encouraged the Ban Ta Yuak farmers to modify their fishing instruments in order to catch more fish so as to satisfy the increasing population's consumption and commercial needs. The increase of markets in the Thung Kula area also motivated the fishing instrument adjustment (2).