Traditional method of catching crab and fish from Bonai Forest Division, Odisha, India

Documentation of traditional knowledge is an important task in contemporary situation where we are facing a lot of health problems. Keeping this in view an attempt has been taken to document the most common traditional practices to catch food from perennial streams of Bonai Forest Division. During the survey in December 2022, we observed two common but unique techniques to catch crab in Koira range & fish in Sole Range. It was observed that crab was caught after removing of stone from the streams & fishes were caught using sound. The present communication discusses two traditional practices to get food in details & the ecological situation in current days.