BSS, Rajshahi :
Time-fitting initiative has been taken to protect the endangered fish species through establishing 50 new fish sanctuaries and renovating 150 other existing ones in Rajshahi division.
Step has also been taken to boost production of fish along with enhancing its productivity and habitat development through establishing 1,860 demonstration farms and 80 beel nurseries after re-excavation of those.
The promotional activities are being done with intervention of a four-year project titled “Fisheries Development Project in Rajshahi Division” at present.
Department of Fisheries (DoF) has started implementing the Tk 47.47- crore project in 65 Upazilas in all eight districts of the division, said Kamrul Hassan, Director of the project.
Around 2,000 distressed fishermen will be engaged to various alternative income generation activities in phases for reducing overfishing in the natural water bodies besides employment generation for them with the ultimate goal of improving their socio-economic condition.
Kamrul Hassan said generating more scopes of improving living and livelihood condition and poverty reduction of the marginalized population, employment generation for the youths and transferring modern technologies among the fishermen are the salient features of the project.
Training, seminar and workshop will be arranged for the beneficiary farmers in 1,472 batches for transferring modern technologies among them.
A total of 240 Kuchia demonstration farms will be established for making the ethnic minority people self-reliant through boosting the production of Kuchia.
480 farms for demonstration of various small fish species including Shing, Magur, Gulsha and Pabda while 480 farms for demonstrating Koi, Tilapia and Pungus will be set up for production expansion of the tasty and high market valued fish species.
Time-fitting initiative has been taken to protect the endangered fish species through establishing 50 new fish sanctuaries and renovating 150 other existing ones in Rajshahi division.
Step has also been taken to boost production of fish along with enhancing its productivity and habitat development through establishing 1,860 demonstration farms and 80 beel nurseries after re-excavation of those.
The promotional activities are being done with intervention of a four-year project titled “Fisheries Development Project in Rajshahi Division” at present.
Department of Fisheries (DoF) has started implementing the Tk 47.47- crore project in 65 Upazilas in all eight districts of the division, said Kamrul Hassan, Director of the project.
Around 2,000 distressed fishermen will be engaged to various alternative income generation activities in phases for reducing overfishing in the natural water bodies besides employment generation for them with the ultimate goal of improving their socio-economic condition.
Kamrul Hassan said generating more scopes of improving living and livelihood condition and poverty reduction of the marginalized population, employment generation for the youths and transferring modern technologies among the fishermen are the salient features of the project.
Training, seminar and workshop will be arranged for the beneficiary farmers in 1,472 batches for transferring modern technologies among them.
A total of 240 Kuchia demonstration farms will be established for making the ethnic minority people self-reliant through boosting the production of Kuchia.
480 farms for demonstration of various small fish species including Shing, Magur, Gulsha and Pabda while 480 farms for demonstrating Koi, Tilapia and Pungus will be set up for production expansion of the tasty and high market valued fish species.
