BSS, Dhaka :
Experts at a seminar Saturday stressed the need for partnership between the government and the private sector to ensure optimum use of resources lying on the sea.
They said advanced technologies are opening new frontiers of marine resource development from bio-prospecting to the mining of seabed mineral resources, but the government couldn’t collect the resources alone.
Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka along with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Bangladesh Council organized the seminar on “Blue Economy: Exploring Marine Resources of Bangladesh” at its auditorium.
Rear Admiral M Khurshed Alam (retd) of the Foreign Ministry made a keynote presentation on the issue.
He said globally 350 million jobs are linked to marine fisheries with 90 per cent of fishermen living in developing country. Khurshed revealed although Bangladesh has 200 nautical miles of an exclusive economic zone in the Bay of Bengal, but the fishermen could go up to highest 60 km from the Chittgong coast for netting fish.
“Our fishermen boarding 20-30 feet long trawler could net fish highest 20 meter below the water, but tuna and other fish move below 100 meter in the water,” he said, adding, “entrepreneurs should move forward with modern ship to net the fish and other resources.”
Admiral Khurshed also put emphasis on the study and research on the oceanography as Bangladesh has established its rights in 118,813 sq km area in the sea from India and Myanmar.
Speaking on the occasion as chief guest, Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Professor Dr Gowher Rizvi said extensive participation of private sector is needed for the development of the country as huge opportunity in the blue has been opened for the country after winning more areas in the Bay.
“I rather ask the private sector for the greater partnership with the government and I think this area will allow the partnership,” he said, adding “without the partnership, we don’t go ahead and when the partnership comes the blue economy will be successful.”
He said the blue economy is a great opportunity for Bangladesh and “we have to focus and concentrate to realize and utilize it.”
Rizvi said, “We’ve to put concentration on research and knowledge building and there is no shortcut way to avail it.”
MCCI President Syed Nasim Manzur said: “We don’t know enough about what we have despite the Bay being the largest Bay in the world and for this we need skilled manpower, extensive research and capacity like oceanography.”
He urged the government to come up with policy support for the private sector so the maximum opportunities of blue are possible to be grabbed.
CILT President Karar Mahmudul Hasan, Western Marine Shipyard Chairman Saiful Islam, and MCCI executive committee members A K M Rafikul Islam, Amran Kabir and Kamran T Ahmed, among others, also spoke on the occasion.
Experts at a seminar Saturday stressed the need for partnership between the government and the private sector to ensure optimum use of resources lying on the sea.
They said advanced technologies are opening new frontiers of marine resource development from bio-prospecting to the mining of seabed mineral resources, but the government couldn’t collect the resources alone.
Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka along with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Bangladesh Council organized the seminar on “Blue Economy: Exploring Marine Resources of Bangladesh” at its auditorium.
Rear Admiral M Khurshed Alam (retd) of the Foreign Ministry made a keynote presentation on the issue.
He said globally 350 million jobs are linked to marine fisheries with 90 per cent of fishermen living in developing country. Khurshed revealed although Bangladesh has 200 nautical miles of an exclusive economic zone in the Bay of Bengal, but the fishermen could go up to highest 60 km from the Chittgong coast for netting fish.
“Our fishermen boarding 20-30 feet long trawler could net fish highest 20 meter below the water, but tuna and other fish move below 100 meter in the water,” he said, adding, “entrepreneurs should move forward with modern ship to net the fish and other resources.”
Admiral Khurshed also put emphasis on the study and research on the oceanography as Bangladesh has established its rights in 118,813 sq km area in the sea from India and Myanmar.
Speaking on the occasion as chief guest, Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Professor Dr Gowher Rizvi said extensive participation of private sector is needed for the development of the country as huge opportunity in the blue has been opened for the country after winning more areas in the Bay.
“I rather ask the private sector for the greater partnership with the government and I think this area will allow the partnership,” he said, adding “without the partnership, we don’t go ahead and when the partnership comes the blue economy will be successful.”
He said the blue economy is a great opportunity for Bangladesh and “we have to focus and concentrate to realize and utilize it.”
Rizvi said, “We’ve to put concentration on research and knowledge building and there is no shortcut way to avail it.”
MCCI President Syed Nasim Manzur said: “We don’t know enough about what we have despite the Bay being the largest Bay in the world and for this we need skilled manpower, extensive research and capacity like oceanography.”
He urged the government to come up with policy support for the private sector so the maximum opportunities of blue are possible to be grabbed.
CILT President Karar Mahmudul Hasan, Western Marine Shipyard Chairman Saiful Islam, and MCCI executive committee members A K M Rafikul Islam, Amran Kabir and Kamran T Ahmed, among others, also spoke on the occasion.
