UNB, Dhaka :
Terming the sea as a huge source of resources, including fisheries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government is taking initiatives to start the extraction of these resources within the next five years.
“Or else, there’s a fear of loosing this opportunities. So, we’re trying to take steps fast, ” she said while addressing the inaugural session of the National Fisheries Week 2016 held at the Krishibid Institution Auditorium in the city. Citing the winning of maritime boundary cases against India and Myanmar, Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh has potential of fisheries
resources in the sea which needs to be extracted. “So, the government has put emphasis on ‘Blue Economy’.
As Bangladesh has no experience of extracting resources from the deep sea, an international tender has been floated in this regard and four companies participated in the bid, she mentioned. The Prime Minister also called upon the country’s businesspeople and exporters to maintain the high quality and standards of their products and exportable items and thus uphold the country’s image and maintain their own reputation.
“I call upon all concerned to remain alert so that the image of the country is not tarnished alongside bringing personal disaster while making a bit more profit,” she said adding that this should be followed in all exportable products, including fisheries, alongside marketing of local products.
Laboratories have already been set up in Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna to maintain the quality and standards of the exportable items while steps have been taken to examine the exportable fisheries items to maintain their hygiene, she said. Earlier, the Prime Minister distributed five gold medals and 15 silver medals to 20 individuals and institutions for their outstanding contribution to fish production in the country. Each of the gold medal recipient also received a Tk 50,000 cheque while the silver medal recipient Tk 30,000.
She also underscored the need for maintaining capital dredging and maintenance of the rivers concerned to maintain the biodiversity as well as help boosting fisheries production, reducing losses from flood and also to save the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.
Terming the sea as a huge source of resources, including fisheries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government is taking initiatives to start the extraction of these resources within the next five years.
“Or else, there’s a fear of loosing this opportunities. So, we’re trying to take steps fast, ” she said while addressing the inaugural session of the National Fisheries Week 2016 held at the Krishibid Institution Auditorium in the city. Citing the winning of maritime boundary cases against India and Myanmar, Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh has potential of fisheries
resources in the sea which needs to be extracted. “So, the government has put emphasis on ‘Blue Economy’.
As Bangladesh has no experience of extracting resources from the deep sea, an international tender has been floated in this regard and four companies participated in the bid, she mentioned. The Prime Minister also called upon the country’s businesspeople and exporters to maintain the high quality and standards of their products and exportable items and thus uphold the country’s image and maintain their own reputation.
“I call upon all concerned to remain alert so that the image of the country is not tarnished alongside bringing personal disaster while making a bit more profit,” she said adding that this should be followed in all exportable products, including fisheries, alongside marketing of local products.
Laboratories have already been set up in Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna to maintain the quality and standards of the exportable items while steps have been taken to examine the exportable fisheries items to maintain their hygiene, she said. Earlier, the Prime Minister distributed five gold medals and 15 silver medals to 20 individuals and institutions for their outstanding contribution to fish production in the country. Each of the gold medal recipient also received a Tk 50,000 cheque while the silver medal recipient Tk 30,000.
She also underscored the need for maintaining capital dredging and maintenance of the rivers concerned to maintain the biodiversity as well as help boosting fisheries production, reducing losses from flood and also to save the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.
