BSS, Rajshahi :
Cage culture has bright prospects of yielding around 10,000 metric tons of additional fishes valued at around Taka 150 crore only in two rivers of Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj districts annually.
Prospect of commercial fish farming in river and different other open water bodies is always bright that can supplement the government effort to boost fish production in the region to meet up its nutritional deficiency.
The fisheries expert says one of the most significant factors to consider while starting cage fishing is the depth of the water body. Ideally, the cage depth should be about 8m deep. The other factors are circulation of water currents, which may be hard to determine in ponds.
“One should also look at temperatures and the presence of dissolved oxygen to enable fish to breathe. All these conditions cannot be met in a fish pond. The ocean or sea is also not a viable place because of the many predators.”
In Chapainawabgonj, monosex tilapia fish farming in floating cage method is increasing day by day. By dint of its more profit, the method is gaining popularity among the people yielding more than 54 metric tons of fishes annually. The number of fish farmers has been enhanced during last couple of years supplying fishes to different areas after meeting local demands.
District Fisheries Officer Ekramul Haque told the journalists that the fish yield could be enhanced to a greater extent if the supervision process is ensured properly.
Some enthusiastic youths began monosex tilapia fish farming in cage method in Mohananda River adjacent to Namorajapur, Namonimgachhi, Police Line, BGB Camp, Shaheber Ghat, Moharajpur, Bhaigyabanpur and Haripur area in 2010.
Shahidul Islam Mithun, one of the youths, have now become successful in this field. At present, he is farming fish in 35 cages through investing Taka 35 lakh and making profit of Taka three lakh after every three months.
Mithun says locally many people are coming towards fish farming in cage method. They are making profit economically.
Alamgir Hossain, another farmer of Namogachhi village, said he has been farming fish in 20 cages for last one and half years. He invested Taka six lakh and earns at least Taka 50,000 per month.
“We have found the potentiality after assessing outcomes of a pilot project of cage fish culture along the Mohananda River, adjacent to the town,” Dr Amimul Ehsan, Senior Fisheries Officer of Sadar Upazila and Technical Adviser of the scheme, said.
Cage culture has bright prospects of yielding around 10,000 metric tons of additional fishes valued at around Taka 150 crore only in two rivers of Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj districts annually.
Prospect of commercial fish farming in river and different other open water bodies is always bright that can supplement the government effort to boost fish production in the region to meet up its nutritional deficiency.
The fisheries expert says one of the most significant factors to consider while starting cage fishing is the depth of the water body. Ideally, the cage depth should be about 8m deep. The other factors are circulation of water currents, which may be hard to determine in ponds.
“One should also look at temperatures and the presence of dissolved oxygen to enable fish to breathe. All these conditions cannot be met in a fish pond. The ocean or sea is also not a viable place because of the many predators.”
In Chapainawabgonj, monosex tilapia fish farming in floating cage method is increasing day by day. By dint of its more profit, the method is gaining popularity among the people yielding more than 54 metric tons of fishes annually. The number of fish farmers has been enhanced during last couple of years supplying fishes to different areas after meeting local demands.
District Fisheries Officer Ekramul Haque told the journalists that the fish yield could be enhanced to a greater extent if the supervision process is ensured properly.
Some enthusiastic youths began monosex tilapia fish farming in cage method in Mohananda River adjacent to Namorajapur, Namonimgachhi, Police Line, BGB Camp, Shaheber Ghat, Moharajpur, Bhaigyabanpur and Haripur area in 2010.
Shahidul Islam Mithun, one of the youths, have now become successful in this field. At present, he is farming fish in 35 cages through investing Taka 35 lakh and making profit of Taka three lakh after every three months.
Mithun says locally many people are coming towards fish farming in cage method. They are making profit economically.
Alamgir Hossain, another farmer of Namogachhi village, said he has been farming fish in 20 cages for last one and half years. He invested Taka six lakh and earns at least Taka 50,000 per month.
“We have found the potentiality after assessing outcomes of a pilot project of cage fish culture along the Mohananda River, adjacent to the town,” Dr Amimul Ehsan, Senior Fisheries Officer of Sadar Upazila and Technical Adviser of the scheme, said.
