UNB, Dhaka :
The government has taken 20 development projects for the fisheries sector in 2016-17 FY, aiming to achieve the target of producing 45.52 metric tonnes of fish at the end of 2021.
“An amount of Tk 324.45 crore has been allocated for implementation of these projects,” according to an official document obtained by UNB. A senior official at the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry said the government has taken these projects to involve more people in the activities to increase fisheries resources.
“These projects will help boost fish production in the country and meet the protein demand of people,” the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry official told the news agency.
The projects are Bangladesh marine fisheries capacity building, establishing fishery diploma institutes in Gopalganj, Kishoreganj and Sirajganj, rehabilitation and development of fisheries structures for supply of quality fish seed and fry, fishermen enlistment and ID card distribution, integrated agricultural
productivity, sweet water shrimp farming expansion (2nd phase), fish farming development and expansion in CHT (3rd Phase), ‘Beel Nursery’ establishment in open water and expansion.
Besides, society-based fish farming at Nimgachhi, fish development in Rangpur division, brood bank establishment, Kuchia and crab farming in selected areas and research, fish farming development in greater Jessore district, strengthening fishery and aquaculture food safety and quality management system in Bangladesh, climate resilient ecosystem and livelihoods, enhancing aquaculture production for food security and rural development through better seed and feed production, fish farming technology expansion at union level (2nd Phase), fishery resource development in greater Comilla, boosting fish production through renovation of wetlands and enhanced coastal fisheries project. Other than these projects, many projects of the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry are going on across the country, the official said.
According to a report of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Bangladesh is now the 4th major fish-producing country in the world as it has raised fish production to 35 lakh mts from 7.50 mts in the last three decades thanks to the steady growth in inland fish production from aquaculture.
According to the study titled ‘The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2014’, Bangladesh is currently producing around 34.9 lakh mts fish a year following China, India and Myanmar. Out of the total production, around 20 lakh mts comes from aquaculture.
As per the official data fisheries sector contributes 3.69 percent to the GDP, 22.60 percent of the total agriculture based income and two percent of export income comes from this sector.
Fish meets 60 percent of the total animal protein consumption in Bangladesh and 1.77 crore people or 11 percent of the population directly or indirectly involved in various activities of the fisheries sector.
According to Department of Fisheries (DoF) statistics, Bangladesh has been producing fish worth Tk 50,000 crore a year. The production of fish and fisheries products has increased by over 25 percent in the last five years.
The government has taken 20 development projects for the fisheries sector in 2016-17 FY, aiming to achieve the target of producing 45.52 metric tonnes of fish at the end of 2021.
“An amount of Tk 324.45 crore has been allocated for implementation of these projects,” according to an official document obtained by UNB. A senior official at the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry said the government has taken these projects to involve more people in the activities to increase fisheries resources.
“These projects will help boost fish production in the country and meet the protein demand of people,” the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry official told the news agency.
The projects are Bangladesh marine fisheries capacity building, establishing fishery diploma institutes in Gopalganj, Kishoreganj and Sirajganj, rehabilitation and development of fisheries structures for supply of quality fish seed and fry, fishermen enlistment and ID card distribution, integrated agricultural
productivity, sweet water shrimp farming expansion (2nd phase), fish farming development and expansion in CHT (3rd Phase), ‘Beel Nursery’ establishment in open water and expansion.
Besides, society-based fish farming at Nimgachhi, fish development in Rangpur division, brood bank establishment, Kuchia and crab farming in selected areas and research, fish farming development in greater Jessore district, strengthening fishery and aquaculture food safety and quality management system in Bangladesh, climate resilient ecosystem and livelihoods, enhancing aquaculture production for food security and rural development through better seed and feed production, fish farming technology expansion at union level (2nd Phase), fishery resource development in greater Comilla, boosting fish production through renovation of wetlands and enhanced coastal fisheries project. Other than these projects, many projects of the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry are going on across the country, the official said.
According to a report of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Bangladesh is now the 4th major fish-producing country in the world as it has raised fish production to 35 lakh mts from 7.50 mts in the last three decades thanks to the steady growth in inland fish production from aquaculture.
According to the study titled ‘The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2014’, Bangladesh is currently producing around 34.9 lakh mts fish a year following China, India and Myanmar. Out of the total production, around 20 lakh mts comes from aquaculture.
As per the official data fisheries sector contributes 3.69 percent to the GDP, 22.60 percent of the total agriculture based income and two percent of export income comes from this sector.
Fish meets 60 percent of the total animal protein consumption in Bangladesh and 1.77 crore people or 11 percent of the population directly or indirectly involved in various activities of the fisheries sector.
According to Department of Fisheries (DoF) statistics, Bangladesh has been producing fish worth Tk 50,000 crore a year. The production of fish and fisheries products has increased by over 25 percent in the last five years.
