Economic Reporter :
The workshop on sustainable fisheries was held in Dhaka on Wednesday organized by CLS, a France company and Corona Engineering Ltd to address technical solutions for the management of the fish stocks and fishing effort in Bangladesh and its sea.
M Sayed Arif Azad, the Director General of Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock made the opening remarks of the workshop while Golam Shafiuddin,ndc, additional secretary of energy and mineral resources division, Sophie Aubert, Ambassador of France spoke at the workshop. M Masud, Managing Director of CORONA Engineers Ltd presided over the function. M. Jean-Francois Bonnin and Jean-Pierre Cauzac from CLS presented keynote papers.
M Sayed Arif Azad said that fisheries account for 2percent of the Bangladesh GDP and generates lots of employment. The Bangladesh fishing industry is now considering going to high seas of the Indian Ocean to develop tuna fishing.
Many participants of this workshop agree to develop sustainable practices for fisheries in Bangladesh as a priority, for the well-being of our fisher populations, for food security, and to improve our competitiveness for export to high value markets like EU.
M. Jean-Francois Bonnin and Jean-Pierre Cauzac from CLS presented solutions for modern management of fisheries. They consist in better understanding of the marine environment by satellite images, tracking the vessels and collecting their catch data in realtime. The solutions have to be put in operation in coordination between the government, the scientific institutions and the industry.
Sophie Aubert, Ambassador of France said that France has a long history in ocean fisheries science and is ready to support cooperation with Bangladesh.
CLS is a French company established in 1986 by CNES, the French Space Agency, and by Ifremer, the French national sea research institute. It is a world leader in fisheries management solutions. CLS is delivering detailed observations from satellites, and fishing vessel monitoring services to the ministries of fisheries in the major fishing nations like Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and islands of the West Indian Ocean.
The workshop on sustainable fisheries was held in Dhaka on Wednesday organized by CLS, a France company and Corona Engineering Ltd to address technical solutions for the management of the fish stocks and fishing effort in Bangladesh and its sea.
M Sayed Arif Azad, the Director General of Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock made the opening remarks of the workshop while Golam Shafiuddin,ndc, additional secretary of energy and mineral resources division, Sophie Aubert, Ambassador of France spoke at the workshop. M Masud, Managing Director of CORONA Engineers Ltd presided over the function. M. Jean-Francois Bonnin and Jean-Pierre Cauzac from CLS presented keynote papers.
M Sayed Arif Azad said that fisheries account for 2percent of the Bangladesh GDP and generates lots of employment. The Bangladesh fishing industry is now considering going to high seas of the Indian Ocean to develop tuna fishing.
Many participants of this workshop agree to develop sustainable practices for fisheries in Bangladesh as a priority, for the well-being of our fisher populations, for food security, and to improve our competitiveness for export to high value markets like EU.
M. Jean-Francois Bonnin and Jean-Pierre Cauzac from CLS presented solutions for modern management of fisheries. They consist in better understanding of the marine environment by satellite images, tracking the vessels and collecting their catch data in realtime. The solutions have to be put in operation in coordination between the government, the scientific institutions and the industry.
Sophie Aubert, Ambassador of France said that France has a long history in ocean fisheries science and is ready to support cooperation with Bangladesh.
CLS is a French company established in 1986 by CNES, the French Space Agency, and by Ifremer, the French national sea research institute. It is a world leader in fisheries management solutions. CLS is delivering detailed observations from satellites, and fishing vessel monitoring services to the ministries of fisheries in the major fishing nations like Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and islands of the West Indian Ocean.
