Sea Fish of Bangladesh

The forests of Bangladesh cover about 10% of the country and fall distinctly into three regional varieties: the forest in the tidal zones along the coast, mostly Sundarbans (often mangrove but sometimes hardwood); the forest of Sal trees (hardwood) around Dhaka, Tangail and Mymensingh; and the forests of tropical and subtropical evergreens in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and parts of Sylhet. Half of the remaining forest is in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and a further quarter in the Sundarbans, with the rest scattered in small pockets throughout the country. Even away from the forests, Bangladesh is a land of trees. Lining the old Grand Trunk Road in the west are huge rain trees, and every village is an arboreal oasis, often with spectacular Banyan or Ashot trees. The red Silk-cotton or Kapok tree is easily spotted throughout the countryside in February and March, when it loses its leaves and sprouts a myriad of red blossoms. Teak was introduced to the Hill Tracts in the last century, an

What is Quality Index Method QIM (QIM) ? Quality Index Method QIM is an accurate and objective method for the determination of fish freshness. It is a promising method in assessing the freshness of fish in a rapid and reliable way. It is expected to become the leading reference method for the assessment of fresh fish within the European community in the future. As the QIM method has been developed and proved to be a quality assessment method that is more finely tuned than other grading methods used today, it is considered a valuable tool that may replace other methods. Further, it is being developed for more and more specific fish species, increasing its power as an overall assessment method. The QIM-Eurofish Alliance The determination of the exact QIM calibration scale must be worked out with extreme precision and must be properly validated. A quality assurance must thus be observed for the QIM method as such. For this reason the directors of the Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Re

There is a proverb in Bangladesh that "Gola bhora Dhan, pukur bhora mach" meaning wicker corn-bin full of paddy and ponds full of fish, but the proverb is going to be untrue as many rivers of the country are vanishing. Hilsa locally known as ilish, the fish has been designated as the national fish of Bangladesh. Body length may reach up to 60 cm, but commonly found 35 to 40 cm. A large-sized hilsa weighs about 2.75 kg. Females are usually larger than males. The hilsa is known to be a fast swimmer and matured in one to two years. Hilsa , one of the most important tropical fish, lives in the sea for most of its life, but migrates at least 1,000 km up in some river system for spawning. The fish is found in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Vietnam Sea and China Sea. The riverine habitat covers the Satil Arab, and the Tigris and Euphrates of Iran and Iraq, the Indus of Pakistan, the rivers of Eastern and Western India, the Irrawaddy of Myanmar, and the P

Bangladesh has a coastline 480 km long and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is about 322 km (200 miles) seaward from the base line. The Bay of Bengal offers a potential sources of fisheries for Bangladesh although most its vast resources yet remain unexplored. In the Bay, a total of 490 species of fish belonging to 133 families were recorded of which 65 species are of commercial importance. The stock and resources still remains unexplored due to lack of appropriate survey by competent authority.

Shrimp Hatcheries in Bangladesh : There are 58 shrimp hatchery in Bangladesh most of which are located around the high salinity costal area of Cox’s Bazar and Teknaf and engaged in hatching only Black Tiger Species of Marine Shrimp. Though hatchery industry is the first stage of shrimp processing sector, it started being established in early ninety’s, which is much after development of shrimp culture and shrimp packing industries. This was mainly due to non availability of technical know-how in Bangladesh. Therefore most of the hatcheries now are operating under technical experts from India, Thailand and Philippines. Out of 58 hatcheries, 8 hatcheries are not operating since 2003-04 and the rest are reportedly operating at an average of 40 to 50 % capacity utilization. Yearly production capacity : Annual Fry production capacity of 50 hatchery units under operation is around 10 billion pcs and at present capacity utilization level they are producing about 7 billion Fry and at 25% morta

List of Some Exportable Sea Fish of Bangladesh Shrimp White Pomfret Gray Pomfret Black Pomfret Dorab Indian Halibut Spanish Mackerel Datina Golden Snapper Red Snapper Indian Salmon Grouper (Spotted) Grouper(Black) John (S) Tuna Short Mackerel Chub Mackerel Black Banded Cuttle fish Tongue Sole Squid Yellow Croaker Silver Croaker Big eye Ribbon Straight Hilsha Black Eel Red Eel

Almost 80% of the country's protein requirement, around 70% of exports in the primary commodity category and almost 9% of total exports come from fisheries sector. Recent years. the fisheries sector has been playing an increasingly important role in the economy uplift efforts of Bangladesh. It is a labour-intensive and quick-yielding sector which enhance growth and reduce poverty. Around 1.5 million people are directly employed in the fisheries sector of Bangladesh. Bangladesh has great potential for developing the fisheries sector. This sector contributes about 10% GDP of the agriculture. The sector includes open water , such as rivers, canals, lakes, etc., and closed water , such as ponds and flood-control field. . Showing much potential to develop as a commercial sector with employment and income generating opportunities both in the rural and urban areas. A large number of entrepreneurs have grown in the private sector in recent years.

Fish is one of the most important part of daily life of Bangladeshi it is also one of main sources of nutrient for Bangladeshi people. Fish and fisheries are the fundamental part of the culture and heritage of Bangladesh. The sector is quite important source of earning livelihood, foreign exchange and protein supply.