EEZ and Marine Resources of Bangladesh

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.

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