FISH & SEAFOOD IN BANGLADESH

Bangladesh produces and exports a wide range of  fishes, shrimps, sea fish and other frozen food products. These may be classified into ten broad categories as noted below :

                                                Sea Going Trawler for HILSA  fish catching

                                                       Marine Shrimp ( Head on Tiger )

                                              Marine Shrimp ( Head Less Tiger )

                                               Marine Shrimp ( Head Less Red Shrimp )

                                                                 Red Snapper

                                                                      Red Jew

• Frozen Shrimp and Prawn

• Frozen Fishes

• Fresh and Chilled Fish

• Frozen Fillets and Steaks of Fishes, Sharks,

Skates and  Rays and  Crushed Shells

• Shark fins and Fish Maws.

• Salted and dehydrated Fishes

• Dry Fish

• Live Crabs & Tortoises

• Fish meals

• Value added Fish & Shrimp Products.

Product Reflection

A. Frozen Shrimp and Prawn

Name of the Products : Fresh water headless, shell-on tail-on , Sea water headless shell-on tail-on , Peeled and Deveined , Peeled and un-deveined ,  and Broken Product  of Prawns and Shrimps in Block Frozen and Semi Cooks etc.

Sizes are  : U/5, 6/8, 8/12, 9/12, 13/15, 16/20, 21/25, 26/30, 31/35, 36/40, 41/50, 51/60, 61/70, 71/90, 91/110 pieces per pound.

Packing : 2kg. Blocks are wrapped with polythene sheet and packed in both-side wax coated laminated one flap duplex board non toxic painted inner carton and then 2 kgs X 6 = 12 kgs net put into corrugated wax coated Master Carton.

B.  Frozen Sea Water and Fresh Water Fish

Sea water fish : Promfrets, Jewfish, Indian Salmon, Shad, Catfish, Ribbonfish, Mullet, Tuna, Mackerel, Cock-up, Red Snapper etc. are processed in whole, headless, belly clean (IQF) state or sliced/fillets/steak in Block frozen state.

Fresh water fish : Carps, Common Carps, Silver Carps, Grass Carps, Catfish, River Shark, Climbing Perch, Snake-Heads, Barbs , Shad, Eel, Mullets etc.

The large fishes are processed in whole headless, belly clean (IQF) state or sliced/fillets/steaks and small fishes are processed in whole block frozen state.

Packing : Each IQF Sea/Fresh water fish is wrapped with polythene sheet or put in polybag and 20 kgs net of such fishes are put into a large polybag and then into a Master Carton wrapped with Hessian cloth.

Block frozen fishes are wrapped with polythene sheet and then put into a Master Carton wrapped with Hessian cloth. The small fishes are packed in 2 kgs/1kg/0.5 kg blocks or as desired by the Buyers.