Sea Fish of Bangladesh

Local Name : Red Jewfish / Silver Jewfish  Trade Name : Yellow Croaker Scientific Name : johnius argentatus Found in coastal area of Chinese and Japanese sea. Eastern Indian Ocean and shallow water of Bay of Bengal . Silver and Red Jewfish is one of the species caught in large quantities from shallow water of Bay of Bengal.  Caught with bottom trawls, gill nets and hand lines at Sundarban area. Jewfish is  very common in the Bay of Bengal. It is one of the economically important and popular fish in Bangladesh. Most of the small size jewfish are consumed locally, some big size jewfish are exported, and the rest are sun dried for local market. Air bladders are collected by some mongers and dried for export.  There is a demand for this species in the international market in places such as China, Thailand , Middle East and other Arab countries. Present ( January 2014) average local price of medium and big size red and silver jewfis...

Slipper Lobster Size : 3-4 Pcs/Kg The lobsters that most people know from their dinner plates are the American and European clawed lobsters. These are cold water species that live on either sides of the northern Atlantic Ocean. There are also tropical lobsters that are widely consumed, but these are generally claw-less varieties called spiny and slipper lobsters. Lobsters, like snails and spiders and they have 10 walking legs. Lobsters are found in all oceans. They live on rocky, sandy, or muddy bottoms of oceans. They generally live singly in crevices or in burrows under rocks. Lobsters are omnivores and typically eat live prey such as fish, molluscs, other crustaceans, worms, and some plant life. 

Recently, photographed and edited a number of marine/sea fish of Bangladesh. But there are some confusion about their commercial and organic names, so expecting visitors comments.  For example, I know only local name of  the following marine/sea fish.  Thanks.

 Brown Shrimp   Tiger Shrimp (Head On)  Black Shrimp (Kiji) 

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 )                                           ...

Sea Resources Limited and Cosmos Trawl (part of Hampidjan Group), have signed an agreement to enter the 3rd phase of their Danida supported B2B project.  The new company is based at Ichanagar /Sardarghat in Chittagong, headed by Mr. Lars Jensen (Cosmos) as Managing Director. Cosmos Chief Technical Advisor Mr. Eiríkur H. Sigurgeirsson (stationed in Chittagong since January 2010), he looks after day-to-day affairs. And Mr. A. Rouf Chowdhury is the Chairman of the venture. On April 12th 2010 a ceremony of raising the ROOFTREE of the new SRL Cosmos Trawl Ltd. netloft was held. Danish Minister for Development Cooperation Mr. Søren Pind, Chittagong City Corporation Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Danish Ambassador Mr. Einar H Jensen and Mr. Ib Albertsen of The Danish International Investment Funds (IFU) were present in the ceremony. On 26th June 2010 SRL Cosmos Trawl Ltd. organised a Seminar & Workshop in Chittagong to highlight latest news and developments about modern fishing...