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    Welcome To Our Presentation

    THE POTENTIAL OF THE HILSA FISHERY IN BANGLADESH

    Presented by___ Sabrina Hossain Bangladesh Agricultural University,Mymensingh

    INTRODUCTION
    Bangladesh is situated in the northeast corner of South Asia and blessed by hundreds of rivers and rich marine and fresh water resources. There are three main seasons in Bangladesh that are winter, summer and monsoon. Winter lasts only for about 2 months in the country. Temperature and rainfall ranges from 7 C to 40C and 1170 to 3400 mm respectively which makes this country well suited for fish culture and various kinds of fisheries resources.

    FISHERIES SECTOR OF BANGLADESH

    Fisheries in Bangladesh fall broadly into four categories: (i) inland capture (open water), (ii) inland culture (closed water), (iii) marine industrial or trawl fishing, and (iv) marine artisanal or small-scale fishing.

    This sector contributes 4.39% to the national GDP and almost one-fourth (22.76%) to the agricultural GDP (Bangladesh Economic Review 2012). earned Tk. 47039.50 million by exporting 92,479 MT of fish and fisheries products(FRSS 2011-12a)

    Figure:Total annual fish production in Bangladesh,2011-12

    Hilsa Fishery in Bangladesh

    BIOLOGY OF HILSA

    Tenualosa ilisha,
    belongs to the family Clupeidae (herring family). Distribution: The fish is found in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Vietnam Sea and China Sea

    Spawning grounds:
    -Dalerchar of charfashion in Bhola( about 125 sq.km area)
    -Monpura in Bhola (about 80 sq.km area) -Moulavichar of Hatia in Noakhali (about 120 sq. Km area) -Kalirchar of swandwip (about 194 sq. km area)

    PRESENT STATUS OF HILSA FISHERY


    At present the total production of hilsa is 0.3465 million MT thats current market value is 138,600 million BDT. It has the highest contribution in countrys sh production amounting 1.0% to the GDP. Fisheries, Bangladesh exported 6,173.66 tonnes of fresh, chilled and frozen hilsa (by land border with India and by sea) worth Tk 2.82 billion in the fiscal year (FY) 2011-12. .

    Year

    Hilsa Production (Metric tons) Inland water body Marine water body Total 298921 298921

    2007-08 2008-09

    89900 95970

    202951 202951

    2009-10
    2010-11 2011-12

    114768
    114520 118875

    198578
    225325 232037

    313342
    339845 346512

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