A study was conducted to understand current practices of commercially important marine fish marketing
systems in the Patuakhali area of southern Bangladesh. A total of ten commercially important marine fish
were identified such as: 1) hilsa, 2) pomfret, 3) marine catfish, 4) tuna, 5) coral fish, 6) marine eel, 7)...
BACKGROUND: Chronic exposure to arsenic is associated with skin lesions. However, it is not known whether reducing arsenic exposure will improve skin lesions.
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the association between reduced arsenic exposures and skin lesion recovery over time.
METHODS: A follow-up study of 550 individuals was conducted in 2009-2011 on...
Bangladesh is crisscrossed with rivers. The majority of people living in coastal communities make their living from fishing, and unlike inland fishing communities they almost totally depend on fishing. Fisheries in Bangladesh, and in particular marine and brackish water fisheries are faced with a dilemma. Fisheries provide the people of...
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comparative index characterization of shrimp farms in Bangladesh, India and Indonesia. There has been considerable work carried out on shrimp farming in South East Asia with emphasis on biology, environmental factors, management and trade issues but much less work on the...
Coastal aquaculture in Bangladesh mainly consists of two shrimp species (Penaeus monodon and Macrobrachium rosenbergii). Currently, there are about 16,237 marine shrimp (P. monodon) farms covering 148,093 ha and 36,109 fresh water shrimp (M. rosenbergii) farms covering 17,638 ha coastal area. More than 0.70 million people are employed throughout the...
Bangladesh, basically a floodplain consisting of extremely low and flat land, is endowed with enormous inland fishery resources that contribute a significant part of freshwater fish production. Yet only 8% of the catchment of the rivers that create this floodplain is in Bangladesh. The fisheries sector accounts for 10% of...
Fisheries resource is a great natural asset to this planet and ensuring the responsible use of these resources can enrich the lives of its people. However, global fishery resources are under high and mounting pressure which is severe, particularly in the developing countries. Until recently, traditional fisheries management has failed...
This is a vogue to do fish farming in a pond or other water body inside and outside of the household in rural scenario of Bangladesh as an agriculture-aquaculture farming for a long time. Even the fish farming with profit or income generation among the fish farmers has taken place...
This study was conducted to assess the economic consequences gained from disease-affected extensive shrimp farming by three major farm ownerships: individual, group and outside respectively. Key data for cost and returns were collected using a questionnaire survey between June and August 2002 from southwest Bangladesh. Profitability of operations was affected...