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Villagers fishing in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Bangladesh being a first line littoral state of the Indian Ocean has a very good source of marine resources in the Bay of Bengal. The country has an exclusive economic zone of 41,000 square miles (110,000 km 2), which is 73% of the country's land area. On the other hand, Bangladesh is a small and ...
The Department of Fisheries traces its origin to the Department of Fisheries that existed when Bangladesh was part of Pakistan. Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the current Department of Fisheries was established. In April 1975, the Central Fisheries Department was merged with Department of Fisheries.
Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest of aquatic plants for 2005. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Countries whose total harvest was less than 100,000 tons are not included.
The major transboundary issues relating to shared fisheries are: a decline in the overall availability of fish resources; changes in species composition of catches; the high proportion of juvenile fish in the catch; and changes in marine biodiversity, especially through loss of vulnerable and endangered species.
Cox's Bazar Beach, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Bangladesh, is the longest uninterrupted naturally occurring sea beach in the world. [1] [2] Located 150 km (93 mi) south of the city of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar is also known by the name Panowa, which translates literally as "yellow flower
Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation or BFDC, [1] is a national corporation that constructs fish harbours, runs cold storage, auction houses, processing centre, and transportation centre for fishes in Bangladesh and is located in Motijheel Thana, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MOFL, Bengali: মৎস্য ও প্রাণিসম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়; Maṯsya ō ...
Bangladesh: The People's Republic of Bangladesh is the eighth-most populous country in the world. It is located at the northern apex of the Bay of Bengal, forming the largest and eastern part of the bay's historical namesake region, Bengal. It is hugely dependent on the bay for sources of nutrition (fish), shipping, energy, and employment.