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Category: Aquaculture and Management > Freshwater

Aquarium Fisheries in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh

Keeping ornamental fishes in aquarium is now become a common practice, especially in urban areas. But in Bangladesh, this practice is still not much popular to the people of all categories, and still confined between rich and upper-medium class people. A place decorated with a well set up aquarium can easily attract people of all ages. Nowadays, this aquarium business …read more

Category: Aquaculture and Management > Freshwater

Brood stock and breeding management of fin fish hatcheries of Rajshahi district

Stripping technique of brood fish

Stripping technique of brood fish

Hatchery is one of the main sources of fry for fish culture and about 98% fry of the country is produced by the hatcheries (Amin, 2002). It seems that the establishment of new hatcheries is playing an active role in the fish production of …read more

Category: Aquaculture and Management > Freshwater

Global Warming and Inland Fisheries

Fish are more sensitive to temperature than many animals because they cannot maintain a constant body temperature and their body is exactly the same temperature as the water they are swimming in. Different species can live in very cold or very hot water, but each species has a range of temperatures that it prefers, and fish can’t survive in temperatures …read more

Category: Aquaculture and Management > Freshwater

Essential components of finfish hatcheries of Rajshahi district

Overhead Tank

Overhead Tank

Rajshahi is one of the richest districts of Bangladesh in respect of its vast, divers and unique fisheries resources. There are 9 upazillas in Rajshahi district. Total pond area of Rajshahi district is 7,729 ha which is 2.53% of total pond area of Bangladesh (3,05,025 ha). Where as total fish …read more

Category: Aquaculture and Management > Freshwater

Fresh Water Prawn Farming: A Seed of Hope for the Northern Bangladesh

fresh prawn farming

Freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) has become an important subject in recent years to the rural peoples for their livelihood, to the enterprises and exporters for raw materials and to the researchers for searching new technologies suitable for the different climatic zones of Bangladesh. The production technology of prawn polyculture is not …read more