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Culture of a prohibited species: African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus)

Syeda Mushahida Al Noor — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:20:31 +0000

African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus)

In Bangladesh, African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) was imported in 1989 from Thailand by the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MOFL), Bangladesh for profitable aquaculture. But the entire hypothesis got practically useless in the contest of Bangladesh within a few years. ...read more

Fish culture in ponds and rice-fields by the poor Adivasi households in northwest and northern Bangladesh

Dr. Md. Akhtar Hossain — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:05:11 +0000

An Adivasi woman showing harvested fish from her rice-fish-plot

Background: Adivasis are found far from the main stream development in Bangladesh. Unfortunately efforts neither on the proven aquaculture technology for ponds and rice fields nor the suitable approach ...read more

Aquarium Fisheries in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh

Shams Muhammad Galib — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:23:09 +0000

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 established ...read more

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

Syeda Nusrat Jahan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:13:58 +0000

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 Bangladesh. ...read more

Global Warming and Inland Fisheries

Syeda Mushahida Al Noor — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:21:11 +0000

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 too ...read more

Essential components of finfish hatcheries of Rajshahi district

Syeda Nusrat Jahan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:27:47 +0000

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 production ...read more

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

Dr. Md. Akhtar Hossain — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:24:25 +0000

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 found ...read more

Sariakandi Fishpass

ABM Mohsin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:43:09 +0000

Fishpass is an independent hard structure, suitable for all season, effective in both partial and full flood control embankment projects and ensure safe movement of all kind of fishes round the year. It is also called as Fish way or Fish Friendly Structure. The idea of Fishpass is introduced in Bangladesh at 1990 ...read more

Pond Aquaculture in Northwestern Bangladesh: Starting a New Way of Life for Adivasi People

Shams Muhammad Galib — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:39:36 +0000

Khitish Tirki (45), an Orao lives in North Amadpur village of Pirganj Upazila under Rangpur district. His primary profession is agriculture and he is the only earning person of his family of six members. He finds very difficulties to maintain normal livelihood for the past few years with the low production and income from the crop fields. He also failed to ...read more