12 beel nurseries set up to boost fish output

JAMALPUR, Aug 10 (BSS): The Fisheries Department has set up 12 beel nurseries in open water bodies in the district to boost production of natural fish resources this year.
The district fisheries office sources said with the setting up of 12 beel nurseries, 482 tonnes of more fishes will be produced by December next.
A total of 925 hectares of marshy land in seven upazilas of the district have been brought under the beel nurseries at a cost of Tk 0.88 million (8.80 lakh).
The beel nurseries were set up in Arial beel in Sadar Upazila, Peri beel in Sarishabari, Mora Gangni beel in Melandah, Bhurbhuria beel in Madarganj, Kuri beel, Kukra beel, Siradanga beel and Jonti beel in Bakshiganj, Patharghata beel and Konai beel in Islampur and Sardarpara and Sapmari beel in Dewanganj Upazila.
Madarganj Upazila fisheries officer Jannat-A-Hour said fish fry of Rui, Katla and Mrigel varieties were released in the beel nurseries. "After five to six months when they grow up to nine inches or above, the beneficiary group will be able to fishing," she added.
With the setting up of the beel nurseries, over 3,000 people living adjacent to the beel areas will be benefited, she said.
Anisur Rahman, a beneficiary of Bhurbhuria beel in Madarganj Upazila, said, "We have formed beneficiary group to take care of the nurseries and in this way we would get maximum benefit."