Fish production hampered for want of water bodies
Friday, 10 December 2010
Our Correspondent
GOPALGANJ, Dec 9: The production of fish has been trimmed down in five Upazilas of Gopalganj district as the water bodies of the area are reducing day by day.
About 17,884 fish cultivators have been cultivating different types of fish in tanks and ponds in the district on commercial basis.
According to a non-government organisation (NGO), Gopalganj requires a total of 23,179 metric tonnes of fish but the total production of fish is around 14,012 metric tonnes annually. The annual deficit of fish is about 9,167 metric tonnes, sources said.
For want of adequate surface water in the water bodies production of fish has suffered a serious setback. Most of the traditional sources of surface water have already been silted up. Insufficient rain falls, drought and indiscriminate digging of canals in the name of construction of flood control embankments have aggravated the situation.
Atul Chandra Barman, a fisherman of Gopalganj Sadar Upazila said that the existing water bodies need immediate dredging and digging. Besides, the fishermen should be provided with permanent lease of water bodies, adequate support for perchasing nets, and sufficient number of ice-factories in the rural areas for the preservation of fish to increase the production of fish.
GOPALGANJ, Dec 9: The production of fish has been trimmed down in five Upazilas of Gopalganj district as the water bodies of the area are reducing day by day.
About 17,884 fish cultivators have been cultivating different types of fish in tanks and ponds in the district on commercial basis.
According to a non-government organisation (NGO), Gopalganj requires a total of 23,179 metric tonnes of fish but the total production of fish is around 14,012 metric tonnes annually. The annual deficit of fish is about 9,167 metric tonnes, sources said.
For want of adequate surface water in the water bodies production of fish has suffered a serious setback. Most of the traditional sources of surface water have already been silted up. Insufficient rain falls, drought and indiscriminate digging of canals in the name of construction of flood control embankments have aggravated the situation.
Atul Chandra Barman, a fisherman of Gopalganj Sadar Upazila said that the existing water bodies need immediate dredging and digging. Besides, the fishermen should be provided with permanent lease of water bodies, adequate support for perchasing nets, and sufficient number of ice-factories in the rural areas for the preservation of fish to increase the production of fish.