Thrust on boosting fish production

RAJSHAHI, July 13 (BSS): Enhanced fish production is seen as one of the effective means of meeting protein deficiency and poverty alleviation along with employment generation.

Speakers made the observation while releasing fish fingerlings in Padma River in Shreerampur point in the city Sunday.

Referring to the immense prospect of the fisheries sector, they said fish production could easily be increased to a great extent through the best use of existing natural resources.

Conservation of the water resources and other wetlands has become indispensable for the sake of boosting fish production to meet the national protein demands, they added.

Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) and Community Policing Cell jointly organised the event in association with Bangladesh Police Service Association and Department of Fisheries with the main thrust of boosting fish production in open water bodies.

The speakers laid emphasis on formulation of tough laws against dumping of garbage in ponds and other natural water bodies as the aquatic biodiversity and fish production of the area have been decreasing gradually due to various manmade and natural causes.

They recommended for time-fitting policy for freeing the water resources from all sorts of pollution and contamination so that the indigenous fish species could be saved from extinction.

Among others, RMP Commissioner Md Shamsuddin, Additional Commissioner Sarder Tamiz Uddin and Deputy Commissioners Tanveer Haider Chowdhury, Nahidul Islam and Amir Jafar, Divisional Deputy Director of Department of Fisheries Mahbubul Alam and District Fisheries Officer Golam Rabbani were present on the occasion.