Fishing industry in Bangladesh

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Villagers fishing in Sylhet, Bangladesh

Bangladesh being a first line littoral state of the Indian Ocean has a very good source of marine resources in the Bay of Bengal. The country has an exclusive economic zone of 41,000 square miles (110,000 km2), which is 73% of the country's land area. On the other hand, Bangladesh is a small and developing country overloaded with almost unbearable pressure of human population. In the past, people of Bangladesh were mostly dependent upon land-based proteins. But, the continuous process of industrialisation and urbanisation consumes the limited land area. Now there is no other way than to harvest the vast under water protein from the Bay of Bengal, which can meet the country's demand.

More than 80 percent of the animal protein in the Bangladeshi diet comes from fish.

otters, which behave like shepherds, swimming underwater, driving fish toward the fisherman's net (and being rewarded themselves with a share of the catch).[1] Fish for local consumption are generally of freshwater varieties.[1]

Shrimp farming

As of the end of 1987, prevailing methods for culturing

shrimp farming industry in Bangladesh has been handicapped by low-quality and low prices.[citation needed
]

The

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has provided assistance to the shrimp and fishing industry in meeting fish safety and quality control standards based on the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) approach.[2]

Shrimp in the wild are associated with

spawning grounds for shrimp and fish.[3] Intensive shrimp farming often involves conversion of mangrove stands to brine ponds where shrimp are grown.[4]

Training and education

Training for the

merchant shipping and related maritime industries is provided by the Bangladesh Marine Fisheries an Academy
.

Labor practices

Shrimp and dried fish are emblematic of Bangladeshi cuisine. However, according to a 2014 Bureau of International Labor Affairs report,[5] they also rank among the goods that are produced by child labour and forced labour in Bangladesh. The US Department of Labor also reported that "some children work under forced labor conditions in the dried fishing sector to help their families pay off debts to local moneylenders".[6] The Government of Bangladesh recognises that "some of the worst forms of child labor may exist in the rural sector (e.g. fish drying) and has been working with the ILO and other donors to craft an appropriate development program response."[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^
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  2. ^ Cato, James C.; Subasinge, S. (September 2003). Unnevehr, Laurian J. (ed.). "Case Study: The Shrimp Export Industry in Bangladesh" (PDF). Food Safety in Food Security and Food Trade. 2020 Vision Focus. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  3. ^ de la Torre, Isabel; Batker, D.K. (1999). "Prawn to Trade, Prawn to Consume" (PDF). International Shrimp Action Network. pp. 9–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2005. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
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  5. ^ "List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor". United States Department of Labor. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor – Bangladesh" (PDF). United States Department of Labor. 2013.

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