Although none of the samples collected from areas near 49 ponds crossed the limit of 2,000 microsiemens, they were found to be double or triple their previous readings of 200–300 microsiemens. Groundwater samples were collected from areas around ponds where salt has been used for a long time, from ponds where salt has been used […]
The Fisheries Department said this could have serious implications as fish farming is done across the country and 57 per cent of freshwater fish is farmed in 2,519,872 ponds. Regarding using salt in ponds for fish farming, Alok Kumar Saha, Deputy Director, Fisheries Department, said, “We recommend using salt in ponds during winter because a […]
Recent years have seen an increase in the prices of raw fish, leading to an increase in the price of dried fish. Traders and exporters said rising prices also affect dry fish exports. Traders of Asadganj said that many fishermen have given up fishing and started doing other work. Moreover, traders believe that selling of […]
These three companies exporting frozen fish are old customers of Shams Building Corporate Branch of Rupali Banks. Among them, Priyam Fish Export Limited also won the National Fisheries Award. As a result, the bank has confidence in these customers. According to sources, since these three companies were exporting firms, Rupali Bank maintained a liberal policy […]
The government’s two-month ban on fishing in the Bay of Bengal began on Saturday. The ban – to ensure smooth breeding of fish – will be in force till July 23 and in the Sundarbans till August 31. According to the notice issued by the Ministry of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, the fishing of all […]
“We have to figure out what cells like to eat, how they like to grow, and there’s not that much literature to start with,” he said. “The number of scientists working on fish stem cell biology, as you can imagine, is a small fraction of those working on animal cells and human cells.” He said […]
About 55,000 farmers in the district are currently involved in shrimp farming. According to the fisheries department of the district, there are about 77,000 badas (“enclosures”, as the locals call them) on 72,724 hectares of land. Among them, there are 52,000 enclosures for black tiger shrimp, or “bagda” farming on 52,000 hectares of land, and […]
Bangladesh has so far focused mostly on producing giant tiger shrimp, but disease, disasters, and limited access to finance and technology have caused production to stagnate. Subrata Kumar Sarkar of MU Sea Foods Ltd, a prawn processing farm that has tested a variety called vannamei, said king prawns can tolerate changes in salinity and have […]