Bay of Bengal fisheries management plan prepared

Fisheries and Livestock Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda yesterday said the government has formulated a plan of action for sustainable management of fisheries resources in the Bay of Bengal, reports BSS.

“With the participation of the stakeholder a short, medium and long term plan of action has been formulated for sustainable management of the fisheries resources at the Bay of Bengal,” the minister told a press conference in his ministry’s conference room here.

He said a new horizon of capturing deep and light water fishes has been opened by identifying new fisheries areas with 1,18,813 square kilometers of water boundary at the Bay of Bengal after the historic triumph by the government.

The fisheries research and survey ship - RV Mean Sandhani -has already identified 176 fish species, 13 species of shrimp and 14 other species of crustaceans and Mollusks, a large phylum of invertebrate animals in the sea, he said, adding that the survey is being

continued since December 24 of 2016.

Bangladesh has already been included as a ‘pilot country’ in the blue growth of economy, said he.

 

Bay of Bengal fisheries management plan prepared

Fisheries and Livestock Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda yesterday said the government has formulated a plan of action for sustainable management of fisheries resources in the Bay of Bengal, reports BSS. With the participation of the stakeholder a short, medium and long term plan of action has been formulated for sustainable management of the fisheries resources at the Bay of Bengal, the minister told a press conference in his ministrys conference room here. He said a new horizon of capturing deep and light water fishes has been opened by identifying new fisheries areas with 1,18,813 square kilometers of water boundary at the Bay of Bengal after the historic triumph by the government. The fisheries research and survey ship - RV Mean Sandhani -has already identified 176 fish species, 13 species of shrimp and 14 other species of crustaceans and Mollusks, a large phylum of invertebrate animals in the sea, he said, adding that the survey is being continued since December 24 of 2016. Bangladesh has already been included as a pilot country in the blue growth of economy, said he.