Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A fish market in Sylhet. Bangladesh is a country with thousands of rivers and ponds, and is notable as a fish-loving nation, acquiring the name machh-e bhat-e Bangali (which means, "Bengali by fish and rice"). [1] [2] Ilish is the national fish of the country, and contributes 13% of country's total fish production. Fish are both caught from the ...
The rohu is an important aquacultured freshwater species in South Asia. [7] When cultured, it does not breed in lake ecosystems, so induced spawning is necessary. [8] [9] The rohu is also prized as a game fish. [1] Labeo rohita selling at fish market in Dhaka,Bangladesh
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 km 2), which is 73% of the country's land area. On the other hand, Bangladesh is a small and ...
This page was last edited on 17 October 2024, at 23:39 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Pages in category "Fish of Bangladesh" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Bangladesh Fisheries Information Share Home included descriptions in multilingual 2 languages and aims to include all the key data on fishes of Bangladesh, with an emphasis on standardizing the data, making it easy to extract and combine data with other data, and offering powerful presentation tools.
The marine fishes are split into 18 orders and 123 families. Their species include 56 of cartilaginous fishes and 386 of bony fishes. The 266 species of inland fishes belong to 61 families, of which Cyprinidae is the largest, having 61 species. There are also 55 species of catfishes found in the fresh waters of Bangladesh. [13] [14]
The corporation was established as Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation in 1973. [5] It owns large portion of the sea going fishing boats and ships in Bangladesh. [6] [7] [8] It plays a role in the marketing and sales of fish from government owned water bodies. [9]