District Fisheries Officer Alok Kumar Shaha said many people are becoming self-reliant through fish farming as Rajshahi is the suitable place for the farming since immemorial time. Paddy and fish farming and cage culture during monsoon has been gaining popularity. Sadiqul Islam, 54, a commercial fish farmer in Paba upazila, had started fish farming in a small pond in 2007. “Fish farming is a profitable business and the live fish trading is more profitable and lucrative.”Ershad Ali, 47, another fish farmer of Shilmaria village under Puthiya Upazila, said many more people are entering the fish farming business as it’s very profitable. In order to boost fish production in the country’s internal water-bodies, stock of around 104,000 lakh tons of fish fingerlings has been arranged in different water-bodies at a cost of around Tk15.62 crore benefiting 684,000 lakh fish farmers.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 28, 2020 08:48 UTC